Project Description
Infectious Disease Response Unit (IDRU)
Mission
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Augment & support the needs of the regional health- care system with the care, transport, & or transfer of patients with a high consequence infectious disease [HCID]
Capabilities
- State available & activated, 24/7 response asset
- IDRU teams staffed from both the pre-hospital & hospital setting with specific training to state-wide standard PPE caches, capable of caring for & transporting a patient with a High Consequence Infectious Disease [HCID] anywhere in the state.
- Caches pre-positioned in all [8] TX EMTF Regions:
- [8] Pre-Hospital Transport Caches; [1] in each TX EMTF Region [13] Hospital Augmentation Support Caches
- [8] 24-HR Caches; [1] in each TX EMTF Region
- [4] 72-HR Caches; in El Paso, Arlington, San Antonio, & Houston [1] 10-Day Cache; in San Antonio
Typing & Staffing
- IDRU Hospital Augmentation, EMS Transport, & Cache Management teams are comprised of:
- Pre-Hospital Transport Team:
- Group Supervisor, Medical Incident Support Team [MIST], Physician, Paramedics, & EMTs, HAZMAT Technicians *
- Hospital Augmentation Team:
- Group Supervisors, Medical Incident Support Team [MIST], Physicians, Registered Nurses, Paramedics, & Logistics Specialists *
- Cache Management Team:
- Medical Incident Support Team [MIST], Logistics Specialists, & IDRU PPE Trainers
* Respiratory Technicians & Infectious Disease subject matter experts will be available / on ALERT as needed
- Medical Incident Support Team [MIST], Logistics Specialists, & IDRU PPE Trainers
- Pre-Hospital Transport Team:
- ALL IDRU team members, at a minimum, attend TX EMTF IDRU Didactic training