BSVAC GOES TO HAITI -- RESCUE OPERATION UPDATE
BSVAC has sent its third group of volunteers to Haiti. The first two groups have returned -- many of them are volunteering for go back to Haiti again.
To date, approximately 90 doctors, nurses, paramedics and EMTs who are BSVAC volunteers have been sent to Haiti. These heroes opened up the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince, established a first-class triage system and have provided emergency medical care to countless patients; they have also set hundreds of fractures and delivered over 30 babies (at last count).
BSVAC currently has over 200 medical professionals, including doctors, nurses, physician assistants, paramedics and EMTs, on standby to fly to Haiti as soon as we raise additional funds to pay for transportation and supplies. We are also recruiting Creole/English speakers to act as translators for patients being treated by English-speaking medical personnel.
We have the personnel. Now we need your help to support our members in Haiti and to send additional BSVAC members to Haiti. We need your prayers and your donations -- no matter how small -- to help pay for airfare, medical equipment, supplies, protective gear, water and fuel for ground transportation to support the men and women of BSVAC who are already in Haiti. $5 will pay for a set of bandages and rubber gloves; $100 will pay for protective gear for one BSVAC volunteer; $400 will pay for a basic trauma kit and medical supplies; $500 will pay for airfare for one BSVAC volunteer; $1000 will help pay for fuel for ground transportation; $40,000 will pay for a chartered flight; $100,000 will pay for a chartered flight carrying a used ATV and a used ambulance.
We need your help ASAP. Please take action now to help us save lives in Haiti.
Click on "Donate" above or "Donate Now" at the right. You can choose to direct your donation to Haiti Relief by entering "Haiti" in the optional Designation box.
Autumn EMT Class Scores Big
AUTUMN EMT CLASS SUCCESSFULLY PASSES THE NYS EMT EXAM!!!
CONGRATULATIONS are in order for the 25 students from our Autumn EMT class (total of 27 students) who have successfully passed the NYS EMT examination. This is an extraordinary accomplishment that makes us very proud. As featured in the Daily News on Wednesday, December 30, 2009, these students eagerly took advantage of the unique mentoring, study groups, tutoring and one-on-one skills reinforcement that was available every day at BSVAC outside of their formal classroom instruction. These graduates are now equipped to save lives as they change their own by gaining employment as EMTs. To read the full story, click on the link: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2009/12/30/2009-12-30_untitled__corps30k.html CONGRATULATIONS!
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These EMT courses are being offered through a special arrangement under the auspices of Universal Emergency Care Training.
EMT training will be free for those BSVAC volunteer members who qualify. Work Force vouchers accepted. Paid EMT courses and refresher EMT courses are also available. For further information call 718-453-4617
In addition, BSVAC provides a full range of emergency medical skills training, from CPR through First Responder. Instruction is available for individuals and groups. If you are an employer, is anyone in your workforce trained to save lives? Find out what every employer should know. Read more
BSVAC Featured on FOX News
Sean Hannity at FOX News reported on the heroic work being performed in Bed-Stuy daily by the "true American heroes" from "the historic" Bedford-Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corps. In must see footage FOX News followed the "vollies" to record riveting emergency footage and interviews with NYC EMTs, youth trainees, and BSVAC founder and chief Rocky Robinson.
FOX News also showed the daily grind of bake sales, coin collecting and other fundraising that neighborhood volunteers do to help BSVAC survive. the entire Bed-Stuy community -- from the medical heroics to the behind-the-scenes fundraising work that makes it happen (short ad while video downloads). The segment aired July 27, 2008.
THANK YOU, AMERICA!
After Sean Hannity shared our story on FOX News (see above), viewers from all across America have been responding with prayers, encouragement and support. Each and every one of you is helping us to make a difference. THANK YOU from all of us at BSVAC. Please continue to support us so we can save and change even more lives!
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