Moderator EMEDPA Posted January 4, 2017 Moderator Share Posted January 4, 2017 18 days in Erbil, Iraq (85 km from Mosul) taking care of mostly civilian victims of the ongoing siege there. Our advanced team just got back and said the situation is feasible for small teams to operate in reasonable safety. This is a World Health Organization sponsored activity with all expenses paid aside from a $100 deployment fee for ID cards, shirts, visas, etc There will be security on site. See the announcement on the home page of NYC Medics at www.nycmedics.org I deployed with this organization to Haiti in 2010 and Nepal in 2015 and trust their assessment of need and safety. I signed up for a deployment this summer. They will be sending 13 teams between now and the end of august. please don't apply if you don't meet their minimum requirements as they will not be making exceptions to these. Mid-level providers (Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners) ▪ Responsibilities: Assist with medical care under the supervision of thephysicians, including medical and minor surgical procedures as outlined in the Trauma Stabilization Point Terms of Reference document, and assist withclinical documentation.▪ Required Qualifications: Two years of professional experience as amid-level provider in Emergency Medicine, Surgery, Surgical Critical Care,or Anesthesia, an active license to practice as a mid-level provider, andup-to-date certification in ATLS or the equivalent▪ Desired Qualifications: Arabic speaking, military experience, lawenforcement experience, experience operating in high-stress regionsexperiencing conflict or sudden onset disasters, Tactical Combat CasualtyCare (TCCC), Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC), Pre-HospitalTrauma Life Support (PHTLS), Emergency Pediatric Care (EPC). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randito Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 EMEDPA, This opportunity sounds incredible. Have you ever written a blog post or some type review after you've gotten back from previous trips? I and I'm sure many others would love to hear more details about the type of work and experiences you have internationally. I would love to one day work in disaster relief, but just not there in terms of knowledge and experience right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmj11 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 If I had recent ER experience, I would love to sign up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted January 6, 2017 Author Moderator Share Posted January 6, 2017 EMEDPA, This opportunity sounds incredible. Have you ever written a blog post or some type review after you've gotten back from previous trips? I and I'm sure many others would love to hear more details about the type of work and experiences you have internationally. I would love to one day work in disaster relief, but just not there in terms of knowledge and experience right now. do searches on here for "Haiti" and "Nepal" for threads from my prior medical missions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmj11 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 18 days in Erbil, Iraq (85 km from Mosul) taking care of mostly civilian victims of the ongoing siege there. Our advanced team just got back and said the situation is feasible for small teams to operate in reasonable safety. This is a World Health Organization sponsored activity with all expenses paid aside from a $100 deployment fee for ID cards, shirts, visas, etc There will be security on site. See the announcement on the home page of NYC Medics at www.nycmedics.org I deployed with this organization to Haiti in 2010 and Nepal in 2015 and trust their assessment of need and safety. I signed up for a deployment this summer. They will be sending 13 teams between now and the end of august. please don't apply if you don't meet their minimum requirements as they will not be making exceptions to these. Mid-level providers (Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners) ▪ Responsibilities: Assist with medical care under the supervision of the physicians, including medical and minor surgical procedures as outlined in the Trauma Stabilization Point Terms of Reference document, and assist with clinical documentation. ▪ Required Qualifications: Two years of professional experience as a mid-level provider in Emergency Medicine, Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, or Anesthesia, an active license to practice as a mid-level provider, and up-to-date certification in ATLS or the equivalent ▪ Desired Qualifications: Arabic speaking, military experience, law enforcement experience, experience operating in high-stress regions experiencing conflict or sudden onset disasters, Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC), Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC), Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS), Emergency Pediatric Care (EPC). Maybe I could go as your translator and you could remind me how to do trauma medicine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted January 7, 2017 Author Moderator Share Posted January 7, 2017 or you could take atls and a tactical med course in the next 6 months? I'm going to do a tactical med course in salt lake city 2 weeks before I leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogLovingPA Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Would urgent care count as emergency medicine experience? (I also have 14 years of volunteer EMS experience) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted January 7, 2017 Author