WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:02.120 --> 00:00:04.700 >>> IF I WERE TO ASK YOU TO DESCRIBE THE MEDICAL RESERVE 00:00:04.700 --> 00:00:07.910 CORPS, COULD YOU DO IT? WOULD YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT IT IS? 00:00:07.910 --> 00:00:10.490 HOW IT GOT ITS START? STAY TUNED FOR HEALTHWATCH. 00:00:10.490 --> 00:00:32.830 YOU'LL LEARN THAT AND MUCH MORE. HELLO. 00:00:32.830 --> 00:00:35.690 I'M TERRANCE AFER-ANDERSON AND THIS IS HEALTHWATCH. 00:00:35.690 --> 00:00:38.519 NACCHO, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY AND CITY HEALTH 00:00:38.519 --> 00:00:42.269 OFFICIALS RECORDS THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS MADE BY AN OFFICIAL AT 00:00:42.269 --> 00:00:45.719 THE US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SHORTLY AFTER THE 00:00:45.719 --> 00:00:53.140 EVENTS OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001. IT MADE YOU FEEL LIKE SOMETHING 00:00:53.140 --> 00:00:55.160 GOOD WAS GOING TO COME OUT OF THIS. 00:00:55.160 --> 00:00:58.210 WHOEVER ATTACKED THE TOWERS HAD FAILED, IF THEIR PURPOSE WAS TO 00:00:58.210 --> 00:01:01.640 TERRORIZE US. WHAT IT DID WAS GALVANIZE US. 00:01:01.640 --> 00:01:05.850 WHEN THE TWIN TOWERS FELL IN NEW YORK AND THE MAGNIFICENT SKYLINE 00:01:05.850 --> 00:01:09.560 WAS CHANGED FOREVER, A HOST OF PHYSICIANS AND A VAST ARRAY OF 00:01:09.560 --> 00:01:12.610 OTHER PROFESSIONALS AND CONCERNED AMERICANS VOLUNTEERED 00:01:12.610 --> 00:01:16.680 THEIR SERVICES FOR OURS FOR DAYS, FOR WEEKS. 00:01:16.680 --> 00:01:19.120 THERE'S SOMETHING QUITE REMARKABLE ABOUT SEEING THE 00:01:19.120 --> 00:01:23.000 AMERICAN SPIRIT COALESCE THE UNIFIED FORCE, A UNION IN THE 00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:27.380 FACE OF ADVERSITY AND FOLLOWING 9/11, THE SPIRIT OF VOLUNTEERISM 00:01:27.380 --> 00:01:30.720 BECAME THE HEARTBEAT, THE PULSE OF THE NATION. 00:01:30.720 --> 00:01:33.670 TODAY ON HEALTHWATCH, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT A MOST 00:01:33.670 --> 00:01:37.960 NOTEWORTHY EXAMPLE OF THAT VOLUNTEERISM, THE MEDICAL 00:01:37.960 --> 00:01:41.170 RESERVE CORPS. MY GUESTS TODAY ARE LINDA BOTTS, 00:01:41.170 --> 00:01:44.070 THE COORDINATOR OF THE RESERVE CORPS. 00:01:44.070 --> 00:01:49.520 AND TWO OF HER VOLUNTEERS, TAVIA PETWAY AND SEAN HESS. 00:01:49.520 --> 00:01:51.640 WELCOME TO HEALTHWATCH, LADIES. >> THANK YOU. 00:01:51.640 --> 00:01:53.230 >> WE'RE DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOU HERE. 00:01:53.230 --> 00:01:57.090 I WOULD LIKE TO START OUT WITH SOME PERSONAL INSIGHT ABOUT 00:01:57.090 --> 00:02:00.000 VOLUNTEERISM AND WHY YOU DO IT, AND PARTICULARLY WITH THE 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:02.480 MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS. I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN WITH YOU, 00:02:02.480 --> 00:02:04.600 LINDA. YOU WERE IN CHARGE F THE MEDICAL 00:02:04.600 --> 00:02:06.990 RESERVE CORPS UNIT IN WISCONSIN. >> UH-HUH. 00:02:06.990 --> 00:02:09.789 >> WHAT WAS IT ABOUT THE NORFOLK MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS THAT 00:02:09.789 --> 00:02:14.010 BROUGHT YOU HERE? >> THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK MORE 00:02:14.010 --> 00:02:16.290 IN PUBLIC HEALTH. MY UNIT IN WISCONSIN WAS BASED 00:02:16.290 --> 00:02:18.670 OUT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. WISCONSIN IS A LITTLE BIT OF A 00:02:18.670 --> 00:02:21.860 DIFFERENT SYSTEM. VIRGINIA'S SYSTEM IS REALLY 00:02:21.860 --> 00:02:25.269 SOLIDLY BASED IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK 00:02:25.269 --> 00:02:27.860 WITHIN PUBLIC HEALTH WITH PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSION ALS WAS REALLY 00:02:27.860 --> 00:02:31.370 EXCITING TO ME. >> AND WHAT ABOUT YOU, TAVIA. 00:02:31.370 --> 00:02:34.120 WHAT WAS IT ABOUT THE MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS THAT MADE YOU SAY 00:02:34.120 --> 00:02:37.829 I'VE GOT TO VOLUNTEER. >> I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF 00:02:37.829 --> 00:02:42.379 CHANGING MY MAJOR AT SCHOOL. I CURRENTLY WAS PRELAW AND I WAS 00:02:42.379 --> 00:02:48.189 THINKING ABOUT GOING PREMED. MAINLY BECAUSE I HAD BEEN 00:02:48.189 --> 00:02:50.760 DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING MY MOTHER. 00:02:50.760 --> 00:02:53.510 SHE'S BEEN AN RN FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS. 00:02:53.510 --> 00:02:57.300 AND I WANTED TO FIND A FULFILLMENT WITHIN THE HEALTH 00:02:57.300 --> 00:03:03.330 CARE SYSTEM AS SHE DOES. SO SHE ADVISED BEFORE I MADE 00:03:03.330 --> 00:03:07.150 THAT CHANGE, TRY VOLUNTEERING. TRY SEEING, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S 00:03:07.150 --> 00:03:09.269 WHERE YOUR HEART IS TO GO WITH IT. 00:03:09.269 --> 00:03:14.840 SO I HOOKED UP WITH LINDA. AND ABOUT THREE MONTHS IN, I WAS 00:03:14.840 --> 00:03:17.319 SOLD. FROM THE EXPERIENCES TO THE 00:03:17.319 --> 00:03:21.790 EXERCISES TO THE PEOPLE I MET, IT WAS A COMPLETE PACKAGE. 00:03:21.790 --> 00:03:27.239 >> SO YOU FOUND YOUR HEART NOT JUST IN MEDICINE ALONE, BUT IN 00:03:27.239 --> 00:03:29.109 VOLUNTEERING WITH MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS. 00:03:29.109 --> 00:03:31.150 >> VOLUNTEERING. >> WHAT OTHER KINDS OF THINGS 00:03:31.150 --> 00:03:33.819 HAVE YOU DONE? >> I DO BELONG TO A FRATERNAL 00:03:33.819 --> 00:03:36.999 ORGANIZATION THAT IS VERY CHARITABLE DRIVEN. 