Tama County Public Health and Home Care

Tama County Medical Reserve Corps

The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Program coordinates the skills of practicing and retired physicians, nurses and other health professionals as well as other citizens interested in health issues, who are eager to volunteer to address their community’s ongoing public health needs and to help their community during large-scale emergency situations.

Local community leaders will develop their own Medical Reserve Corps Units and identify the duties of the MRC volunteers according to specific community needs. For example, MRC volunteers may deliver necessary public health services during a crisis, assist emergency response teams with patients, and provide care directly to those with less serious injuries and other health-related issues.

MRC volunteers may also serve a vital role by assisting their communities with ongoing public health needs (e.g., immunizations, screenings, health and nutrition education, and volunteering in community health centers and local hospitals). Once established, how the local MRC Unit is utilized will be decided locally. The MRC unit will make decisions, with local officials, including the local Citizen Corps Council, on when the community Medical Reserve Corps is activated during a local emergency. More information about the Medical Reserve Corps programs can be obtained at:

www.citizencorps.gov/programs/medical.shtm

To sign up for the Tama County Medical Reserve Corp, you may call:

(641) 484-4788
or toll free, 1-866-484-4788
or email us at health@tamacounty.org

Please give your name, address, phone number, email address and state the talents/interests you are willing to share.