The MRC Needs Your Help at County COVID-19 Vaccination Sites
Montgomery County is running COVID-19 testing sites throughout the county. We are looking for volunteers to join the Medical Reserve Corps to support COVID-19 testing sites. Key roles at these sites will be testing, client registration, logistics support, and data entry.
- There is a need for volunteers who are currently licensed as Physicians, Nurses (RN, NP, APRN), Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, Podiatrists, EMTs, Paramedics, Veterinarians, Dentists, Dental Hygienists (licensed for anesthesia) to give vaccinations.
- Non-medical volunteers are needed to assist with logistics support, data entry, and client registration.
- Volunteers will be provided appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the role in which they are volunteering.
Interested volunteers can register with the MRC by going to https://mdresponds.health.maryland.gov/
General Information about the Medical Reserve Corps
The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) is a national network of community-based groups of volunteers—medical and public health professional and others—who assist their communities in activities that promote and strengthen public health, emergency response, and community resiliency. The Medical Reserve Corps supports a variety of public health services during a crisis, such as assisting with mass distribution of antibiotics or vaccines, assisting in mass sheltering, and supporting many other vital public health mission areas. Volunteers may also serve a vital role by assisting their communities with ongoing public health needs (e.g., immunizations, screenings, health and nutrition education, surveillance and disease outbreak investigations).
Through the MRC volunteers have opportunities to participate in training, interact with other health and emergency response professionals, and provide support to the mission areas of the MRC. Examples of the mission areas include:
- Surveillance and disease outbreak investigation
- Emergency Sheltering
- Disaster Risk Reduction
- Medical Surge Capacity
- Mass Dispensing and Vaccination
- Health Education and Promotion
- Safety and Health of Responders
- Mental Health First Aid and Crisis Counseling
- Family Reunification
Learn more here: https://mdresponds.health.maryland.gov/faq.php
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