THE ARKANSAS DISASTER MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TEAM, OR AR-1 DMAT, IS COMPOSED OF DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS FOCUSING ON PROVIDING EXPERTISE IN DEALING WITH LARGE SCALE EMERGENCYS SUCH AS EARTHQUAKES, TORNADOES, HURRICANES, ACCIDENTS, AND OTHER MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS CAN EASILY OVERWHELM ANY AREA’S EMERGENCY MEDICAL SYSTEM.  OFTEN, PATIENTS WITH SURVIVABLE INJURIES GREATLY OUTNUMBER AVAILABLE AMBULANCES AND SKILLED EMERGENCY RESPONDERS.

AR-1 DMAT MEMBERS ARE TRAINED IN THE SPECIAL CONCEPTS AND PROCEDURES INVOLVED IN MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS, OR MCIs.  ALL TEAM MEMBERS RECEIVE EXTENSIVE TRAINING, INCLUDING CLASSROOM WORK AND PRACTICAL FIELD EXERCISES.