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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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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View a photographic record from SCCM’s Disaster Field Team as they travel from their base in Santo Domingo to Jimani. See the improvised hospitals set up in this border town, using nearby buildings, tents, and trailers to house patients. See what the team saw in Santo Domingo as dedicated medical staff try to care for [...]

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The SCCM Disaster Field Team has made significant progress in identifying active interventions to increase critical care capacity in the Dominican Republic.  After consultation with the Ministry of Health and other stakeholders, a request was made of the SCCM team to assist with delivery of an education program to help with current and future surges [...]

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The SCCM Disaster Field Team met today with multiple representatives from different disaster-related organizations in the Dominican Republic, including the Pan American Health Organization, Project HOPE and the DR Ministry of Health. Dr. Lucas, Director of Special Services for the Public Health System in the DR, provided an overview of the current ICU bed capacity [...]

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