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Defiance County Medical Reserve Corps Unit Profile

Community/Jurisdiction Served:

Ohio - Defiance County

Defiance County MRC covers only Defiance County. However, Defiance County MRC is active in the sub-region, region and state MRC initiatives.

Sponsoring Organization:

Defiance County General Health District

Date Established:

9/30/2003

Unit Information:

1300 East Second Street
Suite 100
Defiance, OH 43512
http://www.defiancecohealth.org

Contact Information:

Cheryl Kehnast
1300 East Second Street
Suite 100
Defiance, OH 43512
Phone: 419-784-3818

Profile:

Defiance County, in northwest Ohio, is a rural area and consequently must be prepared for delayed assistance from regional and state programs in an emergency. The Defiance County General Health District, with community partners, applied for an MRC grant in 2003 with the goal of recruiting 40 volunteers. To date, 134 volunteers have registered to serve as MRC volunteers. Defiance County MRC focuses on providing training programs to the volunteers with continuing education credits. Defiance COunty MRC received an ASPR grant form the Northwest Ohio Hospital Council which enabled the MRC to provide psychological first aid training to 32 participants, including clergy and mental healt hprofessionals. Dr. Rober Hicks was the trainer for this two day workshop. Continuing education credtis were provided to nurses and social workers/counselors. The six Northwest Ohio MRC's are once again pooling their resources to provide the 5th annual fall conference for MRC volunteers. The conference is still in the planning phase with a tenative date of October 31, 2008. The next quarterly meeting of the Defiance County MRC will be held September 18, 2008 fro 7-8:30 pm at the health department. MRC Volunteers will once again be asked to assist the health department in the mass flu clinic scheduled for October 16, 2008.

Volunteer Count:

Physicians	4
Physician Assistants	1
Nurse Practitioners	3
Nurses	47
Pharmacists	4
Dentists	1
Veterinarians	0
Mental Health Professionals	6
EMS Professionals	1
Respiratory Therapists	0
Other Public Health/Medical	5
Non-Public Health/Non-Medical	48
Total	120

Recent Activities:

2/3/2010
Defiance County LEPC's Alternate Care Site Committee with the NW Ohio Regional Healthcare System will conduct a Defiance COunty Medical Surge Seminar and Exercise. Through participation in the seminar and exercise, MRC volunteers and other stakeholders will be educated to the medical surge concept following the MEMS model using the scenario of hsopital evacuation. MRC volunteers will be trained for operations of an Alternate Care Facility. Through actual set-up of a small scale ACC: Train maintenance personnel, who are planned for set-up; evaluate the Defiance County ACC template; develop the ICS structure and required positions for set-up and operations of an ACC; and identify basic resources for the ACC set-up.

12/15/2009
MRC Volunteers are being used to man a phone-bank and assist with scheduling persons for appointment only clinics those individuals wishing to be vaccinated with H1N1 vaccine. Volunteers also continue to assist with vaccine administration and logistical support for H1N1 clinics.

10/21/2009
H1N1 Vaccination CLinics

10/8/2009
Mass Flu Vaccination Exercise

Last Updated on 1/14/2010