00:03:36.999 --> 00:03:40.590 WE'VE DONE THINGS WITH THE SICKLE CELL, BREAST CARE 00:03:40.590 --> 00:03:42.980 AWARENESS. WE'VE DONE SOME THINGS 00:03:42.980 --> 00:03:47.030 CONCERNING FOOD AND CLOTHING DONATIONS TO SHELTERS, AND WE'VE 00:03:47.030 --> 00:03:49.400 ALSO DONE SOME CHILDREN MENTORING. 00:03:49.400 --> 00:03:54.329 >> AND, SEAN, WHAT ABOUT YOU? WHAT PROMPTED YOU TO GO TO THE 00:03:54.329 --> 00:03:57.540 MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS. >> WE HAD RECENTLY RELOCATED TO 00:03:57.540 --> 00:03:59.629 NORFOLK. >> WHERE DID YOU TELL ME YOU 00:03:59.629 --> 00:04:01.379 WERE FROM? I FORGOT. 00:04:01.379 --> 00:04:03.989 >> RHODE ISLAND. >> PARDON ME FOR INTERRUPTING. 00:04:03.989 --> 00:04:06.389 >> NO. SMALLEST STATE IN THE UNION. 00:04:06.389 --> 00:04:11.480 I HAD BEEN -- I HAD VOLUNTEERED WITH A MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS IN 00:04:11.480 --> 00:04:13.980 RHODE ISLAND. AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER WE MOVED 00:04:13.980 --> 00:04:16.329 HERE, I WAS IN SEARCH OF SOMETHING TO DO. 00:04:16.329 --> 00:04:19.370 AND I FOUND THAT IT REALLY HELPS YOU BECOME PART OF THE NEW 00:04:19.370 --> 00:04:21.280 COMMUNITY THAT YOU'RE IN. >> OKAY. 00:04:21.280 --> 00:04:23.780 WELL, LET ME ASK THE TWO OF YOU A QUESTION. 00:04:23.780 --> 00:04:25.150 WE'LL COME RIGHT BACK TO YOU, LINDA. 00:04:25.150 --> 00:04:28.110 BUT I DO WANT TO ASK THE BOTH OF YOU A QUESTION. 00:04:28.110 --> 00:04:30.940 HAS YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS, HAVE YOU 00:04:30.940 --> 00:04:34.400 FOUND IT DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE THAT 00:04:34.400 --> 00:04:38.031 YOU'VE DONE? >> I WOULD SAY WITH MRC IT'S 00:04:38.031 --> 00:04:41.710 DEFINITELY -- IT WAS MORE PUBLIC HEALTH DRIVEN. 00:04:41.710 --> 00:04:44.820 THE VOLUNTEERING THAT I'VE DONE WITH THE FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION 00:04:44.820 --> 00:04:49.430 THAT I BELONG TO HADN'T EVEN TOUCHED THE SURFACE YET COMPARED 00:04:49.430 --> 00:04:52.340 TO WHAT MRC WAS OUT THERE DOING FOR THE COMMUNITY. 00:04:52.340 --> 00:04:55.180 >> YOURSELF, SEAN, DID YOU NOTICE ANY DIFFERENCE AT ALL? 00:04:55.180 --> 00:04:59.900 >> WELL, I THINK -- I WAS AT THE END OF MY CAREER ANYWAY, WHICH 00:04:59.900 --> 00:05:04.139 PUT ME MOST IN ADMINISTRATION. AND THIS ALLOWED ME TO GET BACK 00:05:04.139 --> 00:05:07.580 TO WHY I BECAME A NURSE AND ACTUALLY INTERACT WITH PEOPLE ON 00:05:07.580 --> 00:05:12.240 A REGULAR BASIS, WHICH IS REALLY WHAT I BECAME A NURSE TO DO. 00:05:12.240 --> 00:05:15.620 BUT IT ALSO ALLOWED ME TO MEET PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY AND TO BE 00:05:15.620 --> 00:05:17.250 OF SERVICE. >> OKAY. 00:05:17.250 --> 00:05:21.990 LINDA, I KIND OF ALLUDED TO THIS EARLIER IN TERMS OF THE ORIGINS 00:05:21.990 --> 00:05:23.569 OF THE MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS. CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT A 00:05:23.569 --> 00:05:26.280 LITTLE BIT? >> WELL, THE MEDICAL RESERVE 00:05:26.280 --> 00:05:29.660 CORPS WAS FOUNDED AFTER 9/11. IT WAS ACTUALLY FOUNDED BY A 00:05:29.660 --> 00:05:32.639 GROUP OF PHYSICIANS IN NEW YORK WHO COULD SEE THAT THERE WAS 00:05:32.639 --> 00:05:36.250 SORT OF A VOLUNTEER CRISIS GOING ON ON THE GROUND. 00:05:36.250 --> 00:05:38.960 LOTS OF PEOPLE SAW THOSE IMAGES ON TV AND LOTS OF PEOPLE CAME TO 00:05:38.960 --> 00:05:41.009 NEW YORK TO HELP. AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY 00:05:41.009 --> 00:05:45.770 CHALLENGING TO MANAGE VOLUNTEERS TO UTILIZE VOLUNTEERS. 00:05:45.770 --> 00:05:48.430 IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR SKILL SETS ARE. 00:05:48.430 --> 00:05:50.610 >> UH-HUH. >> WITHIN THE MRC, THAT'S PART 00:05:50.610 --> 00:05:53.720 OF WHAT WE DO WITH YOU AS A VOLUNTEER IS WE VERIFY YOUR 00:05:53.720 --> 00:05:57.470 CREDENTIALS AND WE GET TO KNOW WHAT YOUR SKILL SETS ARE SO THAT 00:05:57.470 --> 00:06:01.490 WE CAN APPROPRIATELY USE YOUR SKILLS AS NEEDED FOR ROUTINE 00:06:01.490 --> 00:06:04.550 PUBLIC HEALTH FUNCTIONS AND FOR EMERGENCIES AND DISASTERS. 00:06:04.550 --> 00:06:08.729 SO SINCE THAT TIME, THE NATIONAL MRC HAS GROWN FROM A SMALL GROUP 00:06:08.729 --> 00:06:13.200 OF PHYSICIANS IN NEW YORK CITY TO OVER 900 UNITS ACROSS THE 00:06:13.200 --> 00:06:16.389 UNITED STATES. OVER 205,000 VOLUNTEERS. 00:06:16.389 --> 00:06:19.370 >> WOW. >> AND RIGHT NOW THE MRC COVERS 00:06:19.370 --> 00:06:21.990 ABOUT 90% OF THE COUNTRY. >> THAT'S AMAZING. 00:06:21.990 --> 00:06:25.099 AND YOU HAVE THESE TWO BEAUTIFUL LADIES HERE THAT VOLUNTEER FOR 00:06:25.099 --> 00:06:27.870 YOU, TAVIA AND SEAN. WHAT ELSE CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT 00:06:27.870 --> 00:06:30.650 THE BACKGROUND THAT YOUR VOLUNTEERS TEND TO COME FROM? 00:06:30.650 --> 00:06:33.130 YOU MENTIONED PHYSICIAN, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF LAY PEOPLE AS 00:06:33.130 --> 00:06:35.530 WELL. >> WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE FROM 00:06:35.530 --> 00:06:40.349 LOTS OF WALKS OF LIFE. WE HAVE A FEW RETIREES IN OUR 00:06:40.349 --> 00:06:42.580 UNIT. SO SEAN AND A HANDFUL OF OTHER 00:06:42.580 --> 00:06:44.760 PEOPLE THAT I HAVE ARE A BLESSING. 00:06:44.760 --> 00:06:47.330 BECAUSE YOU TEND TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. 