Team 2

The 2nd Austin medical team is en route to Haiti via the Dominican Republic this morning.

Team members:

Tyler Goldberg, MD - orthopedic surgeon - Texas Orthopedics
Matt Crawford, DO - orthopedic surgeon - Westlake Orthopaedics
Meghal Mehta, MD - ER doctor - Emergency Service Partners - Seton Hospitals
Ellen Hatridge, MD - anesthesiologist - Austin Anesthesiology Group
Mahalia Smith, MD – internal medicine, wound care specialist -Houston, TX
Robert Knox, RN – Texas Orthopedics, surgical nurse
Amy Romer, RN - PICU, ER nurse
Kelly Harris, RN – ER nurse, member of Hill Country Bible Church
Jan Walters, RN – Austin Pain Associates/Stonegate Surgery Center
Tim Reese, RN – retired Army officer, VA clinic, Cedar Park
Sharon Depmore, LVN – Texas Orthopedics
Chris McAteer, CST – Austin Pain Associates/Stonegate Surgery Center
Jehona Tafilaj, CST – Brackenridge weekend trauma team

A huge thanks to Dr. Robert Wills, Austin Pain Associates for guidance in developing this team!

List courtesy of Texas Orthopedics Blog

The team is bringing six wound vacs, generously donated by KCI of San Antonio. These will be critical to the healing of the complex wounds that Mission of Hope is treating.

Tweets from Haiti

Bob King is serving at Mission of Hope: Haiti. He and his team left Austin on Jan. 21. Bob keeps us updated via Twitter on all that's happening on the ground.

A sign right outside a collapsed house..many folks did this in hopes that people would help them unbury their fam.

Meditating on Matthew 11:25.... Without the Resurrection...there is no hope!

Huge breakthrough! MOH has now become the only hospital in PAP to be able to do ORIF (open reduction internal fixation).

The military is is almost done approving a chopper landing zone at MOH. They will soon be airlifting patients in need of surgery to MOH!

Texas Ortho group just showed off again last night...they did the 1st hand reconnection sugery since the earthquake on a 16 year old girl!

Wonderful nurse brought a young man into our hospital...he was under the rubble and got hit with a pick from the rescuers.

I've been with Laurens Van der Mark most of the afternoon...he is one of the unsung heroes here at Mission of Hope...he knows how to get it done!

Meditating on Acts 6:1-7....this will be a key for MOH as they manage so many things while staying on mission. Their staff is 1st rate!

The Chief Medical Officer at the University of Miami has shown us much favor...probably could get little boy to Miami or the USS Comfort!

3rd military chopper with patients this morning...we are anxiously awaiting medical team 2!

for more tweets, follow Bob King on Twitter

Big News

We need to get some huge news out....this CRAZY team just set up the first ORIF in the whole country! ORIF, which stands for Open Reduction Internal Fixation is a method of surgically repairing a fractured bone.

Also, we just did the 1st hand reconstruction surgery in Haiti.

The other hospitals are now finding out that we are the only hospital in Haiti capable of doing ORIFs which is big news. Now we’ll start getting transfers from other hospitals because of this capability.

This has been the “A Team”! These dudes rock!

-Bob King

Only God Could Do This

Hill Country Bible Church Northwest enews

Dear Church Family -
I cannot begin to tell you all the "only God could do this" events that have happened over the last several days regarding our relief efforts in Haiti. Each time something new happens, I just stop in my tracks in utter amazement at how God has connected the right people with the right skills at the right time to bring about miracles in Haiti. I wanted to give you an update...

Download a pdf version to read the rest of Tim's enews.

Follow Texas Orthopedics

It's been our honor to partner with Texas Orthopedics. Check out their blog for frequent updates from our medical teams in Haiti:

http://www.txortho.blogspot.com/

Mission of Hope: Haiti

I could write for hours and not come close to capturing all that God has done that I have seen and heard thru my small eyes and tiny ears. I am just sitting in awe of our Father. This has been God’s story as he has used a cooperative effort involving dozens of churches and organizations and hundreds of people to accomplish the extraordinary. It has been a Kingdom effort by the church, medical community, and people of Austin.

Our partners Mission of Hope Haiti are dedicated to a long-term effort to rebuild Haiti and reach every man woman and child in Haiti.

-Chris

Live for Jesus

This young man was trapped under a building earlier this week and was at church today playing a solo on the sax, "Great is Thy Faithfulness." He said to us, "I used to live for me... I now can only live for Jesus!"
-Bob King (via twitter)