email changed.
cat_notes: -> Sent email for confirmation that they are still in Haiti and where they are working. lpar 1/24/11

facility_type: Info/Hotline -> Medical Facility

notes: UPDAQTE FROM THE WEBSITE: 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. -------------------------------------------------------- BSVAC has sent its first group of volunteers to Haiti. They arrived on Sunday, 1/17/10. A group of over 100 EMTs and a dozen doctors -- including 44 BSVAC volunteers --have been sent to Haiti; 90 of these trained medical personnel are originally from Haiti -- they speak the language, are familiar with the culture/geography, and have hit the ground running. Already they have provided emergency medical care to countless patients; they have also set hundreds of fractures and delivered 10 babies (at last count). BSVAC currently has 150 more EMTs on standby to fly to Haiti as soon as we raise additional funds to charter another flight. 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 medical equipment, supplies, protective gear, water and fuel for ground transportation to support the men and women of BSVAC who are already in Haiti. While we are working to secure a small number of seats on commercial flights, we also need to raise funds to charter another flight so that we can send another full contingent. $5 will pay for a set of bandages and rubber gloves; $100 will pay for protective gear for one EMT; $400 will pay for a basic trauma kit and medical supplies; $1000 will help pay for fuel for ground transportation; $40,000 will pay for another 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. -> 2/6/10 UPDATE FROM THE WEBSITE: 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. -------------------------------------------------------- BSVAC has sent its first group of volunteers to Haiti. They arrived on Sunday, 1/17/10. A group of over 100 EMTs and a dozen doctors -- including 44 BSVAC volunteers --have been sent to Haiti; 90 of these trained medical personnel are originally from Haiti -- they speak the language, are familiar with the culture/geography, and have hit the ground running. Already they have provided emergency medical care to countless patients; they have also set hundreds of fractures and delivered 10 babies (at last count). BSVAC currently has 150 more EMTs on standby to fly to Haiti as soon as we raise additional funds to charter another flight. 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 medical equipment, supplies, protective gear, water and fuel for ground transportation to support the men and women of BSVAC who are already in Haiti. While we are working to secure a small number of seats on commercial flights, we also need to raise funds to charter another flight so that we can send another full contingent. $5 will pay for a set of bandages and rubber gloves; $100 will pay for protective gear for one EMT; $400 will pay for a basic trauma kit and medical supplies; $1000 will help pay for fuel for ground transportation; $40,000 will pay for another 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.

notes: BSVAC has sent its first group of volunteers to Haiti. They arrived on Sunday, 1/17/10. A group of over 100 EMTs and a dozen doctors -- including 44 BSVAC volunteers --have been sent to Haiti; 90 of these trained medical personnel are originally from Haiti -- they speak the language, are familiar with the culture/geography, and have hit the ground running. Already they have provided emergency medical care to countless patients; they have also set hundreds of fractures and delivered 10 babies (at last count). BSVAC currently has 150 more EMTs on standby to fly to Haiti as soon as we raise additional funds to charter another flight. 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 medical equipment, supplies, protective gear, water and fuel for ground transportation to support the men and women of BSVAC who are already in Haiti. While we are working to secure a small number of seats on commercial flights, we also need to raise funds to charter another flight so that we can send another full contingent. $5 will pay for a set of bandages and rubber gloves; $100 will pay for protective gear for one EMT; $400 will pay for a basic trauma kit and medical supplies; $1000 will help pay for fuel for ground transportation; $40,000 will pay for another 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. -> UPDAQTE FROM THE WEBSITE: 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. -------------------------------------------------------- BSVAC has sent its first group of volunteers to Haiti. They arrived on Sunday, 1/17/10. A group of over 100 EMTs and a dozen doctors -- including 44 BSVAC volunteers --have been sent to Haiti; 90 of these trained medical personnel are originally from Haiti -- they speak the language, are familiar with the culture/geography, and have hit the ground running. Already they have provided emergency medical care to countless patients; they have also set hundreds of fractures and delivered 10 babies (at last count). BSVAC currently has 150 more EMTs on standby to fly to Haiti as soon as we raise additional funds to charter another flight. 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 medical equipment, supplies, protective gear, water and fuel for ground transportation to support the men and women of BSVAC who are already in Haiti. While we are working to secure a small number of seats on commercial flights, we also need to raise funds to charter another flight so that we can send another full contingent. $5 will pay for a set of bandages and rubber gloves; $100 will pay for protective gear for one EMT; $400 will pay for a basic trauma kit and medical supplies; $1000 will help pay for fuel for ground transportation; $40,000 will pay for another 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.
workers: -> 200

name: Bedford-Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corps (BSVAC) -> Bedford-Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corps (BSVAC) - 2010 Haiti Earthquake
address: 727 Greene Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11221 -> 727 Greene Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11221
region: -> Haiti, Caribbean