It’s been whirlwind start to the new year, which began with record attendance at the SCCM Critical Care Congress in Miami.  Immediately on the heels of Congress, the Society stepped up to respond to the earthquake that devastated Haiti.  With our team freshly arrived home, several others have deployed to Hyderabad, India, where we will participate in the Indian Society of [...]

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As the last members of our field team prepare for the trip home, I hope that Dr. Reed and Dr. Baldisseri have a safe trip.  I am certain your family, friends and colleagues will be glad to hear when you have arrived home. It is very clear to me that our mission is not over.  [...]

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Before we head back home tomorrow to normalcy and cold weather, I just wanted to share a few last thoughts with all of you who have been reading our blogs faithfully. This has been a learning experience for us in every sense of the word – we were able to see disaster victims first-hand and [...]

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As our mission winds down, our chances to  do hands on patient care dwindle. A few days ago, it appeared that we had a real chance to do  patient care while setting up an intermediate unit at the Haitian border funded in part by Pan American Health Organziation and faciliated by Dominican Health Ministry. A place to receive, stabilize [...]

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The first Fundamental Critical Care Support course (FCCS) was held at the Iberoamerican Hospital in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on February 1-2. Over sixty medical students, residents, attending physicians, and nurses from the Dominican Republic and Haiti attended the two day course. The course is designed to give basic critical care provider skills to non critical [...]

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