May 2006
TRIP NOTES
Seven planes and one car left from the following towns: Santa
Barbara, Santa Ynez, and San Diego. The car, loaded with medical
supplies, left earlier and drove 17 hours to Mulege. We had a
bit of headwind going into Mexico and a bit of tailwind coming
back on Sunday. Most pilots left early on Sunday morning to beat
the storm predicted for Southern California.
SPECIAL TRIP NOTE
After working with the office of Lois Capps
to get a Humanitarian Visa for Angel Aguilar to have plastic
surgery for his face and eye, I called 5 pilots to fly Angel
and wife Yadira to San Diego on Wednesday the 24th. Four pilots
accepted and one offered to pay the expense. We are very proud
of our pilots dedication. Don Briggs flew down to Mulege on
the 24th and flew back to Tijuana on Thursday where Angel and
Yadira
were met by a fireman from San Diego named Mike Niezic who
picked up the visas and will be hosting Angel during his surgeries.
The surgeries have all been donated by a local group in San
Diego.
CLINIC NOTES
Saturday was warm and clear when Ted Kenney left for Cadeje.
He soon radioed back, however, that Cadeje was completely overcast.
The rest of the planes left Mulege 1 1/2 hours later and were
able to land without any difficulty. Triage worked quickly and
the family nurse practitioners were able to start treating patients
in a timely manner. Everyone worked efficiently to get vitals,
blood sugars, and charts in chronological order. We were able
to treat at least 50 patients and dispense and refill medications
to all. Thanks to the newcomers who worked hard and improved
their communication skills at the same time. Please come again!
Bobbi Bliss and daughter Heather were able to keep the pharmacy
busy filling and keeping inventories of all dispensed meds.
One sad piece of news was that Herlinda and Ramon would no
longer be able to care for the clinic during our absence. Herlinda
cited health problems for this
departure. We will all miss her and, on behalf of Aeromedicos, Lola thanked
her for nine years of dedicated service.
DENTAL CLINIC
With efficient screening by Marilyn Zellet, the dental group
ran smoothly. Jennette and Stu were able to see all patients
and finish on time. Karen ran the sterilization.There is a need
for a special denture clinic in the future.
MAY VOLUNTEERS
Pilots: Craig Arcuri, Brian Coryat, Jim Gaskin, Frank
Heintz, Ted Kenney, Roni and Stu MacPherson, Ross Rankin
FNP: Myra Cochran, Carol Gemberling
Dentists: Stu MacPherson,
Jenette de Guadalahara
DAs: Roni MacPheson, Marilyn Zellet
Dental Helper: Karen Yule
RN: Bobbi Bliss
RMA: Lola
Rosales
EMTs: Herlinda
(resident), Heather Bliss, Joel Chappel, Sandy Burney,
Mira Kazemi, Pouneh Naseri, Alissa Monticelli, Jenner Tiscarini
, Laura Cataldo, Leslie Valle
Helper: Margo Kenney
Interpreters: Sandy Burney, Brian
Coryat, Leslie Valle, Marilyn Zellet
JUNE TRIP
Next trip will be June 23rd. Volunteers
should call Melodi at (805) 736-7123.
Pre-Trip Potluck: The potluck will be held on June 14th
at the home of Silvio and Mary Diloreto. Click
here for map and more info.
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