http://www.thepress.net/view/full_story/5732038/article-East-County-nurse-returns-from-Haiti?instance=topstories_1
On day six, Hayes and her group were assigned to Petionville, an upscale area of Port-au-Prince. There they were housed at the local country club, slept on the tennis courts and shared shower and latrine facilities with hundreds of other medical and army personnel. The club's golf course had been turned into a refugee camp and the 18th hole became a landing strip for the constant flow of Blackhawk helicopters flying in food and supplies.

While the accommodations were less than luxurious, Hayes and her team were finally able to get to work.

"Once we were able to set up operational medical tents and begin seeing patients, we saw nearly 800 people over the course of four days," said Hayes. "Mostly we saw crushed injuries, broken bones and lots of wounds. Some of the injuries needed surgery, but we couldn't offer that, so we just encouraged people to keep coming back to us for rechecks, fresh bandages and antibiotics. That was the majority of what we saw."

They saw something else as well.

"Newborns - we saw lots of newborns," said Hayes. "Babies that were born in the days after the earthquake probably brought on by the stress, and now they (the mothers and babies) were dehydrated and sick. We were able to hire some wet nurses and that helped a lot."

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