Marshall County Health Department-Marysville, KS

Medical Reserve Corps

National Priorities…Meeting Local Needs

´ The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) was founded after President Bush’s 2002 State of the Union Address, in

which he asked all Americans to volunteer in support of their country. MRC is a specialized component of

Citizen Corps, a national network of volunteers dedicated to ensuring hometown security. Citizen Corps, along

with the Corporation for National and Community Service, and the Peace Corps are all part of the President's

USA Freedom Corps, which promotes volunteerism and service throughout the nation.

´ MRC units are community-based and function as a way to locally organize and utilize volunteers – medical

professionals and others - who want to donate their time and expertise to promote healthy living throughout the

year and to prepare for and respond to emergencies. MRC volunteers supplement existing local emergency and

public health resources.

´ MRC volunteers include medical and public health professionals such as physicians, nurses, pharmacists,

dentists, veterinarians, and epidemiologists. Other community members, such as interpreters, chaplains, office

workers and legal advisors, can fill other vital support positions.

www.medicalreservecorps.gov

What Can MRC Volunteers Do?

Support local public health, while advancing
the priorities of the U.S. Surgeon General:

-Promoting disease prevention
-Improving health literacy
-Eliminating health disparities
-Enhancing public health preparedness

Assist local hospitals and health departments
with surge personnel needs.

Participate in mass prophylaxis and vaccination
exercises and community disaster drills.

Train with local emergency response partners.

And More…

How Can the MRC Benefit Your Local Community?

• Bolsters public health and emergency response infrastructures
by providing supplemental personnel

• Enables communities to meet specific health needs

• Allows the local community more autonomy – not as reliant
on state and national resources

• Gives community members the opportunity to participate in
developing strategies to make their communities healthier
and safer

• Provides mechanisms for information sharing and coordination
between all partner organizations

• Provides a dialogue between emergency management and
public health agencies

• Allows for national recognition of local public health and
emergency response efforts

Who can volunteer?

Marshall County Medical Reserve Corp accepts anyone willing to volunteer their services. Every volunteer is an asset and is arranged in a tier that best suits their abilities. Volunteers are arranged in tiers based on what skills they can contribute.

Text Box: Level 1

Medically licensed volunteers

Text Box: Level 2 Volunteers with medical background who are not licensed, such as nursing students, retired nurses, etc.

Text Box: Level 3

Volunteers with no medical background.