00:06:47.330 --> 00:06:50.520 NONETHELESS, WE HAVE LOTS OF STUDENTS IN OUR UNIT. 00:06:50.520 --> 00:06:52.610 WE HAVE LOTS OF MILITARY IN OUR UNIT. 00:06:52.610 --> 00:06:55.169 AND WE HAVE A TON OF WORKING PROFESSIONALS IN OUR UNIT. 00:06:55.169 --> 00:06:57.389 AND WHEN I SAY WORKING PROFESSIONALS, I MEAN HEALTH 00:06:57.389 --> 00:07:00.280 CARE PROFESSIONALS AND NON-MEDICAL SUPPORT 00:07:00.280 --> 00:07:04.270 PROFESSIONALS, SUCH AS TAVIA. PEOPLE DON'T OFTEN REALIZE THAT 00:07:04.270 --> 00:07:06.939 PUBLIC HEALTH HAS A LOT OF FUNCTIONS TO IT, AND IT'S NOT 00:07:06.939 --> 00:07:09.479 ALL HANDS ON NURSING. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT 00:07:09.479 --> 00:07:12.419 HAPPEN THAT REQUIRE ADMINISTRATIVE, LOGISTICS, 00:07:12.419 --> 00:07:14.060 COMMUNICATION. >> ABSOLUTELY. 00:07:14.060 --> 00:07:16.810 >> AND A NUMBER OF OTHER DIFFERENT SUPPORT FUNCTIONS TO 00:07:16.810 --> 00:07:21.099 MAKE THAT NURSING OR THAT CLINICAL PIECE HAPPEN. 00:07:21.099 --> 00:07:23.710 >> SO HOW DOES SOMEONE BECOME INVOLVED WITH THE MEDICAL 00:07:23.710 --> 00:07:26.120 RESERVE CORPS? WHAT IS THE PROCESS? 00:07:26.120 --> 00:07:31.250 >> MOST PEOPLE FIND US THROUGH A COUPLE DIFFERENT CHANNELS. 00:07:31.250 --> 00:07:35.190 ONLINE OR THEY CALL ME OR CALL THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 00:07:35.190 --> 00:07:38.750 AND WHAT I HAVE THEM DO IS FILL OUT A VOLUNTEER APPLICATION. 00:07:38.750 --> 00:07:40.840 THAT'S DONE ONLINE. IT TAKES ABOUT 10 MINUTES TO 00:07:40.840 --> 00:07:43.810 FILL OUT THE APPLICATION. AND WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING 00:07:43.810 --> 00:07:45.979 WHEN THEY'RE COMPLETING THAT APPLICATION IS CREATING A 00:07:45.979 --> 00:07:48.319 VOLUNTEER PROFILE. AND THAT BECOMES A PROFILE THAT 00:07:48.319 --> 00:07:51.810 I PUT THEIR HOURS INTO, SO THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION 00:07:51.810 --> 00:07:55.919 IF THEY NEED HOURS FOR RESUMES OR WHAT HAVE YOU. 00:07:55.919 --> 00:07:59.349 ONCE THEY COMPLETE THAT APPLICATION, IT COMES TO ME AND 00:07:59.349 --> 00:08:01.700 THEN I SET THEM UP FOR ORIENTATION AND THEY TAKE THEIR 00:08:01.700 --> 00:08:03.509 ORIENTATION. AND THEN FROM THAT POINT, ONCE 00:08:03.509 --> 00:08:07.110 WE GET THEIR BACKGROUND CHECK BACK, THEY CAN BEGIN 00:08:07.110 --> 00:08:08.920 VOLUNTEERING. THERE'S SOME TRAINING THAT THEY 00:08:08.920 --> 00:08:11.811 NEED TO COMPLETE. AND WE HAVE THEM WORK ON THAT 00:08:11.811 --> 00:08:14.659 TRAINING WHILE THEY'RE VOLUNTEERING. 00:08:14.659 --> 00:08:17.169 BUT THEY CAN GET HANDS ON PRETTY QUICKLY. 00:08:17.169 --> 00:08:19.610 >> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THAT TRAINING IN JUST A MOMENT. 00:08:19.610 --> 00:08:21.999 BUT YOU MENTIONED THE PROFILE. >> UH-HUH. 00:08:21.999 --> 00:08:26.990 >> THAT PROFILE HELPS YOU KIND OF ALIGN THEIR BACKGROUND WITH 00:08:26.990 --> 00:08:29.240 WHAT MIGHT INTEREST THEM, DOES IT NOT? 00:08:29.240 --> 00:08:31.379 >> YA. THE PROFILE ASKS SOME QUESTIONS 00:08:31.379 --> 00:08:36.539 ABOUT VOLUNTEER INTERESTS. TRUTHFULLY FOR ME PERSONALLY, I 00:08:36.539 --> 00:08:38.339 JUST REALLY LIKE TO GET TO KNOW VOLUNTEERS. 00:08:38.339 --> 00:08:40.240 >> SURE, SURE. >> I KNOW THAT WHEN I PUT OUT 00:08:40.240 --> 00:08:42.849 CERTAIN TYPES OF REQUESTS, I ALMOST KNOW WHO IS GOING TO SIGN 00:08:42.849 --> 00:08:45.430 UP FOR IT. JUST BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT CERTAIN 00:08:45.430 --> 00:08:47.510 PEOPLE LIKE TO DO. OBVIOUSLY IT'S A LITTLE MORE 00:08:47.510 --> 00:08:49.512 CHALLENGING IF YOU'RE A NEW VOLUNTEER AND I HAVEN'T GOTTEN 00:08:49.512 --> 00:08:51.630 TO KNOW YOU WELL YET. BUT I WILL. 00:08:51.630 --> 00:08:54.550 >> UH-HUH. >> AND SO IT GIVES ME THE -- THE 00:08:54.550 --> 00:08:57.140 PROFILE ITSELF GIVES ME A GENERAL IDEA OF WHAT YOU LIKE TO 00:08:57.140 --> 00:08:59.279 DO. BUT IT HELPS ME TO ALIGN YOUR 00:08:59.279 --> 00:09:01.670 SKILLS. I HAVE TO DO A CREDENTIAL CHECK 00:09:01.670 --> 00:09:10.320 OFF OF THAT. >> I KNOW YOU GUYS DO A GREAT 00:09:10.320 --> 00:09:13.660 ARRAY OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS. AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF 00:09:13.660 --> 00:09:16.170 THOSE IN A MINUTE. A COUPLE IN PARTICULAR. 00:09:16.170 --> 00:09:20.070 BUT MOST RECENTLY I KNOW YOU WERE INVOLVED WITH THE HUGE 00:09:20.070 --> 00:09:22.870 NORFOLK PROJECT HOMELESS CONNECT. 00:09:22.870 --> 00:09:25.470 >> UH-HUH. >> WHAT IS HOMELESS CONNECT AND 00:09:25.470 --> 00:09:27.540 HOW WAS THE MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS INVOLVED? 00:09:27.540 --> 00:09:30.790 >> HOMELESS CONNECT IS ACTUALLY RUN THROUGH THE CITY OFFICE AND 00:09:30.790 --> 00:09:34.290 HOMELESSNESS, AND IT IS A HUGE SERVICE EVENT THAT PROVIDES 00:09:34.290 --> 00:09:36.950 CRITICAL SERVICES TO THE HOMELESS. 00:09:36.950 --> 00:09:39.980 >> UH-HUH. >> THE NORFOLK MRC IS IN CHARGE 00:09:39.980 --> 00:09:42.420 OF THE MEDICAL SECTION. SO WE ARE THERE WORKING WITH 00:09:42.420 --> 00:09:45.519 OTHER VENDORS WHO PROVIDE HEALTH SERVICES 00:09:45.519 --> 00:09:47.760 >> SO YOU RAN THE ENTIRE MEDICAL SECTION? 00:09:47.760 --> 00:09:49.560 >> YES. >> OKAY. 00:09:49.560 --> 00:09:51.350 >> AND THEN THERE'S OTHER SERVICES OFFERED. 00:09:51.350 --> 00:09:56.650 I Ds, HAIRCUTS, HOUSING OBVIOUSLY, A NUMBER OF OTHER 00:09:56.650 --> 00:09:58.600 THINGS. BUT WE'RE IN CHARGE OF THE 00:09:58.600 --> 00:10:01.880 MEDICAL SECTION. AND SO WE PROVIDE SOME BASIC 00:10:01.880 --> 00:10:05.160 MEDICAL SCREENINGS. AND AS I MENTIONED, THERE'S ALSO 00:10:05.160 --> 00:10:08.380 OTHER VENDORS THAT PROVIDING OTHER HEALTH SERVICES AS WELL 00:10:08.380 --> 00:10:11.959 THAT WE ALL COORDINATE TOGETHER TO PUT OUT FOR THAT EVENT. 