SMRS

Purpose of the State Medical Response System (SMRS)

When healthcare infrastructure is overwhelmed by an event(s) and local and/or mutual aid resources are exhausted or inadequate, the purpose of the SMRS is to:

Provide support to that overwhelmed system by supplying the necessary equipment, assets, and/or personnel needed to provide medical care, and
To ensure healthcare infrastructure continuity by facilitating the development of resilient systems through operational planning, training, and exercises.

Note: SMRS resources are flexible and scalable. Staffing is dependent upon the availability of mission appropriate SMRS volunteers.

Primary SMRS Operational Missions

Definition: 8 hospital-based teams of a.) Physical assets and resources and/or b.) Medical professionals to provide continuity of business operations for healthcare infrastructure, mass medical care, medical sheltering, alternate care facilities, and assistance with mass prophylaxis points of distribution.

State Medical Support Shelter
Field Medical Care
Logistical support
Alternate Care Site

Secondary SMRS Operational Missions

Point of distribution/point of dispensing operations – Support public health and/or emergency management, as requested, in POD operations.
Isolation/quarantine operations
Support public health and/or emergency management, as requested, in isolation/quarantine operations.
First-receiver/ First-responder decontamination operations
Provide logistical and technical support for patient decontamination operations. (i.e. healthcare organization/requesting jurisdiction, field medical station, or National Mobile Disaster Hospital).

Primary SMRS/SMAT III Operational Missions

Definition: 30 EMS or Fire Department-based teams statewide that is designed to be first line of response if local resources are overwhelmed in the event of a mass medical care/casualty event or decontamination event. These teams are managed by local jurisdiction emergency services or fire organizations.

Medical support to decontamination operations
Medical support to specialty response teams, such as hazardous materials Regional Response Teams (RRT) or Urban Search and Rescue (USAR)
Responder rehabilitation
Medical care during mass gatherings/events