Spiky Bugger
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One of my RN cousins...I know there are four who are RNs, could be more...belongs to DMAT. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaster_medical_assistance_team
and gets sent all over the world for disasters. It’s kind of like being in the National Guard, in that she’s a working RN and has a real job and the employer has to let her go and let her return to her real job. DMAT let her know that she would be on call, for August and Sept this year, and then...Dorian.
So she just texted me. They sent her to Puerto Rico in advance of Dorian. But Puerto Rico didn’t need much help. So they sent her to GA...attached to a NC team. But...NC became a target and the NC DMAT team needed to go home. So my cuz got sent home and was added to another roster....for whatever happens next.
Ya know...it USED TO BE a well-run organization. Then, we learned that moving these folks around among DHS, HHS, FEMA, and later budget cuts that meant that teams working together couldn’t train together and other nonsense...well ANYWAY! These very decent people, including my cousin, were at Hurricane Sandy, earthquakes in Haiti, the New Orleans Superdome trying to help people...and a side trip to vaccinate every child in Fiji.
We need them. And we need doctors, nurses, shrinks, etc to join them. I know RNs who didn’t know about DMAT. Maybe you do, too.
Let them know, please. The life you save may be your own!
and gets sent all over the world for disasters. It’s kind of like being in the National Guard, in that she’s a working RN and has a real job and the employer has to let her go and let her return to her real job. DMAT let her know that she would be on call, for August and Sept this year, and then...Dorian.
So she just texted me. They sent her to Puerto Rico in advance of Dorian. But Puerto Rico didn’t need much help. So they sent her to GA...attached to a NC team. But...NC became a target and the NC DMAT team needed to go home. So my cuz got sent home and was added to another roster....for whatever happens next.
Ya know...it USED TO BE a well-run organization. Then, we learned that moving these folks around among DHS, HHS, FEMA, and later budget cuts that meant that teams working together couldn’t train together and other nonsense...well ANYWAY! These very decent people, including my cousin, were at Hurricane Sandy, earthquakes in Haiti, the New Orleans Superdome trying to help people...and a side trip to vaccinate every child in Fiji.
We need them. And we need doctors, nurses, shrinks, etc to join them. I know RNs who didn’t know about DMAT. Maybe you do, too.
Let them know, please. The life you save may be your own!
