Medical Readiness
1. The Division of Emergency Management & Response Operations (Core I), Wright State University (WSU), National Center for Medical Readiness (NCMR), provides medically oriented education, training, product testing, and research opportunities for medical and non-medical civilian and military personnel.
Emergency Management (Disaster Management). Despite the fact that the field is called emergency management, disasters are not synonymous with emergencies. A disaster is any emergency or destructive event that overwhelms the resources and capabilities of a local community to respond to and recover from the impacts of that event. Emergency Management is the profession that coordinates and integrates all activities intended to limit death, injury, human suffering, and property damage from both natural and man-made disasters. The discipline of EM is comprehensive which dictates that all disaster management initiatives:
• Incorporate all four phases of EM (mitigation/prevention, preparedness, response and recovery),
• Maintain an “all-hazards” approach to include natural and man-made hazards,
• Engage, integrate, and coordinate with all stakeholders,
• Identify and address all vulnerabilities (physical and social),
• Be scalable to the size and scope of the event.
Response Operations encompass both the third phase of the emergency management cycle as well as the day to day responses to all sizes and types of emergencies that first responders and healthcare providers respond to throughout the community.
2. The Division of Operational & Disaster Medicine (Core II), Wright State University (WSU), National Center for Medical Readiness (NCMR), provides medically oriented education, training, product testing, and research opportunities for medical and non-medical civilian and military personnel.
Operational Medicine is the healthcare provided in unconventional settings where important resources may be significantly restricted. These resources could include limited supplies, expertise, time, location, or climate extremes. Operational Medicine includes, but is not limited to, Military Medicine, Event Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Tactical Medicine, Pre-Hospital Medicine and Aviation Medicine.
Disaster Medicine (Battlefield Medicine/Field Surgery/Combat Casualty Care) is the treatment of wounded combatants and non-combatants in or near an area of combat. Civilian medicine has greatly advanced by procedures that were first developed to treat the wounds inflicted during combat. With the advent of advanced procedures and medical technology. Battlefield medicine is a category of military medicine.
The NCMR is uniquely capable in the ability to provide a comprehensive, integrated learning services including Education & Training, Modeling & Simulation (Live – Virtual – Constructive), Consulting & Management and Research, Testing & Evaluation.
With the reach back capability to Wright State University and an extensive array of experience and expertise from our full-time staff and adjunct staff/instructors, the NCMR is able to bring our vision to our customers and partners.
We improve individual and community-wide readiness, response, and recovery from emergencies and disasters through programs dedicated to saving lives and developing resiliency. Our expertise includes, but is not limited to, education and training; modeling and simulation; consulting and management; research, testing and evaluation.
"To better protect you and your family, the National Center for Medical Readiness will lead the world in developing the readiness and resiliency of response teams."
Mass Fatality Management, Healthcare, Unmanned Aerial Systems for First Responders, Food and Agriculture Protection Training, First Response Provider Training (Tier I), Mass Casualty Management, Personalized Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Human Performance, Advanced Response Provider Training (Tier II), Enroute Casualty Care Training, Critical Casualty Air Transport Training
