ESAR-VHP in San Mateo County

History of ESAR-VHP Emergency System for Advanced Registration of Volunteer Healthcare Professionals National effort to develop a system that registers and credentials a wide range of health professionals before a disaster

History Continued Registry will eventually include physicians, registered nurses, pharmacists, paramedics, dentists, mental health practitioners and clinical technicians. States are expected to develop their own system following federal guidelines

Recent Experience The system used successfully after Hurricane Katrina State is working to build and refine the system Volunteers designated as disaster service workers

Current California State Priorities Monitoring the process and working on policy issues Indemnity, malpractice, workman’s compensation Determining how to integrate with SEMS/NIMS At this time volunteers are considered disaster services workers

Volunteer Health Care Professionals in California DMAT: Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (a federal resource) CalMAT: California’s own Disaster Medical Assistance teams (to be developed) CA Medical Reserve Corps (CA MRC): Volunteer health care teams-usually for local response CA ESAR-VHP - Individual volunteer health care professionals DMAT, CalMAT, and MRC members should register with ESAR VHP

Three Phases of ESAR VHP Phase Pilot project launched on February 28, 2006 Phase II launched early April, initially limited to 100 registrants (ACEP, ENA and others) Phase II expanded will include up to 5000 registrants San Mateo County is a pilot of this phase!

Pilot: Limited Scope Number of registered volunteers; Time Professionals included Initial pilot limited to RNs, EMT-Ps, Pharmacists, DO/MDs 6 months, ends August 31, 2006 5000 100 - 200 Future deployment

Expanded Phase II San Mateo will be a pilot county Can register up to 5000 people Physicians, Nurses, Pharmacists and Paramedics Must have current active license At this time does not include people with retired licenses Can live or work in San Mateo County

Phase III - Full Scale Implementation Dependent upon state approval Phase I and Phase II should resolve all issues for a seamless transition Mission to provide statewide system that will operate in coordination with county Operational Areas Deployment process searches the ESAR VHP database for volunteers that match the specific needs of a given emergency System capable of identifying, notifying, deploying, and tracking volunteers during a deployment

Who Should Register? Any current physician, registered nurse, paramedic or pharmacist that works or lives in San Mateo county This includes current members of DMATs or MRCs

Why Register? Registry will credential the volunteer. Check with licensing agency Verify Board Certification Verify specialty certifications CEN, CCRN, ACLS, etc… Will allow hospitals or others to identify and use health professionals more effectively

Why Register?(Cont.) The system will interface with local and state planners and notify health care professionals when additional personnel are needed in a disaster

Implementation Process Develop with Sub-committee Hospital Consortium Medical Association Representative from MRC EMS Staff Pharmacist Others??

Registration Process Go to website www.medicalvolunteer.ca.gov Complete information Fill out evaluation

Questions???? If you have any further questions please contact : San Mateo County EMS Agency and request ESAR-VHP information at (650) 573-2564 or go to our web site at www.smhealth.org/ems/esarvhp