First days in Port-au-Prince

The team made contact today from Port-au-Prince, where temperatures are approaching 90 degrees.

The medical mission team is doing well. They are in an air-conditioned building with food, water, and security. Because of a poor connection, the conversation with team leader and Wishard paramedic Mike Thralls was brief. He did say they had experienced some more aftershocks last night from last Tuesday's earthquake, but they were all so tired they slept right through them.

On Sunday, they were able to airlift out three of their critical burn patients to the Dominican Republic and treated another 50-60 more patients. Their current medical supply needs list includes the following:

Ortho Glass
Betadine scrub
Crutches

Mike also said that much of the work from this point will be family practice medicine.