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In a message dated 08/07/2009 19:20:20 GMT Daylight Time,
jamai.freeman@... writes:





Tommy;

I may be interested in this Guatemala mission. I am a NP with experience
in ER, as well as pediatric and family practice. Thanks for your response.

Jamai Freeman, FNP-C

From: _emergency-nurse@emergency-nueme_
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[mailto:_emergency-nurse@emergency-nueme_
(mailto:emergency-nurse@yahoogroups.com) ] On Behalf Of Tommy Sparks
Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 7:49 AM
To: _emergency-nurse@emergency-nueme_
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Subject: Re: [emergency-nurse.Subject: Re: [emergency-nurse.<WBR>org]
Docs, nurses and many others are needed

Hey guys,

I am trying to get a group together for Esquipulas, Guatemala Sep 26-Oct
3rd. This will be a medical mission trip associated with IMB. Looking for ED
Physicians, PAs and NPs. Additionally, looking for RNs, etc.

Please contact me if interested in more details.

Thanks
Tommy Sparks

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From: John Kirckof <_Jmkkek@..._ (mailto:Jmkkek@...)
<mailto:Jmkkek%mailto:Jmkk> >
To: John <_jmkkek@..._ (mailto:jmkkek@...)
<mailto:jmkkek%mailto:jmkk> >
Sent: Monday, July 6, 2009 11:19:15 AM
Subject: [emergency-nurse.Subject: [emergency-nurse.<WBR>org] Docs, nurses
and many others are needed for

Are you a physician or a nurse or a support helper and are willing to
participate with a medical team going to Honduras? If so, we are in critical
need of your help AND it is easier to go than you may think!

We will need at least 5 or 6 more physicians and as many nurses to go to
support this important medical mission trip to very needy villages in some
poor areas of Honduras. We also need dentists, pharmacists and MANY general
helpers to complete our teams. We have made detailed plans to
simultaneously send about 10 medical teams to these sites for our next medical
mission.
If this seems right for you or you have questions, call me right away or
reply directly to my e-mail address (info below).

This past Feb. mission was a huge success. Check out the latest Newsbreak
newsletters at: www.IHSofMN. org Note the attached team map that shows very
well the types of teams and locations we went to. In Feb, over 120 people
participated on our teams and the results were great..… literally thousands
of people were helped!

Detailed Info: Right now IHS (International Health Services) is in
critical need of medical folks, Spanish interpreters and other support people
to
go on a 2 week medical mission trip to Honduras. It is a large undertaking
with about 10 teams planned to go at the same time for the 13 Feb to 28 Feb,
2010 trip. That may seem like quite a ways off but careful planning is
essential for a successful mission. We have started to collect supplies and
meds for about 6 or 7 medical/dental clinic teams plus several eyeglasses and
surgical teams. This means about 100 people will go counting all the
support and worker people who go also (many spouses and friends go in this
way).
We have done this for 28 years so we have all the logistics planned out.
This includes a container shipment to send supplies, meds, radio gear, and
any personal items of yours (if you want) ahead of time. We are a totally
volunteer group but IHS does help cover many of the expenses in going.

The medical duties will vary some depending on the team location. How many
teams of each type we will have totally depends on how many people sign up
and what their profession is. We do most the sign ups early so that a
small group can go to Honduras the end of October and line up the team
locations based on the skills of the medical folks that have signed up. We get
many
applications during the summer, most well before 1 October. So call me
ASAP if interested. We have had a fairly good turn out so far for dentists and
most support (engineers, helpers, & radio) folks. However, I know of only
4 doctors and 3 nurses signed up so we need more folks with those skills.
Our purpose is to go to the poor remote locations of Honduras where there are
no medical or dental services for the local people. It would be a sad
thing if a team did not go to a very needy village simply because we lacked a
medical person to complete a team.

FYI, our typical clinic team in a village will have two docs, an RN and
one other nurse or EMT, a pharmacist, a dentist (usually), one or two Spanish
interpreters, an engineer, one or two radio operators, and several
helpers. It is a well-rounded team and this also helps when a spouse or friend
wants to be on the same team (note our application has a place to note your
desire to be on a team with some one else). A parent can take a MATURE son or
daughter also if they are able to be a productive member of the team.

Important info and resources: Medical folks and helpers alike can go to
the website www.MetroDoctors. com to see two articles written by docs who
went with IHS in the past. On the left side of the Home page, click on
Publications and then select the July/August issue. One article was written by
Dr
Don Asp and the other by Dr Ken Hodges. Also, as mentioned before, there
are NewsBreak newsletters and many photos at the IHS website www.IHSofMN. org

I have a CD plus a lot of other information I can pass on to you if you or
someone you know has an interest in going! It is packed with photos, daily
journals, NewsBreak articles and a great Power Point presentation that
shows our daily work. Also, there are several other IHS Directors who can
answer more technical questions about the medical side of things, etc. So let
me know if you have questions in that regard, as well. Note that the CD is
also good for those signed up as it has a lot of photos & info about most of
the sites we go to. This includes clinic and radio set up info from the
past.

Call me any time or write back. A call is best so I can fill you in on
basic expenses and the variety of work conditions we encounter. I can help you
to get and fill out an easy application. Karen and I have gone over a
dozen times so we know the value of this tremendous experience! We will be
going again next Feb.

I and the needy of Honduras thank you for your interest in this very
rewarding work!

Best regards,

John Kirckof
JMKKEK@Yahoo. com
Phone: 320-634-4386
IHS Board of Directors

PS – One topic I do want to mention is the politics of Honduras. Not
because it is a grave issue but because what we are seeing here in the USA is a
VERY sensationalized view of things. It truly is NOTHING like what we see
on TV… I have been there for 15 years so I KNOW. American TV (especially
CNN) had been reporting the news, often via Venezuela news sources so take it
from there. The vast majority of Honduran people are a quiet and warm
people who peacefully support the new government which will not take away their
freedoms like the past President was trying to do. I have no issues against
going back again, any time to do our work in the villages. Karen and I
plan to go again with the next Feb 2010 mission. Call me if you have concerns
in this.

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