00:10:11.959 --> 00:10:15.850 >> AND I KNOW THE BOTH OF YOU WORKED THE HOMELESS CONNECT. 00:10:15.850 --> 00:10:18.880 TAVIA, WHAT DID YOU DO? HOW DID YOU HELP OUT? 00:10:18.880 --> 00:10:22.839 >> I WAS A PATIENT ADVOCATE. I PRETTY MUCH WAS AVAILABLE TO 00:10:22.839 --> 00:10:25.779 PROVIDE ANY ANSWERS TO ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE 00:10:25.779 --> 00:10:27.529 SERVICES THAT WE HAD THERE THAT DAY. 00:10:27.529 --> 00:10:31.060 >> AND, SEAN, HOW DID YOU HELP OUT AT HOMELESS CONNECT? 00:10:31.060 --> 00:10:32.230 WHAT DID DO YOU? >> I DID THE BLOOD PRESSURE 00:10:32.230 --> 00:10:36.959 SCREENINGS, WHICH ALLOWED THEM TO MOVE ON TO OTHER HEALTH CARE 00:10:36.959 --> 00:10:40.630 THAT WAS AVAILABLE THERE. >> I WOULD ASK THIS FOR ALL OF 00:10:40.630 --> 00:10:43.880 YOU. I KNOW FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE AS 00:10:43.880 --> 00:10:46.830 A VOLUNTEER IN THE PAST THAT FREQUENTLY WHEN YOU VOLUNTEER, 00:10:46.830 --> 00:10:52.279 YOU FIND IT A PERSONALLY ENRICHING EXPERIENCE. 00:10:52.279 --> 00:10:56.649 DID YOU GAIN ANY INSIGHT, PERSONAL INSIGHT, WITH WORKING 00:10:56.649 --> 00:11:00.160 WITH HOMELESS CONNECT. LET'S START WITH YOU, SEAN. 00:11:00.160 --> 00:11:05.550 >> WELL, I KNOW PERSONALLY FOR MYSELF THAT DAY I, TOO, LIKE 00:11:05.550 --> 00:11:09.519 MANY PEOPLE HAD A VIEW OF WHAT A HOMELESS PERSON LOOKED LIKE. 00:11:09.519 --> 00:11:12.529 >> UH-HUH. >> UNTIL I CAME IN CONTACT WITH 00:11:12.529 --> 00:11:16.029 A 19-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO WASN'T FROM VIRGINIA BUT WAS HOMELESS. 00:11:16.029 --> 00:11:20.540 AND WE MANAGED -- WE WERE ABLE TO SET HER UP WITH A FEW OF THE 00:11:20.540 --> 00:11:24.600 SERVICES THAT WERE AVAILABLE THAT DAY. 00:11:24.600 --> 00:11:29.320 >> I THINK I TALKED WITH HER. OF COURSE I WAS THERE FOR THE 00:11:29.320 --> 00:11:32.390 HEALTH DEPARTMENT. I THINK I MAY HAVE TALKED WITH 00:11:32.390 --> 00:11:33.540 THAT WOMAN. >> YA. 00:11:33.540 --> 00:11:36.930 >> SEAN -- I MEAN, TAVIA, HOW ABOUT YOU? 00:11:36.930 --> 00:11:39.410 ANYTHING THAT YOU FOUND PARTICULARLY. 00:11:39.410 --> 00:11:42.310 >> PROBABLY I WOULD HAVE TO AGREE WITH SEAN. 00:11:42.310 --> 00:11:47.520 JUST A WHOLE DIFFERENT INSIGHT ON THE DIFFERENT TYPE OF, YOU 00:11:47.520 --> 00:11:50.820 KNOW, HOMELESS SITUATIONS AND THE TYPE OF PEOPLE THAT WE CAME 00:11:50.820 --> 00:11:54.730 IN CONTACT THERE. WE HAD A LOT OF PERSONAL 00:11:54.730 --> 00:11:57.410 CONVERSATIONS. IT COULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING AS 00:11:57.410 --> 00:12:02.510 SIMPLE AS WHAT SERVICES WE WERE OFFERING OR WHERE MIGHT I GET 00:12:02.510 --> 00:12:07.800 HELP AFTER THE HOMELESS CONNECT TODAY IF I WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, 00:12:07.800 --> 00:12:10.770 LOOK FOR, YOU KNOW, HELP WITH EYE CARE OR VISION OR ANYTHING 00:12:10.770 --> 00:12:12.249 LIKE THAT. >> OKAY. 00:12:12.249 --> 00:12:14.430 >> GO AHEAD, LINDA. >> SURE. 00:12:14.430 --> 00:12:17.079 ABSOLUTELY. >> THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I 00:12:17.079 --> 00:12:20.089 REALLY TRY AND LET VOLUNTEERS KNOW. 00:12:20.089 --> 00:12:23.160 WHEN YOU VOLUNTEER FOR THE MRC, NOT ONLY ARE YOU JOINING A BODY 00:12:23.160 --> 00:12:26.660 OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE A SHARED SET OF INTEREST IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND 00:12:26.660 --> 00:12:28.130 IN SERVING THEIR COMMUNITY. >> UH-HUH. 00:12:28.130 --> 00:12:30.890 >> BUT YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY GET OUT AND KNOW YOUR 00:12:30.890 --> 00:12:34.040 COMMUNITY AND TO MEET DIFFERENT PEOPLE. 00:12:34.040 --> 00:12:36.389 TO NETWORK WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE. 00:12:36.389 --> 00:12:39.870 TO WORK WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK VERY HARD DOING 00:12:39.870 --> 00:12:42.300 IMPORTANT WORK. BUT REALLY OUR FOCUS ON A 00:12:42.300 --> 00:12:44.649 PARTICULAR AUDIENCE. AND IF YOU'RE NOT WORKING WITH 00:12:44.649 --> 00:12:45.649 THEM. >> RIGHT. 00:12:45.649 --> 00:12:48.700 >> IN SERVING THAT NEED, YOU MAY NEVER EVEN KNOW THAT THEY 00:12:48.700 --> 00:12:50.160 EXIST. SO IT'S REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO 00:12:50.160 --> 00:12:53.930 GET TO KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY MUCH, MUCH BETTER AND KNOW WHAT'S 00:12:53.930 --> 00:12:56.439 GOING ON AND WHAT THE ISSUES ARE. 00:12:56.439 --> 00:13:01.880 >> AND THAT EVENT HAD ANTICIPATION FROM MRC UNITS 00:13:01.880 --> 00:13:03.730 THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. >> YES. 00:13:03.730 --> 00:13:06.920 >> WHAT OTHER KIND OF MRC UNITS WERE THERE, WHAT OTHER MRC UNITS 00:13:06.920 --> 00:13:09.500 WERE THERE? AND I KNOW YOU GUYS COORDINATED 00:13:09.500 --> 00:13:11.410 THE EVENT. BUT WHAT OTHER MRC UNITS WERE 00:13:11.410 --> 00:13:12.920 THERE? >> WE INVITED IN UNITS FROM 00:13:12.920 --> 00:13:16.269 ACROSS HAMPTON ROADS. FOR A COUPLE DIFFERENT REASONS. 00:13:16.269 --> 00:13:20.540 WE USED IT AS AN EXERCISE TO WORK ON SOME OF OUR DISASTER 00:13:20.540 --> 00:13:22.230 PLANS. >> UH-HUH. 00:13:22.230 --> 00:13:24.759 >> AND WE ALSO REALLY APPRECIATED HAVING SOME OF THEIR 00:13:24.759 --> 00:13:27.490 VOLUNTEERS COME IN AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER. 00:13:27.490 --> 00:13:30.600 I HEARD FROM A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS THAT THEY ENJOYED THAT. 00:13:30.600 --> 00:13:33.529 AND JUST THE EXTRA STAFFING. IT WAS A BIG EVENT. 