For those who want to volunteer to provide medical help in the disaster area, teams are being formed now and over the coming week. From what we understand, DHHS will provide transportation from an airport near you to a site that needs help. Any US citizen with medical/nursing/IT/Security/Safety/medical admin/allied health backgrounds can sign up online to volunteer to provide medical and medical support help. Expect field conditions in the environment - very austere - be prepared to sleep in a tent, eat boxed meals, no promise about regular showers, no air conditioning, portable toilets, 12 hour shifts.
To volunteer, go to www.hhs.gov, click on Hurricane Katrina on the upper right . There will be a list of the medical and medical support skillsets needed and then scroll down to fill out the form with your information and click "submit". Have your Social Security number and Medical/nursing license # & expiration date (if you are a provider) onhand before you go online to sign up. If you can't get on the website, don't get frustrated and try again later -the site was overloaded due to the media announcements today. After you sign up, you will be contacted regarding further details about your assignment. God bless and please pass the word along for how to volunteer. Best Loretta Loretta Schlachta-Fairchild PhD President & CEO iTelehealth Inc. 6935 North Clifton Rd Frederick MD 21702 phone - 301-371-8495 fax - 301-371-8538 email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.itelehealthinc.com www.preventingsuicide.com Bob Pyke Jr.,RN,NP [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The best journeys are the ones that answer questions that at the outset you never even thought to ask." Rick Ridgeway "There are certain spots in the world where you can stand that will change the way that you look at things forever." Pete Whitaker Co administrator Telehealth List Serve and E-health List Serve and roving editor at large. http://www.telehealth.net/interviews/pykebio.html _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
