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Table E–15
Medical treatment facility commander—Continued
Function Description
14C Conducts EMS transports from the incident scene(s), if not provided by DES or external provider.
14D Receives EMS transports for the incident scene(s), as required.
15 Supports medical requirements during response and recovery operations, as required.
15A Provide mental health support as part of mass care operations.
15B Provides pharmaceutical management during receiving and distribution of stockpile or cache assets.
15C Provides pharmaceutical management for the Chemical Pharmaceutical Countermeasures Program.
Table E–15A
Medical emergency manager
Function Description
1 Coordinate and integrate functions essential to effective public health and medical EM (for example, NIMS, NRF).
2 Coordinate planning and preparedness, and assist in the execution of all-hazards EM activities on behalf of the MTF
commander or OIC.
2A Act as the primary point of contact with the installation emergency manager and serve as the MTF lead for military-civilian
coordination as it relates to EM.
2B Collaborate and ensure that threat information, vulnerability assessments, and all mitigating actions are considered in
executing MTF EM activities.
2C Support the MTF commanders or OICs in the coordination and integration of EM-related training and exercises.
2D Serve as the primary advocate to ensure that appropriate resource needs are identified to execute mission requirements.
2E Coordinate and integrate MTF emergency planning and for coordinating public health and medical support to installation,
local, or regional emergency response requirements.
2F Coordinate closely with functional subject matter experts through the MTF and installation emergency preparedness
committees or working groups, the PHEO(s), and the installation EMWG to ensure plans are adequate, supportable,
coordinated, and synchronized.
3 Ensure regional medical commands (RMCs) and MTFs support and participate in EM program exercises.
4 Develop risk communications and public health information products to support EM program requirements.
5 Ensure medical support requirements synchronization and integration with the EM program requirements.
6 Develop and resource requisite training to meet EM program requirements, including any specialized CBRNE medical
training.
7 Ensure RMCs nominate and submit appropriately qualified candidates for appointment by installation commanders as
the PHEO or assistant PHEO.
8 Participate in working groups for long-term planning and sustainment of the EM program.
9 Ensure RMCs provide guidance to MTFs and supported reserve component units and/or activities participating in the
emergency planning process and are included in EM plans.
10 Ensure RMCs coordinate health service support for emergency planning with the local Director of Health Services and
that EM is addressed in the installation public health emergency SA and MTF functional area annex.
11 Provide a seamless continuum of care in accordance with established policies and guidance for standards of triage, as
well as, primary, secondary, and tertiary care (incorporating first responder and first receiver standards, respectively).
12 Coordinate and include plans for civil support activities.
13 Adopt the hospital incident command system as the ICS process in MTFs to ensure medical interoperability.
14 Assist installation development of supporting concepts of operations (CONOPS) for CBRN chemical pharmaceutical
countermeasures, including training, distribution, security, storage, accountability, and sustainment.
14A Coordinate and ensure emergency responders are protected against the effects of CBRNE by having appropriate access
to chemical pharmaceutical countermeasures, the installation will coordinate a Chemical Pharmaceutical Countermeasures
Program and CONOPS with their servicing MTF to integrate policy, planning, and preparedness activities
both pre- and post-incident/exposure. This integration and coordination include the development of local SOPs, as well
as the following:
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