00:13:33.529 --> 00:13:38.070 SO WE HAD OUR PARTNERS FROM THE VIRGINIA BEACH MRC, CHESAPEAKE 00:13:38.070 --> 00:13:42.100 MRC, WESTERN TIDE WATER WHICH ENCOMPASSES MID FIELD AND 00:13:42.100 --> 00:13:46.920 FRANKLIN AND THOSE PARTS OUT THERE, PORTSMITH MRC AND 00:13:46.920 --> 00:13:54.730 PENINSULA MRC. >> NOW, THEY HELPED ME WITH AN 00:13:54.730 --> 00:13:55.959 EVENT. YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THE 00:13:55.959 --> 00:13:59.130 ILLUMINATING GOOD HEALTH COALITION AND WE'VE DONE A 00:13:59.130 --> 00:14:03.029 COUPLE OF EVENTS NOW. AND THE MRC HAS BEEN THERE ON 00:14:03.029 --> 00:14:06.560 EACH OCCASION. HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED WITH 00:14:06.560 --> 00:14:08.940 THE MOST RECENT ONE WAS ILLUMINATING GENERATIONS 00:14:08.940 --> 00:14:10.850 MINORITY HEALTH. HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED AND 00:14:10.850 --> 00:14:13.279 WHAT DID YOU GUYS DO? >> WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR 00:14:13.279 --> 00:14:15.670 OPPORTUNITIES TO REALLY GO OUT AND SERVE THE COMMUNITY. 00:14:15.670 --> 00:14:18.290 YOU KNOW, PUBLIC HEALTH DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL WITHIN THE PUBLIC 00:14:18.290 --> 00:14:21.140 HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THERE'S LOTS OF GREAT AGENCIES 00:14:21.140 --> 00:14:23.420 OUT THERE WORKING ON PIECES OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 00:14:23.420 --> 00:14:27.589 SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO PARTNER AND REALLY GET OUT 00:14:27.589 --> 00:14:31.560 THERE AND HELP FILL NEEDS. SO WHEN I HEARD OF THE COALITION 00:14:31.560 --> 00:14:33.899 THAT WAS BEHIND THAT, IT WAS SOMETHING WE DEFINITELY WANTED 00:14:33.899 --> 00:14:36.180 TO BE PART OF. AND IT'S SOMETHING I THINK OUR 00:14:36.180 --> 00:14:39.040 VOLUNTEERS REALLY ENJOYED TOO. THE OPPORTUNITY, AGAIN, TO SERVE 00:14:39.040 --> 00:14:43.240 A DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC AND HAVE IT MORE AS -- IT WASN'T ENTIRELY 00:14:43.240 --> 00:14:45.829 AN IN HOUSE EVENT. BUT SOMETHING THAT WAS HELD 00:14:45.829 --> 00:14:49.990 VERY, VERY LOCALLY AND, YOU KNOW, AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US 00:14:49.990 --> 00:14:52.580 TO PROVIDE DIFFERENT SERVICES THAN WE DO AT HOMELESS CONNECT 00:14:52.580 --> 00:14:54.630 AND SOME OF THE OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS. 00:14:54.630 --> 00:14:58.199 >> WE MENTIONED PROJECT HOMELESS CONNECT AND THE ILLUMINATING 00:14:58.199 --> 00:15:03.000 GOOD HEALTH COALITION. WHAT OTHER PROJECTS WITH THE 00:15:03.000 --> 00:15:06.350 MRC? >> WE DO A LOT, A LOT OF THINGS 00:15:06.350 --> 00:15:07.490 THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. >> I KNOW. 00:15:07.490 --> 00:15:10.880 >> WE DO A TON OF COMMUNITY HEALTH EVENTS. 00:15:10.880 --> 00:15:12.960 WE GO TO A LOT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIRS. 00:15:12.960 --> 00:15:15.790 PROVIDE SCREENING SERVICES AT THOSE. 00:15:15.790 --> 00:15:18.589 WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE KIDNEY EARLY EVALUATION PROGRAM. 00:15:18.589 --> 00:15:20.740 WHEN THEY DO THEIR SCHEDULED EVENTS IN TOWN, THEY USUALLY 00:15:20.740 --> 00:15:25.800 HAVE ONE OR TWO A YEAR. KIDNEY DISEASE PREVENTION. 00:15:25.800 --> 00:15:29.220 WE HAVE WORKED WITH EVMS. WE ARE WORKING WITH EVMS. 00:15:29.220 --> 00:15:32.360 AND I DON'T KNOW, SEAN, IF YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT. 00:15:32.360 --> 00:15:38.220 WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THEM. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH SOME OF 00:15:38.220 --> 00:15:42.529 THE STUDENT CLINICIANS TO PROVIDE COMMUNICATION -- HEALTH 00:15:42.529 --> 00:15:47.120 CARE COMMUNICATION INFORMATION TO THEM VIA SEAN AND ANOTHER RN 00:15:47.120 --> 00:15:50.449 THAT I HAVE THAT HAVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN HOW TO HANDLE 00:15:50.449 --> 00:15:54.860 DIFFERENT HEALTH CARE COMMUNICATION SITUATIONS. 00:15:54.860 --> 00:15:57.540 WE WORK WITH OTHER TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS. 00:15:57.540 --> 00:16:01.170 WE'RE PARTNERING WITH EVMS AND ODU FOR PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK 00:16:01.170 --> 00:16:03.950 ACTIVITIES. JUST A LOT OF THINGS THAT COME 00:16:03.950 --> 00:16:06.139 ALONG. WE DO SOME WORK WITH SOME OF THE 00:16:06.139 --> 00:16:08.620 OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AS WELL. 00:16:08.620 --> 00:16:13.230 STD, EPIDEMIOLOGY, WE'RE A PART OF THE BMI PROJECT. 00:16:13.230 --> 00:16:16.389 SOME HEALTH PROMOTIONS. WE WORK WITH YOU ON SOME THINGS 00:16:16.389 --> 00:16:19.420 OBVIOUSLY. AND SOME OTHER THINGS WITH 00:16:19.420 --> 00:16:22.279 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. >> AND WHAT OTHER KIND OF 00:16:22.279 --> 00:16:25.899 PROJECTS HAVE YOU GUYS -- I THINK THE BOTH OF YOU WORKED ON 00:16:25.899 --> 00:16:28.299 THE -- YOU BOTH WORKED ON PROJECT HOMELESS CONNECT. 00:16:28.299 --> 00:16:29.760 >> YES. >> AND I THINK YOU WORKED ON THE 00:16:29.760 --> 00:16:31.869 ILLUMINATING GOOD HEALTH COALITION AS WELL. 00:16:31.869 --> 00:16:33.319 >> YES. >> WHAT OTHER KIND OF PROJECTS 00:16:33.319 --> 00:16:37.210 HAVE YOU WORKED ON? >> WELL, I WORKED WITH THE 00:16:37.210 --> 00:16:42.230 PUBLIC SCHOOLS ASSISTING -- >> WAS THAT THE BMI PROJECT? 