ID
12-508-1238
Name
Healthcare Resource Coordination and Support Team
Status
Published
Version
1.4
Updated
11/18/2019 3:20:18 PM
Original Release
06/19/2018
Last Major Release
11/18/2019
Description
The Healthcare Resource Coordination and Support Team is a multidisciplinary administrative team that coordinates and supports medical logistics, including communications, health Information Technology (IT), equipment, supplies, procurement, clerical, and security functions. This team also ensures the ongoing availability of resources required to safely and effectively support a medical mission assignment.
Resource Category
Medical and Public Health
Primary Core Capability
Public Health, Healthcare, and Emergency Medical Services
Secondary Core Capability
 
Resource Kind
Team
Overall Function
The Healthcare Resource Coordination and Support Team interacts with other teams, groups, and structures, such as the Logistics Section, healthcare coalition resource coordination entities, NGOs, vendors, and others, to support the following functions for a medical team: 1. Administrative 2. Communications 3. Health IT 4. Equipment and supplies procurement 5. Medical equipment maintenance and repair support services 6. Clerical, including medical records 7. Security
Composition and Ordering Specifications
1. Discuss logistics for deploying this team, such as working conditions, length of deployment, security, lodging, transportation, and meals, prior to deployment 2. Requestor orders additional staff to ensure the ongoing availability of resources required to safely and effectively support the mission assignment, including administrative, logistics, communications, supply, clerical, and security staff 3. Staffing requests consider patient census, patient acuity, and the types of skilled interventions necessary 4. Requestor verifies potentially hazardous conditions 5. To ensure qualified staff to care for patient mix, requestor specifies the clinical area, cache, specialty services (if necessary), mission assignment, and anticipated length of deployment 6. To ensure self-sufficiency in an austere environment, requestor specifies HRCT cache, including tents, office equipment, supplies, tools, desks/tables, generators, and so on, in mutual aid request 7. Requestor and provider discuss integration with any existing resource coordination mechanisms to avoid duplication of effort or conflict
Supporting Core Capabilities
None
Components
Component Notes  
Minimum Personnel Per TeamNot Specified
Component Types
Type Attribute
Type 17
Management And Oversight Personnel Per TeamNot Specified
Component Types
Type Attribute
Type 11 – National Incident Management System (NIMS) Type 1 Medical Team Leader
SUPPORT PERSONNEL PER TEAMNot Specified
Component Types
Type Attribute
Type 11 – NIMS Type 1 Medical Team Logistics Coordinator 1 – NIMS Type 1 Medical Records Coordinator 1 – NIMS Type 1 Medical Materials Coordinator 1 – NIMS Type 1 Medical Equipment Coordinator 1 – NIMS Type 1 Medical Communications/IT Coordinator 1 – NIMS Type 1 Medical Security Coordinator
General Equipment Per TeamNot Specified
Component Types
Type Attribute
Type 1Healthcare Resource Coordination and Support Team cache to support an alternate care facility, which may include: 1. Tents 2. Office equipment 3. Supplies 4. Tools 5. Desks/tables 6. Generators
Electronics Equipment Per Team MemberEquipment may include laptop computers, tablets, printers, and a portable internet access device.
Component Types
Type Attribute
Type 17 – Laptop computer 2 – Printer
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Equipment Per Team MemberPPE is consistent with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 1910.120: Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response, OSHA 29 CFR Part 1910.134: Respiratory Protection, and OSHA 29 CFR Part 1910.1030: Bloodborne Pathogens.
Component Types
Type Attribute
Type 1PPE is mission specific and may vary from working environment, including: 1. Protective footwear 2. Protective clothing 3. Eye and hearing protection 4. Respirators 5. Gloves 6. Masks
Communications Equipment Per TeamNot Specified
Component Types
Type Attribute
Type 17 – Short-range, two-way portable radio 7 – Cell phone 1 – Satellite phone
698
Notes
References
Reference
FEMA, NIMS 508: Emergency Care Team
FEMA, NIMS 509: Medical Team Leader
FEMA, NIMS 509: Medical Communications/Information Technology Coordinator
FEMA, NIMS 509: Medical Equipment Coordinator
FEMA, NIMS 509: Medical Materials Coordinator
FEMA, NIMS 509: Medical Records Coordinator
FEMA, NIMS 509: Medical Security Coordinator
FEMA, NIMS 509: Medical Team Logistics Coordinator
FEMA, National Incident Management System (NIMS), October 2017
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 1910.120: Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response, latest edition adopted
OSHA 29 CFR Part 1910.134: Respiratory Protection, latest edition adopted
OSHA 29 CFR Part 1910.1030: Bloodborne Pathogens, latest edition adopted
Published Versions
Version Publish Date Document Type
1.4 11/18/2019 3:20:18 PM PDF
1.3 9/28/2018 5:08:44 PM PDF
1.2 6/19/2018 11:34:06 AM PDF
1.1 6/19/2018 10:18:09 AM PDF
1.0 6/18/2018 11:18:34 PM PDF