All expenses paid: Disaster relief Mission Vanuatu

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NYCMedics is a disaster relief NGO specializing in mobile medical teams (MMTs). We have an immediate need for volunteer physicians, nurses, physician assistants, and paramedics who can deploy to Vanuatu to work as part of an MMT delivering medical care to communities affected by Tropical Cyclone Pam. Details of the deployment include the following:

- Location: Port Vila, Epi Island, and Shephard Islands
- Airfare and food will be paid for by NYCMedics
- Departure date: as early as April 4th, 2015
- 2-3 weeks committment
- NYCMedics, in partnership with AmeriCares, has been awarded a CERF grant through the UN flash appeal process, and the Vanuatu Ministry of Health has requested NYCMedics to continue operating its MMTs as part of this grant
- NYCMedics is registered with the Ministry of Health and volunteers will be given official temporary medical licenses to practice in Vanuatu
- MMTs will be providing emergency healthcare in the field, identifying acutely ill patients needing aeromedical evacuation, malnutrition screening and referral, and assist with a measles vaccination catchup campaign. MMTs will primarily be mobile, but may occasionally work in facilities.
- NYCMedics MMTs will be equipped by AmeriCares and local sources, and are fully self-sufficient during field placements

Please contact Phil Suarez (NYCM Operations Director, [email protected]) and/or Timothy Tan (NYCM Medical Director,
[email protected]) if your are interested in volunteering; include your CV and dates of availability.

 

[DeadCactus]

Take residents?

 

[deleted6669]

Take residents?

probably. ask them. Their medical director is an em doc on faculty at one of the NYC em residencies if I am remembering correctly.
I went to Haiti with these folks in 2010. great organization.

 

[deleted6669]

probably. ask them. Their medical director is an em doc on faculty at one of the NYC em residencies if I am remembering correctly.
I went to Haiti with these folks in 2010. great organization.

yup, I checked his online CV:
Tim is an emergency medicine physician practicing at the Columbia University Medical Center at New York Presbyterian Hospital, where he also completed a Fellowship in International Emergency Medicine. He has an interest in health systems development, with experience working on supply chain management and essential medicines and equipment guidelines for emergency departments in Ghana, emergency medicine development in Rwanda, and cost-effectiveness analysis for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Most recently, he deployed with NYC Medics in The Philippines as part of disaster response efforts following Typhoon Haiyan.