Staffing Strategies
•Redistribution
–Trained, same role, new place
•Promotion
–Students, house officers
•Adaptation
– Cross-class skills
–Dentists, veterinarians
•Rejuvenation
–Retirees, lapsed licenses
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Speaking Points
•Redistribute staff among and between locales

•Promote medical students to serve as medical personnel

•Adapt the roles of dentists or veterinarians to utilize their medical expertise in a different setting than usual

•Rejuvenate retired medical personnel

Narrative
   So what can you do?  One example is to have plans to redistribute staff from town to town.

   Another example is promotion – you could use medical students to serve as medical personnel, however you may run into regulatory issues so set up this plan ahead of time.

   Perhaps the best solution is adaptation - utilizing the vast pool of medical personnel who have applicable skills who may not normally be part of an emergency response.  For example, dentists and veterinarians have medical expertise, they can perform minor surgical procedures, administer drugs and anesthesia, prescribe medication – all legally.  Additionally, pharmacists may be trained to give vaccinations, paramedics could be used in hospital settings.

   A final example is rejuvenation, using retired medical personnel who have left the workforce, so long as lapsed licenses do not cause regulatory problems.