Type-1 Fixed Camp Facility
A Fixed Camp Health Facility can provide outpatient care and can serve over a hundred patients a day and is staffed with a team of 32 – 36 personnel
NZMAT has the capability to deploy one fixed camp health facility which is a fully self-sufficient, static temporary primary & emergency care clinic (8 chairs, 9 stretchers and 2 resuscitation tables).
A Fixed Camp Facility:
Deploy within 24 – 48 hours from point of origin for a minimum period of 14 days
Has a central base of operations leadership / coordination team (this could be embedded within the fixed facility as required)
Provides primary, emergency and maternal child health outpatient care
Provides emergency resuscitation care (24 hours)
Operational during daylight hours only
Deploys with appropriate equipment and supplies
Adhere to the Emergency Medical Team (EMT) guiding principles and core standards
The World Health Organisation provides the following brief description and key characteristics of Type-1 Fixed Facility (2021):
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About the Fixed Camp Health Facility
NZMAT’s fixed health facility is a series of interconnecting sections for triage, primary care/emergency area, maternity, resuscitation, a 10-stretcher observation area, and a pharmacy. There is also storage, logistics and administrative command and control areas. It carries sufficient equipment and medical supplies to treat 1400 people in two weeks, including making its own drinking water from raw or salt water. It can be swiftly erected in 90 minutes and arranged in different configurations depending on the space available and needs. It is easy to transport and gives great flexibility for the team to respond to different emergencies in remote locations.
NZMAT – Major Incident AirShelter set-up – YouTube
We also had this 3D walkthrough of our facility done
NZMAT Deployable Modules
NZMAT also has the capability to deploy the following modules either separately or as part of a Fixed Camp Facility:
Forward Planning Team (FPT)
Small team up to 3 – 4 personnel that provide health system needs assessment and site establishment role
- Deploy in under 12 hours from point of origin for a period of 5 – 7 days
- Provide assessment of potential NZMAT deployment needs and / or requirement
- Deploy with appropriate equipment and supplies adequate to their task
- Adhere to the EMT guiding principles and core standards
NZMAT Specialist Cell – Surgical
Small team(s) of up to 5 – 6 personnel that provide surgical support embedded:
- Within an existing theatre facility at local hospital in the country of deployment
- Deployed as part of Type-2 Fixed Camp Health Facility (i.e. joint deployment with the Australian Medical Assistance Team (AUSMAT)
A surgical team(s) may deploy at the same time as Mobile Teams and / or the Fixed Camp Health Facility or as a stand-alone team(s).
A Surgical Team:
- Deploy within 24 – 48 hours from point of origin for a minimum period of 14 days
- Has a central base of operations leadership / coordination team
- Provides surgical theatre support & expertise to support ‘business as usual’ or surge capacity
- Operational during daylight hours only
- Deploy with minimal supporting consumables
- Adhere to the EMT guiding principles and core standards
NZMAT Specialist Cell – IPC / Outbreak
A team of clinical personnel (number determined by size of emergency) supported by a base of operations that provide infectious diseases support embedded within an existing health facility or EMT.
A IPC / Outbreak team may deploy at the same time as Mobile Teams and / or the Fixed Camp Health Facility or as a stand-alone team.
A IPC / Outbreak Team:
- Deploy within 24 – 48 hours from point of origin for a minimum period of 14 days
- Has a central base of operations leadership / coordination team
- Provides IPC / Outbreak expertise and support during a disease outbreak (i.e. Measles)
- Operational during daylight hours only
- Deploys with minimal supporting consumables
- Adhere to the EMT guiding principles and core standards
NZMAT Specialist Cell – Other
NZMAT has the capability to deploy small teams of personnel that provide specialist clinical care embedded within existing health facilities or Emergency Medical Team.
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Transport and Retrieval |
Specialist transfer team for critically ill patients (in conjunction with host Ministry of Health) |
Team of 4 personnel |
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Maternal Health |
Specialist midwifery & obstetric surgical care team |
Team of 6 personnel |
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Neonatal & Paediatrics |
Specialist paediatric & neonatal care team |
Team of 5 personnel |
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Burns |
Specialist burns care team |
Team of 4 personnel |
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Plastic / Wound Care |
Specialist plastics / wound care team |
Team of 4 personnel |
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Mental Health |
Specialist mental health care team |
Team of 6 personnel |
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Paramedic |
Team of paramedics to provide support to host MoH / EMT |
Team of 4 personnel |
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Radiology |
Radiology support to host Ministry of Health / EMT |
1 personnel or as required |
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Pathology |
Pathology support to host Ministry of Health / EMT |
1 personnel or as required |
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Pharmacy |
Pharmacy support to host Ministry of Health / EMT |
1 personnel or as required |
NZMAT Logistics & Coordination Cells
NZMAT has the capability to deploy Small teams up to 6 personnel that provide specialist technical expertise embedded within host Ministry of Health.
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EMT Coordination |
Specialist team to assist with international EMT coordination & tasking (in support host MoH) WHO EMTCC trained |
Minimum 2 (embedded) Minimum 4 (standalone) |
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Health Emergency Operations |
Specialist transfer team to assist with coordination of health emergency operations management & immediate / priority assessment (in support host MoH) Health EOC experience |
Team of 4 personnel |
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Health Logistics & Infrastructure |
Specialist technical trade team to assist with immediate repairs of critical health infrastructure (in consultation with host MoH) Urban Search and Rescue experience |
Team of 6 personnel |