Medical Response & Surge Exercise (MRSE) | West Virginia Hospital Association

March 25, 2025

The Medical Response and Surge Exercise (MRSE) is a functional exercise designed to examine and evaluate the ability of a healthcare coalition to support a medical surge equal to at least 10% of the coalition’s med/surge bed capacity. The MRSE is an operations-based exercise designed to test and evaluate capabilities and functions while in a realistic, real-time environment. There will be NO ACTUAL MOVEMENT of patients or resources. West Virginia’s MRSE exercise will be a statewide exercise in 2025.

Participation: All healthcare coalition members are encouraged to participate. Registration is required.

**Please note: Each facility must indicate a Point of Contact person, Facilitator and Evaluator and commit to attending the Facilitator and/or Evaluator trainings, respectively.

Facilitators: Must be listed as a Primary or Secondary person on your coalition membership MOU.
This position will receive WebEOC notifications that must be verbally delivered to their command staff.

Evaluators: Are responsible for completing all online evaluation forms.
This position must clear time in their schedule to submit all online forms by March 28^th.
Forms will not be available after Midnight on March 28, 2025.

Benefits of Participation:

It is recognized by and meets CMS requirements.
Reduces burden on administrative staff – HCC members coordinate, conduct, and complete the AAR/IP.
Further develops the relationship of healthcare response members working as a whole community.
Helps satisfy regulatory requirements.

Planning Team: A team of coalition members coordinated by the HPP Exercise and Training Manager began planning efforts in October 2024 for the March 25, 2025, statewide MRSE exercise. The team consists of two EMS Members, two Hospital Members, two Health Department members, three Emergency Management members and the HPP Exercise and Training Manager.