ASPR Region IV MeetingNorth Carolina

Regional Plan Update

To bring together regional healthcare resources, health providers,

emergency medical resources, ancillary resources and first response partners to develop the North Carolina

Regional ESF 8 Response and Recovery Plan

• To develop a plan that provides state-wide consistency & regional flexibility.

• To create a plan that fully supports the mission of each region’s medical disaster response & recovery resources.

• To create an atmosphere of close communication, cooperation & collaboration between state & regional stakeholders.

• Organizational plan, not an operational plan

• A living document

• Compilation of current practices

• Eight regional teams composed of a SME for Planning and Medical.

• Regional data is being via face to face site visits & virtual.

• Information is being collected from both the SMARTT system & the OEMS GIS system.

• Phase I: Develop Templates

• Phase II: First Site Visit

• Phase III: Plan Development

• Phase IV: Second Site Visit – Plan Review

• Base Plan

• Annexes:

Mass Casualty Patient Evacuation and Movement Special Medical Needs Surge Capability/Capacity

(External) Mass Fatality Management Critical Medical Infrastructure and

Key Resources Resource Restoration Behavior Health Care State Medical Response System

(SMRS)

Special Event Veterinary Medical Support Mobile Disaster Hospital Infectious Disease Hurricane Radiological/Nuclear Disasters Nature Events (Severe

Storm/Tornado/Flood) Explosive Incidents

• RAC• Public Health• Emergency Management• Law Enforcement• Hospitals/Trauma Centers/Community & Rural

Health• EMS/Ambulance Services• Private Medical• Key Elected Officials• Long Term Care Facilities• Volunteer Groups• Veterinarians

Collect available resources from key stakeholders to include:

• Plans (Response, MSN, COOP, COG)• Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs)• MAAs• Contracts• Resource Lists• Standard Operating Procedures/Processes

• Gap analysis (identify strengths & weaknesses)

• Sharing of best practices

• Improve documentation for grant funding

Principle Investigator

Mike Proctor, MD

Director of Program Development

National Center for Emergency Medical Preparedness & Response (NCEMPR)

Texas A&M University System

256-310-5212

mproctor@srph.tamhsc.edu

mwpmd53@yahoo.com