The mission of the Trumbull County Medical Reserve Corps is to establish, organize, and implement a local Medical Reserve Corps unit that is appropriately trained to react to incidents occurring in the Trumbull County. The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) is a national network of volunteers, organized locally to improve the health and safety of their communities.
MRC Core Values
Community: Honor the community-based nature of the MRC and recognize its spirt of volunteerism.
Action: Seek opportunities to develop meaningful initiatives that support community medical and public health volunteerism and service.
Resourcefulness: Maximize our potential to learn, and leverage relationships and assets to the fullest extent.
Teamwork: Embrace collaboration and work collectively to achieve the mission.
Diversity: Accept and respect the cultural identity of all.
Who can register?
Any citizen who is 18 years of age or older may join the MRC. A wide range of medical professionals such as physicians, pharmacists, nurses, dentists, mental health professionals, EMTs, and others are needed to provide direct medical services. A large number of non-medical volunteers are also needed to provide support services from clerical to computer support to triage, transportation, and communications.
What is required to become a volunteer?
MRC Volunteers must complete a registration form and a required “Introduction to MRC” training that includes a certificate for the National Incident Management System training IC 700 and IC 100 courses which can be completed on your own time.
What is the time commitment of being a volunteer?
You can participate in as little or as many trainings and exercises as you would like. The only requirement is to attend one training session every three years. Professional development classes can count for this requirement if a certificate of completion is forwarded to the MRC Coordinator.
Liability Coverage:
Liability Protection in Ohio Revised Code 5502.281and 3701.04 provides liability protection to registered Ohio Medical Reserve Corps volunteers during local, state or federally declared emergencies, disasters, drills, exercises and trainings, and exempts a registered volunteer's personal information in the Ohio MRC Database from public disclosure. This protection does not include the provision of any court fees, nor does it cover workman's compensation.
How do I register?
Please visit this link and click register now. Add Trumbull County to your “Add Organizations” list then complete the form.
Training Opportunities:
Training is available throughout the year online and in person. All trainings are emailed and mailed out to MRC volunteers as they are scheduled. Online trainings are always open through this webpage.
Available Online Trainings
Online training is found in My Profile then chose the training tab and select the course from the drop down.
Current In Person Trainings
Presently at this time no training is scheduled.
Contact Us:
For questions or additional information, contact the MRC Coordinator:
Susan Coleman.
194 West Main Street
Cortland, Ohio 44410
330-675-7811
hecolema@co.trumbull.oh.us
Our Youth are empowered and ready to stand up and speak out against tobacco in Trumbull County. Cigarette smoking is responsible for more than 480,000 deaths per year in the United States, including more than 41,000 deaths resulting from secondhand smoke exposure. This is about 1,300 deaths every day. Each day, more than 3,200 people younger than 18 years of age smoke their first cigarette.
We are pleased to inform you that we are now offering the BABY & ME – Tobacco Free Program™ to pregnant women in our community. The FREE evidenced-based, prenatal/postpartum program:
Assists pregnant smokers in quitting and staying quit.
Is available to any pregnant smoker or tobacco user, no age, insurance or income eligibility is required.
Provides four, 15 -25 minute prenatal cessation counseling sessions. If tobacco free at prenatal visits 3 and 4, women receive a $50.00 diaper voucher at each visit.
Provides 6, 15-25 minute postpartum counseling visits, 1 per month for up to 12 months. If tobacco free, women receive a $50.00 diaper voucher at each visit.
Allows a support partner who smokes and lives with the pregnant woman to enroll into the program, if applicable. This provides women with double the diaper vouchers, if the support partner also quits smoking.
Research has proven that smoking remains the most common preventable cause of pregnancy complications and death among infants. Babies born to women who smoke during pregnancy are more likely to be premature and underweight. Women enrolled in the BABY & ME – Tobacco Free Program receive proven tools to assist them in successfully quitting smoking and staying quit following delivery. Program data/outcomes that have been published in the Maternal and Child Heath Journal have indicated decreased smoking rates among women, as well as improved birth outcomes among babies born to mothers enrolled in the program. According to the CDC guidelines and standard care for all patients, health care professionals should screen all pregnant women for tobacco use, advise them to quit, assess their willingness to quit, and assist in referring them into cessation services.
