Medical Professionals: Disaster Relief

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Medical professionals ready to respond to disasters around the world

Location: Global
Members: 24
Latest Activity: Feb 16, 2012

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This is a group begun for medical professionals specifically for networking.

Many organizations, including World Relief, are not yet mobilizing volunteers. If you are a medical professional, please join this group and use the forums to connect, communicate, and share resources with other professionals engaged in relief efforts.

IMPORTANT: SPREAD THE WORD TO OTHER PROFESSIONALS YOU KNOW. INVITE THEM TO THIS GROUP USING THE "INVITE" LINK

Please let Andy Hein know if you are interested in helping to moderate/administrate this group by sending him a message on his home profile page.

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Organizations for Medical Teams 4 Replies

Use this discussion to post information on organizations that you find and recommend to others.Continue

Started by Andrew Hein. Last reply by Michael L. Mara M.D. Feb 20, 2010.

RN group 9 Replies

Hi all, I am an RN with a med/surg, psych, wound care background. Currently I work in Hospice. I would love to start a group of nurses to hopefully work together and definately support each other. I…Continue

Started by Anne Durand. Last reply by charles sahly Feb 1, 2010.

Looking for Orthopedic Surgery Team 7 Replies

Orthopedic surgeon in Oregon looking for a team going to Haiti. I've applied to Medical Teams International and International Medical Corp, waiting to see if there's any ability to get on a team …Continue

Started by Michael L. Mara M.D.. Last reply by Sandra Lako Jan 25, 2010.

How to Build A Medical Team

My suggestion is to form teams made up of the following people:SurgeonsAnesthesiologistsER DocsOrthopedistsNurses (several per team)1 or 2 administrative/support persons Select a target date to…Continue

Started by Andrew Hein Jan 20, 2010.

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Comment by Michael Goerzen on January 25, 2010 at 5:10pm: I'm an RN in Creston BC, Canada. What is the status on commercial flights in and out of Haiti? I work for Kiewit construction and have some flexibility with my schedule. What are the roadblocks to getting non military medical people to Haiti now? Lots of the work to come is going to be nursing, dressing changes, rehab, infection control. I've been to South African and Central America and the sooner we get there the more impactful we will be.

Comment by Andrew Hein on January 25, 2010 at 5:03pm: Great article about Doctors who are going to Haiti...
CNN: Doctors Rush to Help Haiti

Comment by Michelle Hendricks on January 20, 2010 at 1:57pm: I'm an RN in Dallas, Tx. My background is in critical care at a level 1 truama center here in Dallas (Parkland). I've had truama training and have worked with burn patients. I grew up in CA and remember the '89 quake like it was yesterday. The last two years I spend as a nurse educator which included training medical staff regarding best practice. I quite in nov. to start sart school getting my MPH so right now I'm free to go to whenever for as long as needed.

Comment by Andrew Hein on January 19, 2010 at 8:09pm: I can't wait to see who will form the first group!

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