Moderator Share Posted January 7, 2017 Dog- ask them. send a note to Jake@nycmedics.org he is the volunteer coordinator(and a very nice guy, was in Nepal w me). make sure to mention your ems background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogLovingPA Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Thanks Emed. In case anyone else has the same question I emailed Jake and urgent care experience is acceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted January 8, 2017 Author Moderator Share Posted January 8, 2017 they probably still want you to take a trauma and/or tactical med course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogLovingPA Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 I have no doubt. I assumed ATLS was still required with the other listed courses preferred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timon Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 I've speak Arabic but still a year away from meeting the required experience. Maybe next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmj11 Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 I've speak Arabic but still a year away from meeting the required experience. Maybe next time. من أي بلد أنت؟ نا الأمريكية ولكني درست اللغة العربية في مصر. أنا لا أتكلم جيدا الآن، ولكن تريد أن تتعلم أكثر. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator True Anomaly Posted January 8, 2017 Moderator Share Posted January 8, 2017 من أي بلد أنت؟ نا الأمريكية ولكني درست اللغة العربية في مصر. أنا لا أتكلم جيدا الآن، ولكن تريد أن تتعلم أكثر. That's awesome jmj. It's so awesome, that when I saw the text in the "Latest Posts" feed on the side of the Forum front page, I immediately thought the website got spammed again and was ready to delete it. Carry on :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timon Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 من أي بلد أنت؟ نا الأمريكية ولكني درست اللغة العربية في مصر. أنا لا أتكلم جيدا الآن، ولكن تريد أن تتعلم أكثر. أنا مصري ولكن ولدت في أمريكا Both of my parents are Egyptian and immigrated and met in the US in the 70s. Interestingly enough, many Egyptians from the US speak the language but can't read Arabic. But that's cool you learned the Egyptian dialect which is way different than what they speak in Iraq. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmj11 Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 أنا مصري ولكن ولدت في أمريكا Both of my parents are Egyptian and immigrated and met in the US in the 70s. Interestingly enough, many Egyptians from the US speak the language but can't read Arabic. But that's cool you learned the Egyptian dialect which is way different than what they speak in Iraq. Yeah, I realize that. I was in Morocco three years ago and it was a very different dialect, but could get by (barely). I was just watching a refresher course from Beruit last night and several ways of saying things were different. I could read what you wrote easily but my vocabulary is so limited now that when I read Aljazeera in Arabic, I can only understand about 10%. Maybe you can go with the NYC Medics group as a translator? They are an excellent group as EMEDPA can attest to. هل قمت بزيارة مصر؟ يجب أن يكون لديك أقارب هناك الآن. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogLovingPA Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Application accepted and I just confirmed a position on a team this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted January 24, 2017 Author Moderator Share Posted January 24, 2017 Application accepted and I just confirmed a position on a team this summer. which team? I'm going on 11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogLovingPA Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 which team? I'm going on 11. I'm also going on 11. Taking ATLS in May, going to look into a TECC course as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted January 25, 2017 Author Moderator Share Posted January 25, 2017 I'm also going on 11. Taking ATLS in May, going to look into a TECC course as well. I'm taking a tactical med course in salt lake city in june right before we leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted February 25, 2017 Author Moderator Share Posted February 25, 2017 things are heating up over there with the new offensive. team from NycMedics is now very close to the front lines in Mosul. One of my friends( a surgical pa) put a chest tube in one of the Iraqi medics who was shot working with the team yesterday. I am committed to going, but would be lying if I said I had no concerns about group safety over there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REMPAC Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 They still accepting people to go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpackelly Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Please be safe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted February 25, 2017 Author Moderator Share Posted February 25, 2017 REMPAC-yes. see info at nycmedics.org on home page. I'm doing the predeployment training now. recognizing minefields, etc 8 hrs online. there is also an extensive in-country orientation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmj11 Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 REMPAC-yes. see info at nycmedics.org on home page. I'm doing the predeployment training now. recognizing minefields, etc 8 hrs online. there is also an extensive in-country orientation. Yes, be very safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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