Mizak Health Clinic

July Trip 2010

2010-08-20T18:19:00.000-07:00

Hey Everyone,

We just got back from Mizak and held education classes for the health care workers. We taught nutrition, birthing, dehydration, dental hygiene, and first aide. I think they really enjoyed it. One of the exciting parts was an interpreter we had all week is the principal of Mizak School. I am hoping that some of the health care workers can take what they learned and share it with the children in school.

I am so proud of them. They are making Mizak a healthier place to live. I believe in them and over time, Mizak will feel the impact of these health care workers.

Teaching Health Care Workers

2010-01-27T08:55:00.001-08:00

Indiana Team is going to make a blinder for the clinic of what we taught, so they can review. (kind of like a policies and procedure manual) We will have it in English and Creole.

Health Care Education Blinder to Date
1. Treating Burns and Lacerations
2. Treating Fevers
3. Malaria Testing
4. Taking Blood Pressures

Medication Networking

2010-01-27T07:05:00.000-08:00

NEEDS-

OVERSTOCK-
I ordered to many liquid medication cups, no need to take more in for a while.

WISH LIST- Double stethoscope

RESOURCES-
Blessing International

Mamba Program

2010-01-25T12:58:00.000-08:00

This program helps malnourished children in Mizak. The Haitian health care workers operate this program. Read Newsletter for more information.
http://www.haitianartisans.com/images/hapi_issue03.pdf

Mizak Clinic

2010-01-23T13:14:00.001-08:00

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Information on How to Donate and Recieve Updates

2010-01-23T04:18:00.000-08:00

You may donate on the Haitian Artisans for Peace International website to help the disaster relief fund. This website will also give you updated information on what is going on in Mizak since the earthquake.
http://www.haitianartisans.com/

Welcome

2010-01-23T00:28:00.001-08:00

This blog will help new US health care workers interested in volunteering at the Mizak Clinic find information. This will also help former nurses that are already involved to network and share information.

Meet the Teams

2010-01-22T23:22:00.001-08:00

Indiana Team is planning on arriving in Mizak Feb.19-28 as long as flights are not canceled.

The medications are ordered. Over 8,000 antibiotics as well as multiple other medications will be taken with them.

The team is planning on having the clinic open a majority of the week and spending a few days as a roving clinic in the poorest zones in Mizak.

Haitian Health care workers will be trained to....
1. treat fevers
2. treat lacerations and burns
3. treat parasites
4. test for malaria

IOWA TEAM...THE GROUP THAT STARTED IT ALL!
It was about March 2008 and Lee was ready to come back to Iowa from Mizak, Haiti for a short visit. In an e-mail he said they sure could use some volunteers in Mizak. I responded back to him and said I have always wanted to go on a medical mission trip. Lee was home by Easter and we had our first meeting in April to see how many if any interested volunteers. By October of that year we were headed to Mizak, Haiti with a team of 19. We had 6 nurses, one doctor and 12 support people coming from Indiana, Colorado, Ohio and Iowa. We held an out patient clinic Mon. through Fri. for two weeks. We were the first medical mission team ever to go into Mizak. We also had a dental clinic where we applied a fluoride varnish to the children's teeth. We again sent a team in July 2009 with some of the same team members returning. A new site was obtained for our clinic with it being a more workable site and we were able to have a bigger pharmacy area with the team bringing in more medicine then the year before and many more medical supplies. This year we involved the health care workers teaching them assessment skills and knowledge of medicines. The team will be going again this year July 19-24, 2010.