00:16:42.230 --> 00:16:44.899 >> NO. THAT WAS IMMUNIZATIONS FOR THE 00:16:44.899 --> 00:16:47.579 FLU AND THEN TDAP. >> OKAY. 00:16:47.579 --> 00:16:51.009 >> AND WHAT ELSE DID WE DO? WE DID THE -- 00:16:51.009 --> 00:16:55.370 >> SYMPOSIUM. >> THE SYMPOSIUM IN DOWNTOWN. 00:16:55.370 --> 00:16:57.660 >> WE DO A LOT OF IMMUNIZATION STUFF. 00:16:57.660 --> 00:17:00.670 >> YES. YOU DO A LOT OF STUFF IN 00:17:00.670 --> 00:17:03.440 GENERAL. LINDA, TO SOMEONE THAT'S 00:17:03.440 --> 00:17:07.740 WATCHING, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THEM THAT THEY WOULD FIND 00:17:07.740 --> 00:17:10.320 PERSONALLY REWARDING? HOW IS IT A REWARDING EXPERIENCE 00:17:10.320 --> 00:17:14.270 TO WORK WITH MRC? >> BECAUSE YOU GET THE 00:17:14.270 --> 00:17:15.640 OPPORTUNITY TO MEET GREAT PEOPLE. 00:17:15.640 --> 00:17:17.710 I REALLY CAN'T EMPHASIZE THAT ENOUGH. 00:17:17.710 --> 00:17:22.390 I REALLY LOVE MY VOLUNTEERS. THEY ARE HANDS ON, CAN DO SORT 00:17:22.390 --> 00:17:25.039 OF PEOPLE. THEY COME FROM A LOT OF GREAT 00:17:25.039 --> 00:17:27.540 BACKGROUNDS. I LEARN FROM THEM EVERY SINGLE 00:17:27.540 --> 00:17:30.680 DAY. AND I'VE HEARD THAT FROM YOU 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:32.880 GUYS AND FROM OTHER FOLKS THAT I'VE TALKED TO. 00:17:32.880 --> 00:17:34.990 WOW, YOU KNOW, I NEVER KNEW THAT, BUT SO-AND-SO BROUGHT ME A 00:17:34.990 --> 00:17:36.560 PIECE OF KNOWLEDGE I DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE. 00:17:36.560 --> 00:17:40.850 AND IT'S THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY OPEN YOUR EYES AND SEE 00:17:40.850 --> 00:17:43.700 WHAT PUBLIC HEALTH IS ABOUT. >> UH-HUH. 00:17:43.700 --> 00:17:45.429 >> MUCH LIKE SEAN WAS DESCRIBING. 00:17:45.429 --> 00:17:48.780 YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE OUR VISIONS OF WHAT THE HOMELESSNESS 00:17:48.780 --> 00:17:51.010 IN IS. WE ALL HAVE VISION OF WHAT 00:17:51.010 --> 00:17:54.289 PUBLIC HEALTH IS. AND, IN FACT, IT'S A WHOLE WORLD 00:17:54.289 --> 00:17:56.820 DIFFERENT THAN MOST PEOPLE THINK IT IS. 00:17:56.820 --> 00:18:00.350 THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET IN AND GET HANDS ON TIME DOING 00:18:00.350 --> 00:18:02.480 DIFFERENT THINGS. SERVING DIFFERENT PEOPLE. 00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:05.490 SERVING DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS. REALLY LEARNING ABOUT ISSUES I 00:18:05.490 --> 00:18:08.700 THINK IS VERY, VERY REWARDING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. 00:18:08.700 --> 00:18:14.620 >> I WANTED TO ASK THE BOTH OF YOU WE TALKED ABOUT THE WOMAN 00:18:14.620 --> 00:18:19.880 THAT JUST MOVED INTO TOWN THAT HAD FOUND HERSELF HOMELESS. 00:18:19.880 --> 00:18:24.900 CAN EITHER OF YOU OR BOTH OF YOU CITE A MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE, 00:18:24.900 --> 00:18:28.780 SOMETHING THAT YOU FOUND PARTICULARLY MEMORABLE FROM YOUR 00:18:28.780 --> 00:18:33.760 WORK AS A VOLUNTEER WITH THE NORFOLK MRC. 00:18:33.760 --> 00:18:40.110 >> I WOULD HAVE TO SAY DURING THE VACCINATION CLINICS THAT 00:18:40.110 --> 00:18:44.159 WE'VE HELD, WE'VE HELD THEM AT SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY EVENTS, 00:18:44.159 --> 00:18:48.500 PARKS, I, MYSELF, WAS SOMEONE THAT DID NOT EVER WANT TO GET A 00:18:48.500 --> 00:18:52.960 FLU SHOT. SO THROUGH EDUCATION AND 00:18:52.960 --> 00:18:59.799 HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE WITH MY GROUP, I WAS EDUCATED ON -- 00:18:59.799 --> 00:19:07.680 >> HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO GET THE FLU SHOT. 00:19:07.680 --> 00:19:11.920 >> YES. HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO GET A FLU 00:19:11.920 --> 00:19:12.920 SHOT. THAT'S HUGE. 00:19:12.920 --> 00:19:14.830 >> THAT'S A BIT OF EDUCATION THAT WE ALWAYS TRY TO GET OUT. 00:19:14.830 --> 00:19:18.960 BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT DON'T GET A FLU SHOT, AND 00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:20.520 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE DONE. 00:19:20.520 --> 00:19:24.970 YOURSELF, SEAN, IS THERE A PARTICULARLY MEMORABLE 00:19:24.970 --> 00:19:29.320 EXPERIENCE THAT YOU CAN RECALL? >> I THINK WE ALSO HELP OUT IN 00:19:29.320 --> 00:19:32.930 THE SHELTERS DURING HURRICANE SEASON. 00:19:32.930 --> 00:19:35.120 >> YES. >> AND I THINK JUST WORKING 00:19:35.120 --> 00:19:39.520 TOGETHER WITH OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY IN THE SHELTERS 00:19:39.520 --> 00:19:44.100 AND GETTING TO KNOW THE PEOPLE THAT COME INTO THE SHELTERS. 00:19:44.100 --> 00:19:48.440 IT WAS REWARDING FOR ME TO BE WITH THE OTHER NURSES AND THE 00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:51.890 OTHER HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL AND THE OTHER VOLUNTEERS WHO COME 00:19:51.890 --> 00:19:54.450 TOGETHER TO HELP THEIR COMMUNITY. 00:19:54.450 --> 00:20:00.010 AND IT WAS -- I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD ENJOY IT, BUT WHAT CAN YOU 00:20:00.010 --> 00:20:03.050 ENJOY IN THE MIDDLE OF A HURRICANE? 00:20:03.050 --> 00:20:05.580 >> YES. >> IT REALLY MAKES THAT CRITICAL 00:20:05.580 --> 00:20:11.130 TIME A LITTLE BIT EASIER WHEN YOU WORK WITH PEOPLE LIKE TAVIA 00:20:11.130 --> 00:20:16.950 AND OTHERS AT THE MRC TO MAKE IT NOT QUITE AS SCARY AS IT COULD 00:20:16.950 --> 00:20:17.950 BE. >> RIGHT. 00:20:17.950 --> 00:20:21.619 >> BUT IT'S AN INTERESTING TIME FOR ALL OF US. 00:20:21.619 --> 00:20:24.960 >> LINDA, WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT TRAININGS. 00:20:24.960 --> 00:20:28.490 YOU GUYS PROVIDE TRAINING FOR THE MRC VOLUNTEERS. 