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      RMERT REGIONAL MEDICAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM INDICATIONS FOR USE Disaster / Mass Casualty Incidents - responds to all "disasters", natural or man-made, and augment the existing public safety network. Prehospital and/or in-house support may be needed in case of critical incidents that overwhelm local assets. RMERT members will be accessible via Alphanumeric Pagers and utilize several large trailers designed to provide on-site disaster medical support. Hazardous Material Response - respond to either the initial HazMat site or respond to nearby hospitals requesting support for decontamination and care of contaminated victims of a HazMat incident, including, but not limited to, terrorist WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) event. Specially equipped trailers will enhance the ability to provide decontamination and medical care either on-scene or in support of local hospitals if they request assistance. Technical Rescue / Search and Rescue Medical Support - Select RMERT members will be trained in Confined Space Medicine, USAR (Urban Search and Rescue), Rope/Vertical Rescue, Trench Rescue, and will provide direct medical support of technical rescue operations in addition to providing stand-by medical support of high risk critical incidents and search & rescue operations. Law Enforcement / Tactical EMS Support - Specifically trained and designated RMERT team members are STATT paramedics and physicians that provide Tactical Emergency Medical Support (TEMS). These Special Tactical Assistance Trauma Team (STATT) officers are designated Peoria County Sheriff's Department Auxiliary Deputies who train and respond as an integral part of several Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) units, including the Peoria Police Department SRT and Peoria County Sheriff's Department's CIERT units. In addition, TEMS support may be provided during training and call-out assistance with the U.S. Secret Service, DEA, FBI, U.S. Marshalls Office, ILEAS (Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System) and other law enforcement agencies. No RMERT members are to function inside the inner perimeter unless they are fully trained and active STATT team members. However, non-TEMS trained RMERT members may assist in outside perimeter medical support should the situation require their assistance. Dive Team Medical Support - By special request from Region 2 dive rescue teams, a tiered response by trained RMERT members may provide medical support for the regional scuba-diving rescue teams when needed. All RMERT members will be educated in basic dive medicine support. Select RMERT personnel are dive certified and rescue team members. Special Events / Large Crowd Gatherings - Organizers of special events may seek pre-approval for use of RMERT assets to provide medical support for large crowd gatherings. Personnel from OSF SFMC and RMERT may provide basic and advanced medical care for large public crowd "special events" if specific criteria are met and approval is granted. Advanced request is mandatory and possible arrangements, staffing and equipment / supplies may be provided. Appropriate fees apply to these situations. Call Brad Pierson (309) 655-3028 or James Bender (309) 655-7746 for inquiries. Region 2 Medical Emergency Response Team The mission of the Region 2 Medical Emergency Response Team is to improve disaster response and augment the existing medical service system for community emergencies in the event of a significant medical disaster involving the central Illinois area. The Region 2 Medical Emergency Response Team is able to provide a variety of services, including on-scene, out-of-hospital, or direct hospital emergency medical care. In addition, RMERT will assist with decontamination, if HazMat/WMD conditions exist, and augment regional firefighter, rescue, EMS, ESDA, and law enforcement agencies. All or part of the following counties: Requests for the Region 2 Medical Emergency Response Team must be made by one of the following: REQUESTED INFORMATION FROM CALLER 1) Name of Agency Calling
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