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I have been asked to put another team together and will do so in open forum... notme ps thanks vff.. Bella Vista all the way...

Boy are some of you right on.. especially about Dr Eddy I have been staying in contact with people on the ground and where we were is really not getting much better,, there have been some improvements that we started.. a 4 inch water line that we brought down the mountain about 1/2 mile from...

no thanks to anyone who smokes dope in public safety... its hard enough to work with people who have all their faculties.. I cant imagine working with anyone who was high.. drunk..or under the influence of anything.. I WANT to know my partners are sober.. I am an avid supporter of stricter...

Home Home feels bittersweet. I think this is a common feeling amongst us all, or at least those whom I have spoken to. It is as if we are still in Haiti, the sights and smells fresh in our minds, and the job undone in our hearts. I consider my time there an honor and a privilege and feel like I...

Sometimes luck can get you through and it was not our day to have Mr. Murphy bite us. The bus returned at the end of the day, we obtained water, and Dr.Eddy was on board. I hadn’t forgotten the kid who left us high and dry. Under other circumstances we would have had some one on one education...

The field clinic days went pretty much the same and we would be overrun with patients by 1430 and shut the lines down to treat all the remaining people and be gone by 1630 hrs, our bingo time. Darkness is not safe for anyone in Haiti, but especially not for rich white doctors who would make...

At nighttime we listened to a cacophony of roosters, birds, strange sounds, singing, huge fruit dropping from the trees landing on the tents with the sound of a mortar going off, and an occasional very rare gunshot. I finally went into a fitful sleep. I averaged about three hours a night my...

International Mission Flights IMF flies mission and relief flights all over the world. As I walked into their hanger I was struck by the sense that I was among real aviators not flying bus drivers. In the flight room there were pictures of their flights and planes from operations all over the...

I carried enough Deet for 20 people for the week, enough triple antibiotic and hand sanitizer for 500 hundred people (my donation to the field pharmacy). I built a bug-out pack and in it carried enough food for 15 people for one day... More if need be. The only weaponry I was comfortable enough...

Haiti Adventures in Medicine in the Third World Forward In the third world it all comes down to survival... Food, water and shelter... Everything else is fluff. I was given the privilege of going to Haiti with 15 doctors, nurses, PT’s of various skills from all over the US. They...

Pressure point during compression wrap Ok.. I like this one and it works well in the field... ALRIGHT.. REVIEW 4 steps of bleeding control (PPE/Scene safe of course) 1) Direct pressure 2) Elevation 3) Pressure point 4) Tourniquet Obviously there are sub steps and treating for...

EMT-B 70.. passed.. and I knew I did,,, got the last question right. I had 3 ALS control drug questions but I got them right using the "sounds like" technique We used Bradys for the class and Mosby's for our self review ( me and 3 firemen) .. We were very well prepared and using mosby and...