00:20:28.490 --> 00:20:31.700 AND THE TRAINING FREQUENTLY COMES WITH DIFFERENT EXERCISES. 00:20:31.700 --> 00:20:35.230 WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE TRAINING AND THE EXERCISES THAT 00:20:35.230 --> 00:20:37.390 MRC VOLUNTEERS TEND TO PARTICIPATE IN? 00:20:37.390 --> 00:20:41.120 >> THERE IS SOME REQUIRED TRAINING THAT WE HAVE FOLKS TAKE 00:20:41.120 --> 00:20:45.679 THAT REALLY INFORMS THEM ON THE BACKGROUND OF THE MRC AND HOW 00:20:45.679 --> 00:20:48.880 DISASTER SITUATIONS WORK AND SO FORTH. 00:20:48.880 --> 00:20:51.270 AND THAT'S FEMA TRAINING. THAT'S AVAILABLE TO ANYBODY. 00:20:51.270 --> 00:20:54.280 YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN THE MRC TO TAKE IT. 00:20:54.280 --> 00:20:55.749 >> THAT'S INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM. 00:20:55.749 --> 00:20:58.550 >> NATIONAL COMMAND SYSTEM. IT JUST GIVES YOU THE BACKGROUND 00:20:58.550 --> 00:21:01.340 SO YOU KNOW THE STRUCTURE WE'RE ALL OPERATING UNDER. 00:21:01.340 --> 00:21:03.900 WE HAVE THEM TAKE SOME PREPAREDNESS TRAINING. 00:21:03.900 --> 00:21:08.039 WE HAVE THEM TAKE SOME MENTAL HEALTH PREPAREDNESS TRAINING SO 00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:13.240 THAT THEY ARE -- FEEL COMFORTABLE OPERATING IN A 00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:15.180 DISASTROUS SITUATION. THAT'S NOT YOUR NORMAL EVERY 00:21:15.180 --> 00:21:16.390 DAY. SO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOUR 00:21:16.390 --> 00:21:20.020 VOLUNTEERS GO IN PREPARED. BUT THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER 00:21:20.020 --> 00:21:23.840 OPTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE OFFER TO VOLUNTEERS THAT IT'S UP 00:21:23.840 --> 00:21:25.450 TO THEM IF THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE. 00:21:25.450 --> 00:21:29.940 BUT WE PUT IT OUT THERE. SUCH AS WE HAVE MASS CASUALTY 00:21:29.940 --> 00:21:33.380 INCIDENT TRAINING OR WE CALL IT STAR TRIAGE. 00:21:33.380 --> 00:21:36.950 THAT'S OFFERED IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE TIDE 00:21:36.950 --> 00:21:41.059 WATER COUNCIL. WE OFFER TRAINING IN CPR AND 00:21:41.059 --> 00:21:45.830 FIRST AID, BLS. WE HAVE TRAINING -- SOME SHARED 00:21:45.830 --> 00:21:50.100 TRAINING THAT WE DO BETWEEN THE UNITS VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE OR 00:21:50.100 --> 00:21:53.510 POLYCOM. AND IT FEATURES DIFFERENT 00:21:53.510 --> 00:21:58.130 THINGS. THIS ONE IS ON ALZHEIMER'S OR 00:21:58.130 --> 00:22:00.090 DEMENTIA. WE'VE DONE SOME OF THE TRAINING 00:22:00.090 --> 00:22:03.929 WITH EPIDEMIOLOGY AND OUR MASS FATALITY RESPONSE TEAM AND 00:22:03.929 --> 00:22:06.990 THINGS LIKE THAT. WE HAVE HAD OTHER SPECIALIZED 00:22:06.990 --> 00:22:11.080 TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE FBI ON LEADERSHIP TRAINING, 00:22:11.080 --> 00:22:13.560 SCHEME OPERATIONS TRAINING. >> UH-HUH. 00:22:13.560 --> 00:22:16.080 >> SOME THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE NORFOLK SPECIAL 00:22:16.080 --> 00:22:19.380 OPERATIONS TEAM. SO WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR 00:22:19.380 --> 00:22:21.720 GOOD OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK WITH PARTNERS. 00:22:21.720 --> 00:22:23.630 IT'S NOT ALL TRAINING. IT'S JUST ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE 00:22:23.630 --> 00:22:27.400 GOING TO DO WITH THE MRC. SOME OF IT IS THE BIGGER PICTURE 00:22:27.400 --> 00:22:30.590 OF SAFETY AND PREPAREDNESS IN REAL LIFE. 00:22:30.590 --> 00:22:33.460 >> AND FOR ANYONE THAT'S INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING, IT'S 00:22:33.460 --> 00:22:36.950 AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN QUITE A BIT. 00:22:36.950 --> 00:22:38.970 >> ABSOLUTELY. AND WE'VE RECENTLY BEEN GETTING 00:22:38.970 --> 00:22:41.539 A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE EASTERN VIRGINIA HEALTH CARE 00:22:41.539 --> 00:22:45.140 COALITION. THEY SEND OUT -- AND THEY FUND 00:22:45.140 --> 00:22:46.850 AND SEND OUT TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES. 00:22:46.850 --> 00:22:49.590 SO FOR OUR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, THERE'S BEEN MORE 00:22:49.590 --> 00:22:55.389 OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO GET SOME CEUs, CME TYPE CREDITS. 00:22:55.389 --> 00:22:57.429 >> BEFORE WE RUN OUT OF TIME, I JUST WANT TO GET IN A COUPLE 00:22:57.429 --> 00:23:00.440 MORE QUESTIONS TO YOU GUYS. YOU MENTIONED SCHOOL. 00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:04.210 HOW DO YOU PLAN TO USE YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE MRC IN YOUR 00:23:04.210 --> 00:23:06.690 FUTURE? HOW WILL IT BENEFIT YOUR FUTURE 00:23:06.690 --> 00:23:11.770 ENDEAVORS? >> DEFINITELY PATIENT CONTACT. 00:23:11.770 --> 00:23:15.200 THAT'S GOING TO -- WHAT I'VE LEARNED HERE AT MRC DEALING WITH 00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:18.830 PUBLIC HEALTH WILL DEFINITELY HELP ME BE MORE SELF AWARE WITH 00:23:18.830 --> 00:23:22.759 MY PATIENT CONTACT FOR A LIFETIME. 00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:26.270 >> UH-HUH. AND, SEAN, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO 00:23:26.270 --> 00:23:31.640 SOMEONE WHO IS CONSIDERING BECOMING AN MRC VOLUNTEER? 