Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Medical Personnel from The Children's Hospital (Denver) Volunteer to Help in Haiti

From Jennifer Bruny a Doctor working in Haiti. (the "Patrick" she refers to is Pat).

Medical Personnel from The Children's Hospital (Denver) Volunteer to Help in Haiti:
"Patrick also quickly found 2 patients who needed surgery. One 26 year old man had a very deep stab wound in his shoulder due to fighting over food. By surgery, we mean what we can do on the dining room table. The innovation of the day would be figuring out how to have suction. Take the hand pump mechanism out of a Purell bottle, stick the bottom in the wound and pump like mad."
and later:
"The toughest thing to hear today was news from the epicenter of the quake. We met a news crew from Democracy Now tonight who just returned from there. I believe it is about 15 miles from here, but took more than an hour of travel. NO ONE is there! There are absolutely no rescue teams. The UN says they are waiting for security before going."


For more, click through to the DenverChildrenshelpshaiti blog

1 comment:

Ann Engelland, M.D. said...

Hi All,

Your names were given to me by Andre Persaud who is a colleague. I am a pediatirician and will be coming to Haiti with an NGO inthe next few days. Question: How are you getting internet access? What should I come prepared with. Thanks so much and best of luck to all of you.

Ann Engelland, MD