Common Ground Health Clinic, Algiers New Orleans, LA

Common Ground Health Clinic
Algiers, New Orleans, LA

Sam taking Barbara's blood pressure


Common Ground Health Clinic Mission Statement

The Common Ground Health Clinic is a non-profit organization that provides free quality health care for the greater New Orleans community, and develops and provides programs to address community health care needs through collaborative partnerships.

Medical Director: Dr. Ravi Vadlamudi
Information about volunteering at the clinic

March 20, 2006 Update
The Common Ground Health Clinic is run by volunteers and we appreciate your participation. Please read this page and History of The Clinic before contacting the Volunteer Coordinator to register.

For Out-Of-State health professional volunteers, The Louisiana Dept. of Health and Hospitals certified the Common Ground Health Clinic, so you can get credentialed to volunteer with us.

Staffing Needs
Due to our heavy patient load, we are seeking the ongoing presence of: 4 MDs/ NPs ; 6 RNs/LPNs/CNAs; local Mental Health Counsellors and Social Workers; Unit Coordinators; a Pharmacist, and a kitchen manager.
We also use 4th year Med Students who HAVE COMPLETED their Internal Medicine or Family Medicine rotation and have clinical experience, Physical Therapists, Massage Therapists, counsellors, experienced Medics/EMTs, and herbalists who do not need to be licensed. We go on house calls, to satellite & mobile clinics and do health education.

We also have a need for volunteers such as a secretary, materials manager, and a development director.

If you are not local and do not meet our catagories for volunteers, sorry, you may not be able to volunteer with us. Please check with Common Ground Relief for volunteer opportunities .

Minimum Stays for out of town volunteers
Because of the logistical difficulties of orienting and housing out of town volunteers, and because we prefer local resident volunteers, there are minimum stays we require. These may change depending on our volunteer census.

MDs/NPs: 3 days for Internal Med or Family Practice, we discourage specialists without solid Internal or Family medicine experience.
MS III: case specific. If with an MD, OK.
MS IVs: min 4 working days in clinic (1 week). Prefer rotation of 1 month.
RNs: min 4 working days, prefer two weeks
Case by case basis for everyone depending on schedule fluctuations
Chiropractor: cannot be credentialed. Therefore they can’t legally work here.

CLINIC HOURS (as of March 20): Note, practitioners can expect to stay up to two hours later than advertised times to close out patients.
Algiers Clinic: Mon 1-5pm; Wed 10-5 pm; Thurs 1-5 pm; Sat 12-3 pm
LHOP: Wed 6-9 am, Sat 10-6pm
9th Ward Claiborne First Aid Clinic: Tu, Th, Sat 10 am - 4 pm
"Spring Break" Clinics at the Common Ground Relief sites are ongoing

The State of Louisiana has recently changed their regulation of acupuncture in such a way as to make it impossible for Acupuncturists Without Borders to continue to volunteer at the clinic. For more information and to petition the state to change their policy visit Acupuncturists Without Borders: Government Rule Change.

Non Medical/Therapist Volunteering
Our priority now is to integrate local residents into the clinic. If you are local , there are plenty of professional and non-professional tasks and jobs you can help with. The clinic wants you. If you are not local, are not a health worker and want to volunteer, our first suggestion is to contact the Common Ground Relief Collective who are incorporating many folks into their relief and recovery work. Email:. commongroundrelief@gmail.com Phone: (504) 368-6897

The best way to contact the Volunteer Coordinator is by email at healthalgiers@yahoo.com In the subject of your email please include the following: Name, Profession, and dates available - i.e. Subject: Becky Bilious, MD 10/3-10/24. If you do not receive a response to your email in a few days, please write again. Then call (504) 717-6561. Please confirm and schedule with us before showing up!!! Please re-contact us 1 week, 3 days and 1 day before you show up to confirm your arrival.

Important Contact Info:
Common Ground Health Clinic (504) 361-9800 (no voice mail)
Volunteer Coordinator: (504) 717-6561 (Please call AFTER reading this page)
1400 Teche St. (Algiers) New Orleans, LA 70114
or
PO Box 741801, New Orleans, LA 70174-1801

MD resource: Michael Kozart MD healthalgiers@yahoo.com or wphilly65@yahoo.com, (415) 702-5822.

MDs, RNs, PAs, NPs, LPCs, - See Credentialing Info

(Numbers are subject to change)
Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals:
(225) 763-5766, 8553, 5762, Dr. Jean Takanaka (225) 763-5751.
8919 World Ministry Ave, Baton Rouge, LA 70801. I-10, exit 162, corner Bluebonet Rd.

