Schedule

 

Thursday, April 24

6 p.m. Dinner for all participants and guests.  
Dr. Asha Devereaux will discuss evacuation and sheltering operations during the 2007 fire storms in southern California.

Friday, April 25

7 a.m. Breakfast

8:30 Opening address

9:30 Breakout sessions

   • Psychological First Aid

   • POD Operations

10:30 Break

10:45 Breakout session

   • Psychological First Aid

    • POD Operations

11:45 Break

12:00 Lunch with Guy Caspi, lead mass casualty incident trainer for Magen David Adom, Israel's emergency medical system.

1:45 Breakout session

   • Liability and Scope

   • Public Health Roles

2:45 Break

3:00 Breakout session

   • Liability and Scope

   • Public Health Roles

4:15 Closing address

First Ever MRC Summit

A Success
© 2008 Bear River Health Department

  

Utah Medical Reserve Corps Summit

Yarrow Hotel • Park City

April 24-25, 2008

Volunteers building strong, healthy and prepared communities!

More than 140 people participated in the first ever Utah Medical Reserve Corps Summit April 24-25 at the Yarrow Hotel in Park City.

This tremendous training event focussed on four of the national MRC core competencies including psychological first aid, liability and scope of practice, operations at mass dispensing sites and the role of public health in a disaster.

In addition, Guy Caspi, lead mass casualty incident trainer for Magen David Adom, Israel's emergency medical system, discussed medical response to terrorism incidents and the value and necessity of volunteer medical professionals.

Also, the San Diego MRC's medical director Dr. Asha Devereaux shared stories and answered questions about their sheltering operations during the 2007 fire storms in southern California.