Integrating Emergency Volunteers During Medical Surge

Integrating Emergency Volunteers During Medical Surge

This document identifies key planning and operational considerations for managing emergency volunteers in hospitals.  It includes a planning checklist, templates, guidance, and resources for integrating emergency volunteers during a medical surge event. Iroquois assembled a work group in 2013 to develop a hospital template plan for using emergency volunteers.  Hospitals were reimbursed $4,500 for adopting their own plan, and $2,000 for workgroup participation.  Based on recommendations of the work group, Iroquois developed comprehensive guidance for emergency volunteer planning and management which was updated in June, 2015.