United States Army soldiers with the 82nd Airborne hold back a crowd that surged forward during a food distribution on January 19, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
United States Army soldiers with the 82nd Airborne hold back a crowd that surged forward during a food distribution on January 19, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)Personnel, Supplies, and Security Forces Provided by the U.S. Government in Haiti
Rescue Personnel, Health Care Professionals and Services
•A total of 71 people rescued from all international search and rescue teams •540 members of search and rescue teams on the ground •265 health care personnel on the ground in Port-au-Prince •One team saw over 300 patients in a Haitian orphanage •A pediatric surgeon was flown to the USS Carl Vinson to support a complex surgical procedure with a victim •Two large planeloads of medical supplies and equipment delivered •Two additional planeloads on Monday night to meet the needs of this effort
SOURCE: USAID and Incident Response Coordination Team for Health and Human Services
Emergency Aid
•Emergency medical kits (each kit has enough medical supplies for approximately 10,000 people for three months) •Kitchen sets •Water containers •Water jugs •Hygiene kits •Toothpaste •Soap, shampoo •Rolls of plastic sheeting for repairing homes and shelter •Mobile water treatment units •Over 130,000 water bladders for storing clean water •Fresh water
SOURCE: USAID
Security Personnel
•Security situation in Port-au-Prince today as stable •Nothing that suggests widespread disorder or sense of widespread panic •Instances of what is being characterized as “isolated events” of individuals going into stores and other areas to remove goods, looting; people rushing in small numbers, rushing aid locations because they want to make sure they get support.
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