The Medical Reserve Corps(MRC) is responding to support COVID-19 response efforts. Additional volunteers are needed to support this response.
Please note: Volunteers are activated based on skill set depending on the current needs of the response. A variety of skills including medical and non-medical are needed in this evolving response.
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
To register as volunteer, visit https://mdresponds.health.maryland.gov/
