Saturday May 4th, 2013

Join ESF, Penn Medicine, the People’s Emergency Center, and the Partnership CDC on May 4th from 12-4pm, when we’ll host our 5th annual Spring into Health event in Saunders Park.

The park is right across the street from Penn Presbyterian Hospital’s Emergency Department at 38th and Powelton Ave in University City.

There will be lots of healthy food, drinks,

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An interdisciplinary group of graduate students and faculty from the College of Nursing and Health Professions collaborated for the first time on an intensive clinical experience in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.

The program began in June 2012 for Drexel’s Nurse Practitioner program and was expanded to include Drexel’s Physician Assistant program for Spring 2013. Students and faculty worked together delivering primary care services to impoverished communities impacted by the 2010 earthquake.

Students were able to strengthen their intercultural, clinical, and problem solving skills within the context of critical global health issues. The Drexel cohort provided healthcare to over 1,000 people, including several life threatening cases. This is a great example of how positive outcomes can be achieved with an interdisciplinary approach.

The Study Abroad Office encourages all departments to consider interdisciplinary collaborations when developing new international opportunities for both students and faculty.

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View Pictures of last year’s Community DayThis annual community day has proven to be more successful and growing than previous years. The collaboration of local and global health providers are being supported right here in West Philadelphia.

We collectively support free health screenings, education, provide activities for the children, have a lively DJ with good old fashion dancing, a lot of free giveaways and healthy food for our guests (supply is first come-first serve).

We also offer a free 1st aid kit to the first 150 guests who attend.

The event is FREE and includes:

• Medical, Health & Wellness Screenings
• Blood Pressure Checks
• Fitness Workshop by Certified PT
• Information on Heart Disease, Infection Control, Nutrition, Physical Fitness, Stress Relief, Smoking Cessation, Diabetes, Mental Health, Medication Consultations, and much more
• CPR and 1st Aid education
• Social and Referral Services
• 1st Aid Kits for the first 150 guests
• HIV education and referrals for all ages
• Giveaways, goodie bags, FOOD, cultural performances and entertainment for kids
• Games, face painting, and fitness activities for kids

If you are interested in participating in our Community Day, please contact us for more information:

We look forward to your assistance to improve quality health in the community.

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HEALTHY TRAILS 5k

Start & Finish Line: Friends Hospital Campus, 4641 Roosevelt Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA, 19124

Registration Opens: 8:00 a.m.

Run Begins: 9:00 a.m.

Walk Begins: 9:30 a.m.

Adults: $20
Children (12 & under): Free
Family (group of 4): $50
Day of Race Entry: $25
Broad Street Run Package: $50

Volunteers needed

If you are intersted in volunteering for this event, please contact:

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This conference featured a variety of presenters including faith and spiritual community leaders, as well as physical and behavioral health experts.

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This emergency took an integrated team of professionals to assess, obtain critical and focused details about her illness, while also maintaining privacy and dignity.

We were able to stabilize her and continued to monitor her vital signs throughout the flight.

Our team was commended for the efforts by United Air staff, pilots and passengers.

A young woman was found on the floor of the plane complaining of an acute abdomen. Our team promptly dashed from their seats and obtained the necessary history of illness from patient and her current critical vital signs (blood pressure, glucose, HR, Temp, pain level), and PMH/PSH, while also translating English into Creole by another bystander.

The patient was acutely ill with an elevated blood pressure, heart rate and pain 10/10. Our initial assessment was that she was possible having either an acute appendicitis, aortic rupture, heart attack, internal hemorrhage,  inflamed gallbladder, or ectopic pregnancy.

Our team used its skills from mainstream medicine and psychiatric/psychological interventions to decrease her anxiety, pain and ultimately stabilize her. She was provided medication for pain and nausea until we were able to land the plane at the expected time of arrival avoiding an emergency landing. The patient was ultimately met by EMS upon landing and transported to the ER in Newark.

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The ESF-Drexel team was able to successfully support over 1,030 persons between 3 different sites in Port-Au-Prince (175 at Camp Sineous at the AMURT primary school and 125 at Foundation Sens Universal et Damabiah Orphanage in Delmas 48), Croix Des Bouquete (255 day 1 and 350 day 2 and 125 day 3 at the Haitian American Caucus-HAC).

The team was also able to conduct private consultations for talk therapy and deep breathing exercises with patients under extreme stress related to inability to eat daily, money to live and survive, threats for safety and security along with distress about living conditions in Haiti and minimal opportunities to work and be educated.

The interdisciplinary team did an amazing job working together and we look forward to the next team of professionals in Haiti in June.

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Volunteer for ESF Team HAITI

The experience gained from global humanitarian missions are life altering and moving opportunities.

ESF is always recruiting volunteers to join the bi-annual missions to Haiti. If you are interested in gaining more experience, learning, being able to think independently, and practice with compassion and cultural competency then you should apply. Your personal contribution amounts will include the airfare from NYC/PHL area, housing accommodations, food/water, and in-country transportation. All contributions are considered “donations” are tax deductible. Additional health insurance is required for all volunteers.

You can download and complete the Volunteer Application Package HERE.

You can view the photographs from the first team of Drexel Family Nurse Practitioners here.

If you have additional questions or would like more information, please contact ESF Director of Student and Global Outreach, Lara Lechtenberg at info@ExplorersSF.org.

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Crystal will be collaborating with two other members of the Humanitarian Sustainability Initiative to present at the Conference of the Society for Community Research and Action (Division 27 of the American Psychological Association) in June 2013.

The conference theme is “Communal Thriving; Pursuing Meaning, Justice, and Well-being.” The specific workshop the group will be presenting is called “Community Conflict Transformation Through Humanitarian Sustainable Interventions” and will discuss each of the presenter’s on-the ground humanitarian efforts in devastated areas such as Detroit, Michigan and Haiti.

The program will highlight the importance of the organizations’ long-term goals as they relate to sustainability and capacity building. Furthermore, the workshop will address how the Humanitarian Sustainability Initiative has connected a number of humanitarian projects throught social media, networking, webinars, social networking, and funding opportunities to help build stable and sustainable communities.

This conference will be the ideal environment to network with other professionals that subscribe to ideals similar to that of ESF and to draw more attention to the wonderful multidisciplinary work that ESF conducts in Haiti.

This will be the first time that Crystal Taylor has presented ESF’s work at an event hosted by a psychological association, and it is an even larger honor to be presenting at a division conference of the American Psychological Association, as it is the national organization and accrediting body for America’s professional field of psychology.

ESF would also like to wish good luck and a safe mission to ESF-Drexel Team Haiti, Group M. ESF continues to support the Haitian community in extending primary public health services to thousands of men, women, and children.

Stay tuned for a report of their success and the adventure they take each time they place themselves on the front line to help another person in a far away land. God’s speed ahead team and keep doing awesome work in our global communities.

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This packing party is a tradition that ESF started years ago to condense medication for transport and delivery to the Haitian community. We unpack our supplies and condense them as much as possible to achieve maximum space and cost savings along with much improved efficiency when we are on the ground.

Please consider donating for ESF Team Haiti for this or any other upcoming missions.

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This annual event continues to assist our local community seniors to improve their heart health with good diet, exercise, weight and stress management. Please contact info@ExplorersSF.org for more information.

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