North Carolina State Medical Assistance Team - 1
* A special thanks goes out to the SORT members that volunteered their time and assisted with the SMAT I display at the NC Disaster Medical Preparedness Conference, April 16-19, 2008 at the Sheraton Hotel & Koury Convention Center in Greensboro NC. It was quite successful and we received several compliments.
SORT was designated SMAT-1 by the North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical Service in 2004 with funds from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) bioterrorism grant.
SMAT-1 can respond locally, regionally, or statewide to assist overwhelmed emergency services agencies working in disaster conditions.
SMAT-1 also has the capability of assisting an overwhelmed hospital by providing a "parking lot decontamination area," personnel for an overwhelmed emergency department, or to set up a medical surge capacity holding area to receive patients for a hospital that has reached its capacity.
SMAT-1's capabilities include:
- Specialized rapid decontamination and medical care of victims exposed to both chemical industrial products and weapons of mass destruction agents. (Biological, Chemical, Radiological)
- Rapid strike-team medical assistance
- Management of a 150+ bed alternate care facility
- On site Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM)
- Preventative Medicine Assessments
- Mass Fatality Assistance
- Hospital decontamination assistance
- Partner with an SMAT II team on mission requiring assistance
The SMAT-1 can respond with a scalable team size of 12 to 54 members including: Physicians, PAs, Nurses, Paramedics, Firefighters, Law Enforcement, Veterinarians, Medical/Hazmat/ and support personnel all trained in working in the austere environment. The team also has the capability of breaking into 2 separate strike teams.
(above left) SMAT-1's decontamination area setup along side an SMAT II's field hospital.
North Carolina State Medical Assistance Teams (SMAT) website - click HERE
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