UNC Hospitals' Hurricane Katrina Response Blog

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As part of the response to Hurricane Katrina, a team of UNC Hospitals' physicians and staff left Friday, Sept. 2 to travel to the Gulf Coast as part of the MidCarolina Trauma RAC's State Medical Assistance Team II. The team from UNC Hospitals is comprised of: Christine Clark, RN; Randy Kearns; Preston "Chip" Rich, MD; Michele Rudisill, RN; Ed Wilson, RN; Ben Zarzaur, MD; and Janet Young, MD. A second team from UNC Hospitals left Sept. 9 to relieve the first group of volunteers. The second team to help staff the K-Mart Klinic in Waveland, Miss., is comprised of: Alberto Bonifacio, RN; Joe Manese, Radiology Tech; Peter Milano, 5th year surgical resident; Andrew Millager, Pharmacist; Jim Rawlings, Pastoral Care; Tina Schade-Willis, MD; Renae Stafford, Trauma Attending Surgeon; Jim Starlin, Air Care Communications; and Wes Wallace, MD., attending, emergency medicine.

Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Good Morning from KMART General

GOOD MORNING. ITS THE SECOND DAY OF THE 6TH DEPLOYMENT. EVERYTHING APPEARS TO BE RUNNING NORMALLY, WELL AS NORMALLY AS IT CAN. SLEEPING CONDITIONS ARE OK. MOST OF US HAVE A COOLER PLACE TO ESCAPE THE HEAT. THE COMMAND STAFF FOR THIS ROTATION IS GREAT. THE MEDICAL STAFF SAW AROUND 180 PATIENTS INCLUDING 1 MAJOR TRAUMA. TODAY WILL BE THE FIRST FULL DAY OF WORK FOR THE NEW STAFF.