The medical mission team made contact early Sunday morning.
They are safe and rested, and they began providing care upon their arrival in Haiti on Saturday around 2:00 PM. They treated mostly pediatric patients, with a handful of the cases considered serious and 20-30 that were non-critical.
Later they arrived at the "Missions in Haiti", where they are staying, and there they treated 20 more wound infections.
They set up clinics on Sunday at the "Morning Star Christian Academy". A crowd of 300-400 people was to be awaiting them. Since they would not be able to treat everyone on the first full day in Haiti, the group planned to go through the crowd to pick out the most serious cases. The most common cases they are seeing include:
* 2nd and 3rd burns
* post-injury infection and cellulitis
* wound deprivement
* dehydration
* orthopedic injury
* eye wash
* umbilical hernia (one case)
At this time there is limited communications from Haiti.
Check back here more updates.
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