Sunday, April 18, 2010

Well we made it to Haiti!

Finally found some time to get on the internet and post! For those that were here in February... a lot has changed! My comment was, "this place is like the Hilton compared to when we were here before!" So much has changed, wooden sidewalks between tents, gravel everywhere else, drainage ditches, etc! I will try to upload pics in the next day or so...

Our team just dove right in! Amazingly most have adapted and are fitting right in... The ED is still open, but not the Triage area... Peds ICU has expanded, Adult ICU has been moved out into the PEDS tent area... there is now a 4 bed PACU where Adult ICU was... Med/Surg is pretty much the same... the Ortho Tent across from the Wound Care tent is now Physical Therapy... they have put up another small tent and are actually teaching school/day care... and the supply tent, unbelievable what they have done!!! Like a Super WalMart now!

All in all, I am amazed at the organization and upgrades that have taken place! But, we are in Haiti... and tonight the decision was made to turn of the A/C to conserve electricity... it seams the diesel fuel is in shortage in Haiti, and to keep electricity running, the A/C was shut off (it consumes 80% of the power...) So we will be able to keep the lights on, the internet up, and the ventilators running for an extra day or so without A/C, otherwise, it would all be gone by tomorrow morning!

Stay tuned! Unless the power goes out before we get resupplied with diesel fuel....


Ray