New Jersey’s
Emergency System for
Advance Registration of
Volunteer Health
Professionals
(ESAR-VHP)
ESAR-VHP 101
Learning Objectives:
• Define ESAR-VHP, Medical Reserve
Corps (MRC) MRC, Federal
deployment programs and
populations
• Identify specific requirements of the
ESAR-VHP program
• Understand conditions and authority
to declare a public health emergency
in NJ
• Understand participation in ESARVHP and federal deployment and how
this may differ from participation in
MRC or other emergency response
organizations
ESAR-VHP 101
Public Health Emergency in NJ
“occurrence or imminent threat of an
occurrence”
• Bioterrorism or appearance of
biological agent
• Natural disaster
• Chemical attack or accidental
release of toxic chemicals
• Nuclear attack or nuclear accident
• Large number of deaths, illness or
injury
• Large number of serious or longterm impairments
• Exposure to a biological agent or
chemical that poses a significant
risk
ESAR-VHP 101
Emergency Health Powers Act
The New Jersey Emergency Health Powers Act (NJEHPA)
provides the Governor of New Jersey and the State Commissioner
of Health with expanded powers to respond to public health
emergencies that include planning and executing public health
emergency plans, coordinating public health response between
State and local authorities, collaborating with the federal authorities
and agencies/representatives of other states, and organizing and
dispensing public information regarding health emergencies. This
law ensures a coordinated response for saving lives and minimizing
the dangers and risks that are associated with a public health
emergency. In accordance to the NJEHPA, the NJMRC/ESARVHP Volunteer Registry was created to support medical and public
health surge capacity for staffing and providing health care services
when required or needed during an emergency.
ESAR-VHP 101
Participation in NJMRC / ESAR-VHP
• NJMRC registration process
(screen shots)
• Steps to verify ESAR-VHP
participation/eligibility
• Outline Federal Deployment
process (handout)
• Best Practices (discussion
exercise)
/
ESAR-VHP 101
Medical Reserve Corps (MRC)
• Component of the New Jersey
Citizen Corps
• Identify and register individuals
willing to serve within local, county
or state jurisdictions
• Organized and managed by
county and local public health
agencies
• Requested through the
emergency management systems
created for the State of New
Jersey
ESAR-VHP 101
ESAR-VHP
The Emergency System for Advance
Registration of Volunteer Health
Professionals (ESAR-VHP) is a federal
program created to support states and
territories in establishing standardized
volunteer registration programs for
disasters and public health and
medical emergencies.
ESAR-VHP 101
ESAR_VHP is:
• Administered on the state level
• Verifies health professionals'
identification and credentials so
that they can respond more
quickly when disaster strikes
• Hospital privileges are all verified
in advance, saving valuable time
in emergency situations
ESAR-VHP 101
Target essential health care
professionals, but not limited to:
physicians, nurses, pharmacists,
dentists, veterinarians, clinical
social workers, respiratory
therapists, cardiovascular
technologists, EMTs
Paramedics, Medical and Clinical
Laboratory Technologists
ESAR-VHP 101
These questions currently appear on the NJMRC registry application.
ESAR-VHP 101
Coordinators currently can search the NJMRC registry database for using these search fields.
FEDERAL DEPLOYMENT PROCESS
HANDOUT
ESAR-VHP 101
For more information please visit these
websites:
http://www.njmrc.nj.gov
http://www.phe.gov/esarvhp
http://www.medicalreservecorps.gov
ESAR-VHP 101
Group Exercise:
MRC
ESAR-VHP
PH
Emergency
EHPA
NA
NA
Definitions
Requirement
Example
NA
ESAR-VHP 101
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