facility_type: Unknown -> Info/Hotline
mission: The Remote Area Medical® (RAM) Volunteer Corps is a non-profit, volunteer, airborne relief corps dedicated to serving mankind by providing free health care, dental care, eye care, veterinary services, and technical and educational assistance to people in remote areas of the United States and the world. Founded in 1985, Remote Area Medical® (RAM) is a publicly supported all-volunteer charitable organization. Volunteer doctors, nurses, pilots, veterinarians and support workers participate in expeditions (at their own expense) in some of the world's most exciting places. Medical supplies, medicines, facilities and vehicles are donated. -> The Remote Area Medical® (RAM) Volunteer Corps is a non-profit, volunteer, airborne relief corps dedicated to serving mankind by providing free health care, dental care, eye care, veterinary services, and technical and educational assistance to people in remote areas of the United States and the world. Founded in 1985, Remote Area Medical® (RAM) is a publicly supported all-volunteer charitable organization. Volunteer doctors, nurses, pilots, veterinarians and support workers participate in expeditions (at their own expense) in some of the world's most exciting places. Medical supplies, medicines, facilities and vehicles are donated.

mission: The Remote Area Medical® (RAM) Volunteer Corps is a non-profit, volunteer, airborne relief corps dedicated to serving mankind by providing free health care, dental care, eye care, veterinary services, and technical and educational assistance to people in remote areas of the United States and the world. Founded in 1985, Remote Area Medical® (RAM) is a publicly supported all-volunteer charitable organization. Volunteer doctors, nurses, pilots, veterinarians and support workers participate in expeditions (at their own expense) in some of the world's most exciting places. Medical supplies, medicines, facilities and vehicles are donated. -> The Remote Area Medical® (RAM) Volunteer Corps is a non-profit, volunteer, airborne relief corps dedicated to serving mankind by providing free health care, dental care, eye care, veterinary services, and technical and educational assistance to people in remote areas of the United States and the world. Founded in 1985, Remote Area Medical® (RAM) is a publicly supported all-volunteer charitable organization. Volunteer doctors, nurses, pilots, veterinarians and support workers participate in expeditions (at their own expense) in some of the world's most exciting places. Medical supplies, medicines, facilities and vehicles are donated.

town: -> Medor
address: 1834 Beech Street Knoxville, TN 37920 -> U.S. ADDR: 1834 Beech Street, Knoxville, TN 37920
notes: -> FROM THE SITE: EXPEDITION SUMMARY A FEW STRONG MEN and WOMEN to HELP BLAZE TRAILS and BUILD an AIRSTRIP in HAITI near the mountain community of MEDOR!! The Haiti Roads expedition was an exciting experience for all involved. There were initially three goals of the project: 1. Build an airstrip to allow air ambulance operations for this remote region 2. Improve an existing road that has fallen into a state of disrepair 3. Provide a medical and veterinary clinic service during the first week of the expedition with a special interest in treatment and prevention of cholera A team of skydivers led the entry into the area on December 5, jumping onto the future runway site from the RAM C-47. Several pallets of supplies were also air-dropped on that flight. The medical team and a number of others traveled by ground the following morning, arriving in the mid-afternoon after a long drive and another hour of hiking. The teams assembled that evening and set up camp. The medical team was made up of five physicians, two nurse practitioners, one dentist, one veterinarian, and four other nurses. Specialties included infectious disease, pediatrics, internal medicine, ophthalmology, and anesthesiology. Though the medical team had prepared to address what had been reported as a wide-spread cholera epidemic, they arrived at a lull in the fight, finding only a single patient in the cholera clinic. There had been over a hundred cases, with a number of fatalities, but thankfully this had slowed significantly. So, rather than an acute-care project, much of what the medical team found to do was basic clinic work, treating many general complaints, malnutrition, and a few acute infections and injuries. By the end of the week, two cholera patients had been seen and treated, one of whom was too late to save. The veterinary clinic treated many pack animals, mainly donkeys and horses, for a variety of ailments, most visibly saddle sores, worms, and malnutrition. While the medical team was busy in clinic, the road team was able to get a passable road repaired and a 4-wheel-drive SUV was able to reach the clinic/runway area by Tuesday, December 7. The road team then joined the runway team for the remainder of the expedition. The runway team, with the help of a team of local workers, cleared space and leveled ground for a 1400-foot sloping airstrip. It was completed during the expedition, and awaits government approval. In the middle of the first week, with most of the medical team scheduled to leave on Friday, December 10, post-election violence broke out in the larger cities of Haiti. The RAM team, while isolated from any violence, was none-the-less concerned for their safety during their exit from Medor. As circumstances would have it, the medical team ended up conducting a fourth clinic day on Friday, and those who were leaving were able to be flown to the Port au Prince airport by helicopter on Saturday, December 11. One couple flew from Port au Prince in their own private aircraft, while others were shuttled to the Dominican Republic where they took airline flights home. The remaining team members were able to safely leave by ground the following weekend, after most of the violence had died down and the airstrip was completed. The RAM C-47 landed in Knoxville on Sunday, December 19, with a tired, happy-to-be-home crew. All team members were able to reach the US with minimal delays. On January 6, after a delay for government approval, Stan Brock and Jim Massengill landed a specially-equipped Maule M4-220 on the strip for the first time. The RAM Haiti project was documented by a crew from NBC News, and is scheduled to air on Dateline NBC on January 9. Check local listings. RAM would like to thank each team member for being part of this major project. We hope to begin providing aviation medical services to this isolated region in the near future.
region: -> Artibonite
mission: The Remote Area Medical® (RAM) Volunteer Corps is a non-profit, volunteer, airborne relief corps dedicated to serving mankind by providing free health care, dental care, eye care, veterinary services, and technical and educational assistance to people in remote areas of the United States and the world. Founded in 1985, Remote Area Medical® (RAM) is a publicly supported all-volunteer charitable organization. Volunteer doctors, nurses, pilots, veterinarians and support workers participate in expeditions (at their own expense) in some of the world's most exciting places. Medical supplies, medicines, facilities and vehicles are donated. -> The Remote Area Medical® (RAM) Volunteer Corps is a non-profit, volunteer, airborne relief corps dedicated to serving mankind by providing free health care, dental care, eye care, veterinary services, and technical and educational assistance to people in remote areas of the United States and the world. Founded in 1985, Remote Area Medical® (RAM) is a publicly supported all-volunteer charitable organization. Volunteer doctors, nurses, pilots, veterinarians and support workers participate in expeditions (at their own expense) in some of the world's most exciting places. Medical supplies, medicines, facilities and vehicles are donated.