Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Need Donations: Treating Civilian Burn Victims in Iraq (non-combat related victims)

I saw this on an emergency medical blog, traced it back, and felt it was important enough that it should be posted and spread:
Military Volunteers Run Burn Clinic in Iraq

Military volunteers run burn clinic in Iraq, providing "tenderness and Tylenol"
Please go check out the link, and watch the two videos.
The two videos are "about the burn clinic for children at CSC Scania in Iraq. It is operated by volunteers from the US Military and using donated medical supplies. SGT Joseph Barzeski of 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division is the current NCOIC, but the clinic was started by 1st Battalion, 125th Field Artillery, 34th Brigade Combat Team, Minnesota National Guard. It began as a Family Practice clinic for the local Iraqis, but as time went on the medics saw more and more burn victims due to the high number of cooking and heating accidents common in Iraq."
Items needed are:

Medihoney antibacterial cream
Kerlix
Xeroform petroleum dressings
Non-adhesive dressings
Chucks
Tylenol/paracetemol (Infant,Child and Adult)
Motrin/Ibuprofen (Infant,Child and Adult)
IV line sets
Benadryl (Child and Adult)

Additional items needed are:

Flip flops/Sandals
Sneakers
Clothes
Toothbrushes
Toothpaste
Toys
Stuffed Animals
Socks
Crayons and Coloring Books

PLEASE DO NOT SEND CASH OR CHECKS

Mail your donations to:

Jimmy Compton
SOC
CSC Scania
APO AE 09331

For more information, send your email to :
jimmycompton@gmail.com

2 comments:

sillyewe said...

Thanks for posting this. I hope that they get many many responses. I have been looking for another outlet for charity work in Iraq. I think I have found it. :0)

Leesy said...

I know. I'm thinking I can easily put together a few priority mail packages with a few dollars worth of tylenol/benadryl/etc, crayon packs, and little hand knit stuffies. It's easy to overlook how needed these things are and how treasured they can be when to us they're virtually disposables.