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Mass Fatality Management for CHCs
This concept paper addresses the issue of mass fatality in order to better prepare CHCs to integrate with hospitals, the public health sector, and other entities impacted by mass fatality events, as well as to strengthen their service to their client base and community-at-large. Areas covered in the report are as follows:

• Introduction/Overview of Mass Fatality Management and CHCs
• National/Federal Level Mass Fatality Management History, Origin, Organization, Resources and Mission(s)
• Indiana State and Local Mass Fatality Management
• Implications of and Potential Roles for Mass Fatality Management for CHCs
  • Implications of Mass Fatality Management for CHCs
  • Potential Roles of CHCs in Mass Fatality Management
  • Steps for CHCs to Become Engaged in Mass Fatality Management Plan

To access this report, click here.

Emergency System for the Advanced Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals (ESAR-VHP)
After complication arose in the use of medical volunteers following 9-11, Congress authorized the development of ESAR-VHP systems for each state.  ESAR-VHP is an electronic database of health care personnel who volunteer to provide aid in an emergency.

The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) has developed an in-house registry that will offer internet-based registration as well as the online updating of a professional’s contact information, volunteer affiliations, deployment preferences, and potentially useful skills.  This system is scheduled to be up and running by August 8, 2008.

For more information, please click here for a copy of an ISDH presentation regarding ESAR-VHP.

For more information about this program, please contact:
 
Jenifer Nelson
Emergency Management Program Director
Indiana Primary Health Care Association
Phone: (317) 630-0845
Fax:     (317) 630-0849
jnelson@indianapca.org