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The National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) is a federally coordinated system that augments the Nation's medical response capability. The overall purpose of the NDMS is to establish a single integrated National medical response capability for assisting state and local authorities in dealing with the medical impacts of major peacetime disasters and to provide support to the military and the Department of Veterans Affairs medical systems in caring for casualties evacuated back to the U.S. from overseas armed conventional conflicts. NDMS is designed to provide Medical Assistance to a disaster area in the form of teams (medical, veterinary, decontamination, and others), medical supplies and equipment, Patient Movement from a disaster site to unaffected areas of the nation, and Definitive Medical Care at participating hospitals in unaffected areas. The NDMS is designed to care for as many as 100,000 victims of any incident that exceeds the medical care capability of an affected State or region, or the Federal health care system. It may be used in a variety of emergency events such as natural disasters, technological disasters, majory transportation accidents, or acts of terrorism including weapons of mass destruction events.Purpose of the National Disaster Medical System A nationwide medical response system that supplements state and local emergency resources during disasters or major emergencies. NDMS also provides backup medical support to the military-VA medical care systems during an overseas conventional conflict. Circumstances for which NDMS may be activated include 1) a military contingency or overseas conventional armed conflict involving US forces, 2) a presidential declaration of a disaster, 3) a request for major medical assistance. More ==>
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