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Category: Health & Medical (ESF #8)
Kind: Team |
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| Minimum Capabilities (Component) | Minimum Capabilities (Metric) |
Type I | Type II | Type III | Type IV | Other | ||
| Overall Function (see Definition and NOTE 1) | Patient-Care Capabilities | Triage and treat up to 250 patients per day for up to 3 days without resupply | Triage and treat up to 250 patients per day for up to 3 days without resupply | Augment or supplement Type I or II team within this teams local area | Personnel may be used to supplement other teams | |||
| Personnel and Equipment Readiness | Roster Fulfillment, Equipment Loading | Upon alert, full 35-person roster within 4 hours. After activation, deployment ready within 6 hours | Upon alert, full roster within 6 hours. After activation, deployment ready within 12 hours | Upon alert, 75% rostered within 12 hours. After activation, deployment ready within 24 hours | Does not meet minimal deployable team requirements | |||
| Demonstrated Readiness | Readiness Testing and Geployment History | 100% rating on NDMS readiness test in past 12 months. History of prior full deployment to austere environment brandmedicines.com | 100% rating on NDMS readiness test in past 12 months | 75% or greater rating on NDMS readiness test in past 12 months | Less than Type III |
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| Personnel Standard DMAT deploys with 35 personnel for all missions (NOTE 2) | Membership Level | 105 or more deployable team personnel on NDMS roster; 12 or more physicians; 3 or more of each of PA or NP, RN, RPh, and paramedic | 90 or more deployable team personnel on NDMS roster; 9 or more physicians; 3 or more of each of PA or NP, RN, RPh, and paramedic | 50 or more deployable team personnel on NDMS roster; 6 or more physicians; 2 or more of each of PA or NP, RN, RPh, and paramedic | Less than Type III. |
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| Shelters, Equipment, and Supplies | Logistics Status | Full DMAT equipment cache properly managed, stored, and inventoried per NDMS requirements | Full DMAT equipment cache properly managed, stored and inventoried per NDMS requirements | Full or partial DMAT equipment cache properly managed, stored, and inventoried per NDMS requirements | Less than partial cache. | |||
| Transportation | Vehicle Status | Pre-arrangement for obtaining primary and alternate use vehicles | Pre-arrangement for obtaining primary and alternate use vehicles | Incomplete transportation arrangements | None | |||
| Didactic Training | Basic (Core) and Advanced Training Modules | 90% completion of NDMS basic core training plus 50% of advanced training modules (By 08/05) | 80% completion of NDMS basic core training plus 25% of advanced training modules (By 08/05) | 50% completion of NDMS basic core training plus 25% of advanced training modules (By 08/05) | Less than Type III |
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| Training Experience | Field Exercises (FEXs) | Participate in at least 2 NDMS approved FEXs, one observed | Participate in at least 2 NDMS approved FEXs, one observed | Participate in at least 1 NDMS approved FEX | N/A | |||
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Comment: Definition: A DMAT is a volunteer group of medical and nonmedical individuals, usually from the same State or region of a State, who have formed a response team under the guidance of the National Disaster Medical System, or under similar State or local auspices. NOTE 1: TYPE I = fully operational; Type II = operational; Type III = augmentation/local team; Type IV = developmental. NOTE 2: Personnel include a mix of physicians, nurses (RN), nurse practitioners (NP), physicians' assistants (PA), pharmacists (RPh), emergency medical technicians (EMT), other allied health professionals, and support staff.
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