The Alaska Nurses Association has partnered with Public Health Nursing / Alaska Division of Public Health, the Anchorage Medical Reserve Corps of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Alaska Chapter of the American Red Cross to create the Alaska Nurse Alert System (ANAS).
is to establish a network of volunteer nurses who will be activated to prepare for, or respond to, natural and manmade disasters or emergencies, including acts of terror, bioterrorism, earthquakes, and other unforeseen events in Alaska.
Volunteers may be asked to work in some capacity in an emergency shelter, provide mass immunizations which may include history taking / screening, education or administration of immunizations. Nurse volunteers could be asked to supplement local hospital personnel or serve in field trauma units.
