Any Northeast teams going to Haiti?

[sclegend]

Know of any physician teams going to Haiti? Please post or PM me if your institution or one you know of is sending a group. I'm a PGY4 at Bellevue.

Also, I've got an EM trained disaster fellow who'd like to go as well.

We are cleared from the NYU admin side (insurance, leave, etc.) and can pay our own way as needed.

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[CommunityED]

Know of any physician teams going to Haiti? Please post or PM me if your institution or one you know of is sending a group. I'm a PGY4 at Bellevue.

Also, I've got an EM trained disaster fellow who'd like to go as well.

We are cleared from the NYU admin side (insurance, leave, etc.) and can pay our own way as needed.

I'm an ER doc in Boston, working for Caritas Christi. We got an email the other day about them trying to put together a group. If you PM me I can forward you the email

 

[sclegend]

I'm an ER doc in Boston, working for Caritas Christi. We got an email the other day about them trying to put together a group. If you PM me I can forward you the email

PM sent! Thanks.

 

[southerndoc]

I'm sure Harvard is putting together a team. I know MSF sent a team.

 

[CraftyMed]

Heard this and it's been confirmed:

--American Airlines is taking doctors and nurses to Haiti for free. Please call 212-697-9767--

 

[deleted6669]

Heard this and it's been confirmed:

--American Airlines is taking doctors and nurses to Haiti for free. Please call 212-697-9767--

sorry, this is an internet hoax. I am part of a team going in the next 72 hrs and they ARE NOT sending folks for free.....

 

[JBlue]

Partners in Health is looking for docs to go. Check out website for more info. Here is the link to the site. Scroll down to a yesterday afternoon post.

http://www.pih.org/inforesources/news/Haiti_Earthquake.html

 

[CraftyMed]

sorry, this is an internet hoax. I am part of a team going in the next 72 hrs and they ARE NOT sending folks for free.....

Maybe they're not doing it anymore, but someone I know is flying down on American for free. Oh well.

 

[wook]

Know of any physician teams going to Haiti? Please post or PM me if your institution or one you know of is sending a group. I'm a PGY4 at Bellevue.

Also, I've got an EM trained disaster fellow who'd like to go as well.

We are cleared from the NYU admin side (insurance, leave, etc.) and can pay our own way as needed.

Research the group you choose to respond with very carefully. Make sure they have experience in this type of activity. Supplies for yourself and patients need to be thought out carefully. Sufficient operational support is critical, especially security.

The main airport in Haiti was blocked up several days ago by good intentioned people chartering planes and responding. The professional and experienced groups expected not to be able to get jet fuel in Haiti and calculcated out a return trip for the aircraft. Some of the chartering folks did not, leading to a delay of additional responders for a minimum of 24 hours as the airport clogged up with aircraft unable to get fuel and leave the airport.



Wook

 

[Ceez]

Maybe they're not doing it anymore, but someone I know is flying down on American for free. Oh well.

yup. it's a hoax. Twitter hoax spreads rumors of airlines' free flights to Haiti http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/01/14/twitter.hoax.haiti/

 

[WakeMedHeel]

Rule number one - don't become part of the problem yourself.

 

[Peds2ER]

Rule number one - don't become part of the problem yourself.

Amen. From what I'm reading right now, they're under supplied and over "doc-ed" Unless you're bringing supplies with you, I wonder whether more docs might just be a drain on an already stressed supply chain...