URGENT: San Francisco hospitals calling for volunteers for assistance ASAP

[RandySF]

Just got an email from NERT:

Hello

I have received a request for immediate assistance at 3 San Francisco Hospitals for ASAP up to an 8 hour shift.

Volunteers must be 18 years of age and have an active/current medial license of Paramedic or above.

Tasks: receiving patients from ambulances and monitoring patients until they can be seen in the ED. Bring your own food. Limited parking available at all sites. Keep receipt if you pay for parking in a lot.

The location and number of people needed are below:

UCSF Parnassus (need 2 people)

St Francis Memorial Hospital (need 2 people)

ZSFGH (General Hospital

Do not self deploy. Respond to this email if and ONLY IF YOU ARE AVAILABLE NOW AND CAN COMPLETE THE FULL 8 HOURS

Provide your response to Captain Arteseros BY TEXT at 415-254-5865. Include your full name, email address and license you hold. You will be notified exact details when assignments are made.

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Captain Arteseros

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Sounds like a truly desperate situation.

I hope they get the help they need.

[RandySF]

3. I've been hearing constant sirens for two days.

And my wife someone pass out yesterday afternoon.

[Brother Buzz]

2. Do we assume this is related to SF's rare heatwave?

[RandySF]

4. Very likely

[mucifer]

5. In 1995 over 700 people died from a heat wave in Chicago they got better city planning after that

We know more than we did in those days.

http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/July-2015/1995-Chicago-heat-wave/

Heat waves are very scary.

[3catwoman3]

6. We had moved to one of the...

...far northwest Chicago suburbs just the year before. When I first heard that number, I thought it was for the whole US, and was shocked to learn it was Chicago only.