After Anchorage’s Mobile Medics International team deployed to Hawaii to help those impacted by the deadly wildfires, two medical providers supplying aid in real-time provided insight on Wednesday into the devastation the community faces.
The team was able to gain access to Lahaina on Sunday and has been working tirelessly to provide medical care to those in need. The team consists of four medical professionals, including a doctor, nurse, paramedic and EMT who are working in partnership with the Hawaii Department of Health and several other agencies.
“The big issue is the immediate care, the care for burn injuries, other types of trauma, smoke inhalation,” Petersen said. “We were able to hit the ground running here and work real effectively as a team,” Petersen said. “We all have our own specialties but we’re all willing to pitch in and do whatever, whether its immediate trauma care to a patient we find on the street or just helping unload something from the back of a truck, we are here to help.”
“The people are incredibly resilient, every single neighborhood and community we come across are coming together, they’re already organizing their own responses and distribution centers in people’s driveways,” Petersen said. “The fire moved really quickly and burned very hot and was really destructive, so a lot of lives were lost, a lot of homes were lost,” Bornstein said.
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