00:23:31.640 --> 00:23:36.650 >> WELL, I THINK AT THIS STAGE OF MY LIFE AND OTHERS AT THIS 00:23:36.650 --> 00:23:39.880 STAGE OF THEIR LIVES, I THINK YOU FIND THAT IT'S REALLY, 00:23:39.880 --> 00:23:42.600 REALLY DIFFICULT TO FIND SOMEPLACE THAT YOU FEEL THAT 00:23:42.600 --> 00:23:45.090 YOU'RE REALLY BEING USEFUL. >> UH-HUH. 00:23:45.090 --> 00:23:48.330 >> AND WHETHER YOU'RE MEDICAL OR NON-MEDICAL, YOU CAN BRING 00:23:48.330 --> 00:23:53.100 WHATEVER YOU DID OR WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN WITH YOU TO 00:23:53.100 --> 00:23:57.130 THE MRC, WHETHER IT'S AN ADMINISTRATION, WORKING 00:23:57.130 --> 00:24:03.230 COMMUNICATION, OR JUST SIMPLY HELPING US SET UP FOR DIFFERENT 00:24:03.230 --> 00:24:06.590 OPERATIONS. I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR ALL OF US 00:24:06.590 --> 00:24:08.380 TO BE INVOLVED IN YOUR COMMUNITY. 00:24:08.380 --> 00:24:11.240 BECAUSE YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY UNTIL YOU SEE 00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:15.720 THEM IN ALL ASPECTS. THE GOOD AND THE BAD. 00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:19.000 SO IT'S BEEN A GOOD LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR ME AS WELL TO GET 00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:21.380 TO KNOW NORFOLK. >> I THINK THAT'S A GOOD PICTURE 00:24:21.380 --> 00:24:23.529 FOR ANYONE THAT'S WATCHING THAT WANTS TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE 00:24:23.529 --> 00:24:26.740 MRC. GET INVOLVED FOR THE MEDICAL 00:24:26.740 --> 00:24:31.970 RESERVE CORPS, OR ANY UNIT. LADIES, I HAVE A SURPRISE FOR 00:24:31.970 --> 00:24:33.490 YOU. PARTICULARLY FOR YOU, LINDA. 00:24:33.490 --> 00:24:38.810 ONE OF THE WAYS THAT THE MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS HELPED IS MY GOOD 00:24:38.810 --> 00:24:43.730 FRIENDS HERE AT CHANNEL 15 WHRO.TV, YOU VOLUNTEER FOR THE 00:24:43.730 --> 00:24:47.029 FUND DRIVES THAT CHANNEL 15 DOES. 00:24:47.029 --> 00:24:48.620 AND I KNOW WE HAVE A PICTURE -- THERE IT IS. 00:24:48.620 --> 00:24:50.870 RIGHT UP THERE. AND THERE IS YOURS BECAUSE I 00:24:50.870 --> 00:24:53.630 WORK WITH THE NORFOLK MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS. 00:24:53.630 --> 00:24:59.220 I'M STILL NOT QUITE SURE MY EXACT TITLE, BUT I DO KNOW THAT 00:24:59.220 --> 00:25:02.659 I HAVE A TITLE. >> YOU ARE A LEVEL ONE 00:25:02.659 --> 00:25:05.019 VOLUNTEER. I KNOW YOUR TITLE. 00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:07.130 >> LEVEL ONE VOLUNTEER. MOST OF THE OTHER VOLUNTEERS ARE 00:25:07.130 --> 00:25:10.680 15 OR 30 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING WHAT 00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:14.710 WE DO HERE AT CHANNEL 15 AND WHAT YOU DO FOR PUBLIC HEALTH. 00:25:14.710 --> 00:25:18.779 FOR SOMEONE, ALL OF THOSE HUNDRED PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT 00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:22.520 WANT TO SIGN UP NOW FOR THE NORFOLK MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS, 00:25:22.520 --> 00:25:26.090 HOW CAN THEY DO THAT. >> THEY CAN CONTACT ME. 00:25:26.090 --> 00:25:31.760 MY PHONE NUMBER IS 757-683-2760. OR THEY CAN E-MAIL ME AT 00:25:31.760 --> 00:25:38.391 LINDA.BOTTS@VDH.VIRGINIA.GOV. EITHER ONE OF THOSE WAYS I WOULD 00:25:38.391 --> 00:25:41.870 BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THEY MIGHT HAVE OR TO DIRECT 00:25:41.870 --> 00:25:44.630 THEM HOW THEY CAN FILL OUT THEIR APPLICATION AND GET STARTED. 00:25:44.630 --> 00:25:46.409 WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU JOIN US. 00:25:46.409 --> 00:25:50.900 PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME. >> AND THEN 30 SECONDS OR LESS, 00:25:50.900 --> 00:25:54.549 I ALWAYS LOVE IT WHEN THEY SAY THAT, 30 SECONDS OR LESS, THE 00:25:54.549 --> 00:25:56.789 VMI PROJECT. I KNOW THE NORFOLK MEDICAL 00:25:56.789 --> 00:26:03.920 RESERVE CORPS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE PROJECT. 00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:06.499 ABOUT HOW MANY VOLUNTEERS DID YOU HAVE WORKING ON THAT? 00:26:06.499 --> 00:26:09.260 >> WE HAD ABOUT A DOZEN VOLUNTEERS THAT PARTICIPATED ON 00:26:09.260 --> 00:26:10.950 THAT. >> WENT ON MOSTLY EVERY DAY? 00:26:10.950 --> 00:26:13.149 >> UH-HUH. >> LADIES, I WANT TO THANK YOU 00:26:13.149 --> 00:26:19.350 ALL SO VERY MUCH IN YOUR BLUE PULLOVERS THERE FOR JOINING US. 00:26:19.350 --> 00:26:22.899 IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE YOU AND I SEE YOU ALL THE TIME IN THE 00:26:22.899 --> 00:26:24.270 OFFICE. IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE YOU AS 00:26:24.270 --> 00:26:28.309 WELL, MS. BOTTS. THANK YOU FOR COMING ON TO 00:26:28.309 --> 00:26:31.480 HEALTHWATCH AND ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER FOR THE 00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:33.990 MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS AND ESPECIALLY THE NORFOLK MEDICAL 00:26:33.990 --> 00:26:38.210 RESERVE CORPS. AND, OF COURSE, WE WANT TO THANK 00:26:38.210 --> 00:26:40.990 YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY ON THIS EDITION OF HEALTHWATCH. 00:26:40.990 --> 00:26:48.260 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU CAN CALL ME AT 757-683-8836. 00:26:48.260 --> 00:26:52.830 CAN YOU ALSO SEE PREVIOUS EDITIONS OF HEALTHWATCH ONLINE 00:26:52.830 --> 00:26:59.070 AT WWW.NORFOLK.GOV/HEALTH WATCH. FOR THE NORFOLK DEPARTMENT OF 00:26:59.070 --> 00:27:03.320 PUBLIC HEALTH, I'M TERRANCE AFER-ANDERSON AND THIS HAS BEEN 00:27:03.320 --> 00:27:07.200 HEALTHWATCH. REAL-TIME CLOSED CAPTIONING 00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:12.049 PROVIDED BY U.S. CAPTIONING COMPANY.