The medical mission team led by Wishard paramedics Michael Thralls and his wife, Melanie, will depart for Haiti on Tuesday, where it will deliver desperately-needed medical supplies and care to the people of Haitian capital Port-au-Prince injured in last week’s 7.0-magnitude, catastrophic earthquake.
Wishard plans a sendoff for the group, which will drive to Florida before flying to the island, located less than 700 miles south of Florida, and arriving at Port-au-Prince on Thursday.
The team has collected and packaged medications including antibiotics, IV fluids and other medical supplies, and have authorization to transform an orphanage, located roughly six miles from the airport, into a field hospital. They also have approval for alternate sites at a school in Petitionville, just outside Port-au-Prince, as well as a hospital in St. Ard, 30 miles northwest of Haiti’s capital. The team includes a trauma surgeon, a physician assistant and registered nurses and paramedics who have volunteered to participate. Additionally, the team includes multiple speakers of Haitian Creole, and it will take satellite phones and self-sustaining supplies. Wishard Hospital, the IU School of Medicine and Mission Haiti Midwest are supporting the team and its mission to provide care for the affected in Haiti.
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