Programs

  • Program 1 [2020]

    RIDMAT/MRC FIELD HOSPITAL, NALOXONE AND OVERDOSE PREVENTION EDUCATION PROGRAM-- THE RHODE ISLAND DISASTER MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TEAM (RIDMAT) IS ACTIVE IN PREPARING FOR AND RESPONDING TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE NEEDS OF RHODE ISLAND AND ITS COMMUNITIES. RIDMAT HOLDS CONTRACTS WITH THE RI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND RI EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY TO MAINTAIN A CACHE OF FIELD HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT THAT CAN QUICKLY BE DEPLOYED IN THE INSTANCE OF A STATE DISASTER OR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY. RIDMAT ALSO RECRUITS AND TRAINS MEDICAL AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS TO PREPARE FOR AND RESPOND TO PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES AND DISASTERS BY PROVIDING MEANINGFUL TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AND ORIENTATIONS TO REGISTERED VOLUNTEERS. ADDITIONALLY, RIDMAT WORKS WITH STATE PARTNERS TO PROVIDE ORGANIZATIONAL AND COMMUNITY-BASED TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE BYSTANDER CAPACITY TO RESPOND, SPECIFICALLY, TO OPIOID OVERDOSE THROUGH THE NALOXONE AND OVERDOSE PREVENTION EDUCATION PROGRAM AND BLEEDING EMERGENCIES THROUGH OPERATION STOP THE BLEED.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $312.6K

  • Program 2 [2020]

    RI RESPONDS PROGRAM CONTRACT - RIDMAT MANAGES THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND'S EMERGENCY SYSTEM FOR THE ADVANCE REGISTRATION OF VOLUNTEER HEALTH PROFESSIONALS (ESAR-VHP), RI RESPONDS, CONTACT AND CREDENTIAL ITS VOLUNTEERS THE ONLINE DATA-BASE IS USED IN THE MOBILIZATION OF MEDICAL HEALTH AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN THE INSTANCE OF A PUBLIC HEALTH OR EMERGENCY. THE STANDARDS FOR THE SYSTEM AND ITS APPLICATIONS ARE DICTATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ESAR-VHP GUIDELINES. FIELD HOSPITAL SERVICES - RIDMAT PROVIDES TRAINING TO ITS MEMBERS IN THE FORM OF FIELD HOSPITAL EVENTS. THE GOAL OF THESE EVENTS IS AIMED AT TRAINING MEDICAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL VOLUNTEERS TO PREPARE FOR AND RESPOND TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE DISASTERS BY PROVIDINGHOSPITAL-LEVEL CARE TO PARTICIPANTS AND SPECTATORS RIDMAT/MRC'S PARTICIPATION AT THESE EVENTS ALLEVIATES SURGE ON LOCAL EMS SERVICES AND AREA HOSPITALS AND ADDITIONALLY FAMILIARIZES THE VOLUNTEER WITH THE PROCESSES AND EQUIPMENT THAT ARE USED IN THE INSTANCE OF A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY OR DISASTER EVENT.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $468.9K

  • Program 3 [2020]

    THE RHODE ISLAND MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS HAS BEEN ENGAGING IN STATE-WIDE COVID-19 RESPONSE SINCE MARCH, 2020. VOLUNTEER MEMBERS OF THE TEAM HAVE PARTICIPATED IN HUNDREDS OF MOBILE TESTING MISSIONS IN SCHOOLS, CONGREGATE CARE FACILITIES, HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, AND MANNED 5 FIXED-SITE TESTING LOCATIONS THAT COVERED ALL REGIONS OF RHODE ISLAND. IN DECEMBER, 2020, THE RI MRC'S PRIMARY MISSION FUNCTIONED CHANGED TO VACCINATION AND THE RI MRC SET-UP AND STAFFED TWO MASS VACCINATION SITES, OUT OF WHICH MOBILE VACCINE CLINICS WERE DISPATCHED AS WELL. THE TEAM NOW ENGAGES IN MULTIPLE VACCINE CLINICS DAILY IN COMMUNITIES WHERE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE MAY BE LIMITED AS WELL AS IN MIDDLE AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FOR THE NEWLY AUTHORIZED 5-11 YEAR OLD AGE GROUP.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $2.3M