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SouthEast Texas Regional Advisory CouncilNational Flood Workshop Houston Texas 2012

11PurposeIntroduction of Regional Advisory Councils.

Regional Assets of Trauma Service Area Q.

Mitigation of the loss of life and property through early meteorological predictions for Healthcare Communities.2What does the rest of the U.S. think when Texas says, Disaster?

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4Texas is divided into 22 Trauma Service Areas or TSAs.

Houston and surrounding 9 counties is TSA-Q or RAC Q: Austin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Harris, Matagorda, Montgomery, Walker, Waller, and Wharton counties.

South East Texas Regional Advisory Council (SETRAC) is the organization that is the contractor and administrator of ASPR, Trauma, County, and Tobacco settlement funds. These funds are utilized for a variety of purposes to include providing regional cooperative planning for Stroke, Trauma, Cardiac, and Healthcare Provider Preparedness programs.

5SETRAC is a non-profit company 501 (c)(3). It is a direct contractor for the Texas Department of Health and Human Services.

Coordinates PLANNING, RESPONSE, and RECOVERY for more than 107 hospitals in the region.

Also works with fire, EMS, dialysis, nursing homes/DADS, City/County OEMs.

Coordinates with the Regional Hospital Preparedness Council the (RHPC) staffing and training of the Catastrophic Medical Operations Center (CMOC).6

9 counties.Large enough to be the 36th largest state in the United States.Area is larger than Israel.22nd largest economy in world.Population 5,371,914*107 Hospitals (Varying Specialties)126 Licensed Nursing Facilities**376 Licensed Assisted Living Facilities***2010 - U.S. Census**2011 - DADS Trauma Service Area - Q7Regional Resources

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Mobile Medical Assets CacheRCVQ9MPV 601Mobile Medical Assets Cache

10MPV 602Mobile Medical Assets Cache

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PSTQMobile Medical Assets Cache12PSTT-1Mobile Medical Assets Cache

13SAT-1Mobile Medical Assets Cache

14MTS-1Mobile Medical Assets Cache

15D.R.E.A.M.S. SatelliteMobile Medical Assets Cache

16Regional Supply CacheMobile Medical Assets Cache

17Pharmaceutical Supply CacheMobile Medical Assets Cache

18Mobile Field HospitalMobile Medical Assets Cache

19Mobile Field Hospital (EMTF-6)Mobile Medical Assets Cache

20Technological AssetsEMTrack

21How Does This All Come Together?22

Healthcare Emergencies23Catastrophic Medical Operations Center

21 Counties177 cities6.3 Million (27%)877,000 with Special Needs (24%)122 hospitals550+ nursing homes

24Tropical Storm Allison Houston, Texas (June 2001)

25Hurricane Katrina Houston, Texas (August 2005)Largest Patient Reception in US History

26Hurricane RitaTexas Gulf Coast (September 2005)

Largest Mass Evacuation in US History

27Hurricane IkeGalveston, Texas (September 2008)

Largest EMS Deployment in US History

28Texas WildfiresTexas (September 2011)

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Emergency Medical Task Force

30A Coordinated Response to Large Scale IncidentsThe goal of the EMTF program is to provide a well coordinated response, offering rapid professional medical assistance to emergency operation systems during large scale incidents.

The four components are:Ambulance Strike Teams (5 per Region) Mobile Medical Unit Teams (1 per Region)Ambulance Bus Teams (2 per Region)RN Nurse Strike Teams (5 per Region)

Texas has worked collaboratively with the eleven (11) Public Health Regions and the twenty-two (22) Regional Advisory Councils to identify eight (8) EM-TF regions in Texas.31* Federal Emergency Management Agency (http://www.fema.gov/business/nfip/statistics/pcstat.shtm) Flood Insurance Claims1978 - 201132

Weather Related Fatalities* National Weather Service (http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/hazstats.shtml) 33Questions?Russell KaiserDirector of PreparednessSouthEast Texas Regional Advisory Council

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