Changing Directions

New Iberia, Louisiana

A lot of what we're doing is building relatoinships that we can follow up with. We stopped here at the shelter and saw one patient with a bite - picked up on untreated hypertension, and felt like we had accomplished something. We're also connecting a lot of people with resources - whether it's cell phone psychiatric referrals, followup, or phoning in additional sites that should be followed up on.
The nurse from the American Red Cross told us that this shelter would be getting 150 more people later today when another shelter closes, and promises us we'll be busy when we return tomorrow.

Pictured above is team leader, Dr. Tim Schacker receiving our next assignment.

For those who are wondering, I send the text and pictures from my Treo 650 by instant message and it's posted to the blog automatically. I work on the posts during downtime between sites.