# Presentation: 411377

## Creating Community Partnerships for Public Health Disaster Response

**Cape Cod**** **
**Medical Reserve Corps**
**A Community Project of the **
**Dennis Church of the Nazarene**
- _[www.](http://www.capecodmrc.org/)__[capecodmrc](http://www.capecodmrc.org/)__[.org](http://www.capecodmrc.org/)_

**Cheryl Bushnell, MS, RN, Project Director**
**MRC National Leadership Conference **
**July 9, 2004**

## Local evolving to regional
Private and Public organizations
Infrastructure building
Implementation
Sustainability

- Local evolving to regional
- Private and Public organizations
- Infrastructure building
- Implementation
- Sustainability

## Police
Fire/EMS
Health Department
Neighborhood Watch
Funeral Home
Nursing Facility
Church of the Nazarene

- Police
- Fire/EMS
- Health Department
- Neighborhood Watch
- Funeral Home
- Nursing Facility
**Church of the Nazarene**

## Community Involvement

**Community of Dennis**

## Barnstable County Department of Health & Environment
Barnstable County Regional Emergency Planning Committee
Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office
AmeriCorps Cape Cod
Cape & Islands EMSS

- Barnstable County Department of Health & Environment
- Barnstable County Regional Emergency Planning Committee
- Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office
- AmeriCorps Cape Cod
- Cape & Islands EMSS

- Senior Service Corps
- Cape Cod Council of Churches
- Visiting Nurse Association of Cape Cod
- Nazarene Disaster Response – NE District
- CORD – Cape Organization for the Rights of the Disabled
- Cape Cod Chapter American Red Cross

## Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency
Region I Health and Human Services

- Massachusetts Department of Public Health
- Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency
- Region I Health and Human Services

## Emergency Vaccination Clinic Exercise

## Incident Commander – Dennis Health Department
Operations Commander – Dennis Emergency Management Director/Designee
Clinic Manager – CCMRC/ VNA
Public Information Officer – Dennis Health Department

- Incident Commander – Dennis Health Department
- Operations Commander – Dennis Emergency Management Director/Designee
- Clinic Manager – CCMRC/ VNA
- Public Information Officer – Dennis Health Department

## Towns surrounding clinic facility
Dennis
Yarmouth
Barnstable 
Essential community workforce and families
School personnel and families
Funeral Home employees and families
MRC volunteers and families
Community Advisory group and families

- Towns surrounding clinic facility
- Dennis
- Yarmouth
- Barnstable
- Essential community workforce and families
- School personnel and families
- Funeral Home employees and families
- MRC volunteers and families
- Community Advisory group and families

## Purpose: 
Test capacity of MRC as Emergency Preparedness Partner
Planning & Development: 
Event and scope of exercise
Develop MOU’s & protocols
Develop workplan and timeline
Develop documentation & communication tools

**Purpose**:
- Test capacity of MRC as Emergency Preparedness Partner
**Planning & Development**:
- Event and scope of exercise
- Develop MOU’s & protocols
- Develop workplan and timeline
- Develop documentation & communication tools

## Execution
Clinical
Operation

Evaluation & Debrief
Communicate
Modify
Improve with training

**Execution**
- Clinical
- Operation
**Evaluation & Debrief**
- Communicate
- Modify
- Improve with training

## Slide 12

## Slide 13

## Slide 14

## Clinic Exercise Layout

- 1.Triage for sick
- 2. Registration
- 3. Waiting Area
- 4. Mental Health
- 5. Interviewing
- 6. Vaccinators

** ****2**

**3**

**4**

**5**

**5**

**5**

**5**

**5**

**6**

**7**

**8**

- 7. First Aid
- 8. Check-out
- 9. Vaccine Prep
- 10. Breaks/nursery
- 11. Data entry
- 12. Command Center

**9**

**11**

**10**

**Clinic Exercise Layout**

**1**

**12**

## Start planning early
Identify gaps
Prepare documentation
Conduct tabletop exercise
Conduct exercise
Debrief – Bring food
Modify and improve plan

- Start planning early
- Identify gaps
- Prepare documentation
- Conduct tabletop exercise
- Conduct exercise
- Debrief – Bring food
- Modify and improve plan

## www.capecodmrc.org
Cheryl Bushnell, MS, RN, Project Director
Cheryl.bushnell@capecodmrc.org
Misty Baker, Project Coordinator
Misty.baker@capecodmrc.org
Elaine Banta, Administrative Coordinator
Elaine.banta@capecodmrc.org
Telephone: 508-394-6811  TTY: 508-394-6819

_**www.capecodmrc.org**_
**Cheryl Bushnell, MS, RN, Project Director**
- _[Cheryl.bushnell@capecodmrc.org](mailto:Cheryl.bushnell@capecodmrc.org)_
**Misty Baker, Project Coordinator**
- _[Misty.baker@capecodmrc.org](mailto:Misty.baker@capecodmrc.org)_
**Elaine Banta, Administrative Coordinator**
- _[Elaine.banta@capecodmrc.org](mailto:Elaine.banta@capecodmrc.org)_
**Telephone: 508-394-6811  TTY: 508-394-6819**