Organization type:
Headquarters contact name:
Sinead O'Reilly
Headquarters contact position:
Health Programs Director
Headquarters contact email:
Headquarters contact phone:
+353 87638 6656
Operations contact name:
Rachel Fletcher
Operations contact position:
Health Programs Mangager (Outbreak Response)
Operations contact email:
Operations contact phone:
+44 7506646365
First point of contact for deployment requests:
First point of contact for technical information:
Available EMTs within the Organization:
Team type:
Specialized cells, additional information:
Other specialized cell:
Yes
Please specify: :
Outbreak Response Specialised Care Team
Maximum number of EMTs that your Organization can deploy simultaneously:
1
Other services this Organization can offer an affected country, in addition to clinical care as an EMT::
Aside from case management, UK-Med are developing a technical surge capacity and capability, to be able to support all or part of the pillars under an outbreak response.
Operational willingness to deploy; geographical region::
Sudden Onset Disaster (SOD):
No
Protracted crisis:
No
Complex emergencies:
No
Outbreak:
Yes
Please mark all that apply::
Chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) events:
No
Other emergency not listed above:
No
Duration of operational capacity:
By aircraft:
Yes
Aircraft transportation:
Commercial/freight
By sea:
No
By land:
No
None:
No
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Does the Organization provide or support the staff of the deploying EMTs:
Field training
Fitness training and/or control of level of physical fitness
Health screening/medical check-ups pre-deployment
Initial medical care
Medical professional indemnity/insurance
Medication such as required prophylaxis or vector controls
Medivac
Personal health insurance
Psychological support
Uniforms
Vaccination
All organisational duty of care requirements are met as per core standards
This organization has deployed EMTs to the following historical emergency and/or outbreak events::
Country of deployment:
Sierra Leone
Number of teams:
15
Type of teams:
Duration of deployment:
Additional events:
No
Additional comments:
During the West Africa Ebola Outbreak response, UK-Med deployed their trained registered members into INGOs who had an operational platform within Sierra Leone to support case management activities within several Ebola Treatment Centres. Serial teams were deployed back to back on 3 week cycles over a 6 month basis.
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Please explain why additional guidance is needed:
UK-Med is currently developing its full operational Outbreak Response Specilaised Care Team capability and capacity over the next 6 months. They are planning to aim for verification in Dec 2019. Current support on the development of their specialised care team is being led and managed by Rachel Fletcher and she is drawing on specilsist technical expertise in outbreak resposne from the READY consortium.
Allow members:
Yes
Title:
Ms
First name:
Rachel
Last name:
Fletcher
Position:
Health Program Manager (Outbreak Response)
E-mail address:
Telephone Number:
+44 7506646365
City:
Manchester
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