New Jersey’sEmergency System for

Advance Registration of Volunteer Health

Professionals (ESAR-VHP)

ESAR-VHP 101

Learning Objectives:

•Define ESAR-VHP, Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) MRC, Federal deployment programs and populations

•Identify specific requirements of the ESAR-VHP program

•Understand conditions and authority to declare a public health emergency in NJ

•Understand participation in ESAR-VHP and federal deployment and how this may differ from participation in MRC or other emergency response organizations

Public Health Emergency in NJ “occurrence or imminent threat of

an occurrence” • Bioterrorism or appearance of

biological agent• Natural disaster• Chemical attack or accidental

release of toxic chemicals• Nuclear attack or nuclear

accident• Large number of deaths, illness

or injury • Large number of serious or long-

term impairments • Exposure to a biological agent or

chemical that poses a significant risk

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Emergency Health Powers Act

The New Jersey Emergency Health Powers Act (NJEHPA)

provides the Governor of New Jersey and the State

Commissioner of Health with expanded powers to respond to

public health emergencies that include planning and executing

public health emergency plans, coordinating public health

response between State and local authorities, collaborating

with the federal authorities and agencies/representatives of

other states, and organizing and dispensing public information

regarding health emergencies. This law ensures a coordinated

response for saving lives and minimizing the dangers and

risks that are associated with a public health emergency. In

accordance to the NJEHPA, the NJMRC/ESAR-VHP

Volunteer Registry was created to support medical and public

health surge capacity for staffing and providing health care

services when required or needed during an emergency.

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Participation in NJMRC / ESAR-VHP

• NJMRC registration process (screen shots)

• Steps to verify ESAR-VHP participation/eligibility

• Outline Federal Deployment process (handout)

• Best Practices (discussion / exercise)

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Medical Reserve Corps (MRC)• Component of the New Jersey

Citizen Corps• Identify and register individuals

willing to serve within local, county or state jurisdictions

• Organized and managed by county and local public health agencies

• Requested through the emergency management systems created for the State of New Jersey

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The Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals (ESAR-VHP) is a federal program created to support states and territories in establishing standardized volunteer registration programs for disasters and public health and medical emergencies.

ESAR-VHP

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ESAR_VHP is:• Administered on the state

level

• Verifies health professionals' identification and credentials so that they can respond more quickly when disaster strikes

• Hospital privileges are all verified in advance, saving valuable time in emergency situations

ESAR-VHP 101

Target essential health care professionals, but not limited to:

physicians, nurses, pharmacists, dentists, veterinarians, clinical social workers, respiratory therapists, cardiovascular technologists, EMTs Paramedics, Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists

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ESAR-VHP 101These questions currently appear on the NJMRC registry application.

 

ESAR-VHP 101Coordinators currently can search the NJMRC registry database for using these search fields.

FEDERAL DEPLOYMENT PROCESSHANDOUT

For more information please visit these websites:

http://www.njmrc.nj.gov

http://www.phe.gov/esarvhp

http://www.medicalreservecorps.gov

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Group Exercise:

MRC ESAR-VHP

PH Emergency

EHPA

Definitions

Requirement NA NA

Example NA

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• Contact Information

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