Giuseppe
Emeritus
Rapid Medical Relief -- Project Medishare and the Haitian Earthquake (N Engl J Med., perspective, extract, edited)
Published at www.nejm.org February 24, 2010 (10.1056/NEJMp1002026)
Rapid Medical Relief ? Project Medishare and the Haitian Earthquake
Enrique Ginzburg, M.D., William W. O'Neill, M.D., Pascal J. Goldschmidt-Clermont, M.D., Eduardo de Marchena, M.D., Daniel Pust, M.D., and Barth A. Green, M.D.
On the evening of January 12, 2010, a few hours after the Haitian earthquake, the leaders of Project Medishare in Miami began contacting Haitian associates, faculty and staff of the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami, and owners of small private jets in southern Florida. Project Medishare is a nonprofit nongovernmental organization created in 1995. Given our geographic proximity to Haiti and our 15-year relationship with Haitian physicians through Project Medishare, we were able to offer emergency medical relief and provide medical staff within 20 hours after the earthquake. A five-person team of medical relief workers arrived at the Port-au-Prince airport on January 13. They were presented with 225 severely injured Haitians housed in two open storage tents at the United Nations compound at the airport (see photo). The injuries included open and closed long-bone fractures, suspected pelvic and spinal fractures, complex open wounds, and crush injuries, as well as severe dehydration. Approximately 30% of the casualties were infants and children.
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<cite cite="http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/NEJMp1002026?query=TOC">NEJM -- Rapid Medical Relief -- Project Medishare and the Haitian Earthquake</cite>Rapid Medical Relief ? Project Medishare and the Haitian Earthquake
Enrique Ginzburg, M.D., William W. O'Neill, M.D., Pascal J. Goldschmidt-Clermont, M.D., Eduardo de Marchena, M.D., Daniel Pust, M.D., and Barth A. Green, M.D.
On the evening of January 12, 2010, a few hours after the Haitian earthquake, the leaders of Project Medishare in Miami began contacting Haitian associates, faculty and staff of the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami, and owners of small private jets in southern Florida. Project Medishare is a nonprofit nongovernmental organization created in 1995. Given our geographic proximity to Haiti and our 15-year relationship with Haitian physicians through Project Medishare, we were able to offer emergency medical relief and provide medical staff within 20 hours after the earthquake. A five-person team of medical relief workers arrived at the Port-au-Prince airport on January 13. They were presented with 225 severely injured Haitians housed in two open storage tents at the United Nations compound at the airport (see photo). The injuries included open and closed long-bone fractures, suspected pelvic and spinal fractures, complex open wounds, and crush injuries, as well as severe dehydration. Approximately 30% of the casualties were infants and children.
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