The team, joined by a member of a California DMAT, cared for about 500 people who had come to shelters on a college campus. Members dealt with every thing from disorientation to triaging children with flu-like symptoms for a visit from a pediatrician. DMAT's, part of the National Disaster Medical System, are jointly managed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Department of Defense and the U.S. Public Health Service. The teams are trained to work with military and civilian forces to provide medical facilities when natural or manmade disasters have destroyed most of the other medical services. The team is planning to upgrade itself this year through additional training and acquisition of equipment to become one of the primary teams in the eastern half of the country.
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