Regional Medical Assistance Team

SC-RMAT-03

Hosted by Lexington County Emergency Medical Services

What is RMAT for?

Man Made Or Natural Disaster Response, Mass Casualty

Incidents When Local Resources Are Overwhelmed

DHEC-EMS Regions

Why is there a need for RMAT?

To provide a rapid response capability to assist local medical agencies, during times of disaster or crisis.

To augment local medical surge capacity.

To assist with mass prophylaxis during large scale illness outbreaks.

Who should be on RMAT?

Physicians Nurses Respiratory Therapist Paramedics Emergency Medical Technicians Law enforcement officers Communications specialist

Pharmacists Logistical staff Social workers Chaplains Coroners

Team Organization

What is required of team

members?

Each team member will be required to attend quarterly training.

Be available for a THREE DAY deployment once the team is deployed

.

Each team member is trained in:

Incident Command/NIMS Disaster Life Support

Basic Disaster Life Support Advanced Disaster Life Support

Haz-Mat awareness

Resources/Equipment

Ford F-550 box type truck Ford F-650 box type truck One MCI trailer stocked with

medical supplies One John Deere gator Pharmacy-cache for treatment of

patients and team members Communications equipment Oxygen Plant

Tents and Shelters

Allow self-sustained operation, even in austere conditions.

Inventory: 2 – 22x42 shelter, 1 – 22x22 shelter 2 – 5-ton HVAC units and

Supplemental Heat Fluorescent lighting Cots Gasoline and diesel powered

generators

Inflatable Shelter Setup at Palmetto Richland

Hospital

Electronic Patient Tracking

First Trak by Disaster Management Solutions Handheld Scanners Web based “dashboard” for monitoring

status, location and destination of all patients

Allows numerous hospital/EOC logins Wireless communication between

host/handhelds and host/internet Minimal operator input needed for

transfer of information, automatic uploads

Fast and simple

How Patient Data is Transmitted

Handheld Scanners for Patient Tracking

How is the team requested?

The team will be requested from other jurisdictions throughout the midlands through the South Carolina Emergency Management Division (SCEMD)

Deployment Goal

To be assembled at a predetermined site within two hours of notification.

In-route to the incident location within three hours, with a minimum of 15 responders.

On site, set up and ready to receive patients within six hours.

How long will the team be deployed?

Up to 72 hours, in conjunction with the other state teams located in Spartanburg, Beaufort and Horry counties. Goal is to have a seamless transfer of care between state and federal assets.

RMAT IN ACTION!

Photos of our equipment and team members…

Box Truck with Lift

28’ Trailer

Ready to roll…

Medical Supplies

The GatorATV

Inflating the Shelter

Flooring System

Assembled and ready for occupancy in less than 1

hour

Questions