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COMMON GROUND HEALTH CLINIC
(504) 361-9800
email: healthalgiers@yahoo.com
1400 Teche St, New Orleans, LA 70114-5842
P.O. Box 741801, New Orlean, LA 70174-1801

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Common Ground Health Clinic Wish Lists
last updated March 8, 2006

Ship to: Common Ground Health Clinic,
1400 Teche St. Algiers/New Orleans, LA 70114-5842
or
Common Ground Health Clinic
PO Box 741801, New Orleans, LA 70174-1801

Please indicate if you want a charity tax-deduction
receipt for your donation, and your name & address.
Please include a packing slip on or mark contents
outside box.

Items marked with a * indicate high priority

LARGE & IMPORTANT ITEMS:
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• AED-automatic external defibrillator
• Computers - desktops and laptop. Must be relatively quick. USB mouse. Also, hard drives > 2 gigs, memory, wireless cards, routers, laser printers, LED monitors,
• Working car
• Sharps Boxs for needles
• Photocopier in good working order, any brand
• Toshiba Photocopier Toner T-3560
• Portable small home O2 tanks
• LOTS and LOTS of BD, Accencia and OneTouch glucometer test strips
• lancets and lancet 'pen-pokers' (for BD & One Touch Ultras)
• Disposable Earpieces for Otoscopes (Lots)
• LOTS of probe covers for Genius Tympanic & regular small electronic thermometers
• Pregnancy tests
• "Emergen-C"

Non-medical supplies

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• UPS power supply
• Telephones - regular
• light weight drawers -assorted sizes (plastic ones are fine)
• light weight shelves - assorted sizes
• file cabinets
• postage stamps
• copier paper, stationary supplies
• paper towels
• antiseptic wipes

Clinic Diagnostic Materials
Small and portable equipment is best. Please contact us before trying to acquire expensive equipment

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• LOTS of BD, Accencia and OneTouch test strips*
• Quick laboratory analyzers for chemistry, hematology, coags, etc..*
• New glucometers (BD and OneTouch)*
• BD and OneTouch glucometer strips
• lancets and lancet 'pen-pokers' (for BD & One Touch Ultras)
• Otoscopes
• Ear Specula Adult & Child size for Otoscopes
• Ear cleaning equipment and curettes; ear wicks
• Disposable Earpieces for Otoscopes (Lots)*
• Ophthalmoscope w fluro eye solution, slit lamp*
• Probe covers for Genius Tympanic & regular small electronic thermometers
• Oral/rectal electronic thermometers with LOTS of probe covers*
• Pregnancy tests
• Portable small home O2 tanks*
• Ear Specula Adult & Child size
• Tympanic thermometers with LOTS OF PROBE COVERS*
• Oral/rectal electronic thermometers with LOTS of probe covers*
• Child, Regular, Large Adult, Ex-Large & Thigh BP cuffs*
• O2 Peak Flow Meters*
• Mouthpieces for O2 Peak Flow Meters*
• O2 Saturation monitors (portable)
• Nebulizers (small, we will give to patients)*
• O2 nebulizer chamber w masks or mouth pieces
• Mouthpieces for nebulizers
• Non-rebreather Face Masks
• Penlights or head lamps
• Automatic BP & Vital Sign monitors (if small - we will give them away to patients)
• Stethoscopes
• Occult Blood testers*
• 12 Lead EKG w printer & electrodes*
• AED-automatic external defibrillator*
• Small centrifuge for hematocrit*
• Quick Strep Tests*
• Pregnancy tests
• Microscope
• Urine Dip Sticks
• Urine Sample Bottles

Clinic Medication Needs List
Please no expired medications, personal medications, or controlled substances

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• accupril all strengths
• Abilify*
• Advair 100/50, 250/50, 500/50
• Albuterol MDI*
• amitriptyline (elavil) all strengths
• allegra (samples)
• allegra-D (samples)
• Atrovent MDI (Ipratropium Bromide)
• Augmentin*
• Avandia
• bactroban cream, ointment
• Benadryl (Diphenhydramine)
• Captopril
• Centany (bactoban, mupirocin)
• Combivent Inhalers*
• Clindamycin 150
• Clonidine all strengths
• Diflucan (Fluconazole) 100,150,200 mg
• Digoxin
• Ditropan (oxybutynin)
• Ditropan XL
• Dyazide (or Maxzide)
• elavil (amitriptyline) all strengths
• Flagyl
• Flonase
• fluconazole 150,200 tablets
• furosemide 20mg
• Glaucoma meds*
• Glyburide
• Glipizide*
• Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ)* WE NEED LOTS!
• HIV meds
• Ketoconazole oral (Nizoral)
• Lexapro
• Maxzide (or Dyazide)
• Metformin (500mg and 1000mg)*
• Metrogel vaginal (Metronidazole)
• Mucinex (Guaifenesin)
• mupirocin cream
• Naproxen (Aleve)
• Nitroglycerin sl bottles (to give away)
• Oxacillandicloxacillan
• Paxil
• Potassium 20 & 40 meq
• Plan B
• Plavix
• Prednisone (all strengths)
• Propanolol
• Quinapril (Accupril)
• Seroquel*
• Spironolactone 25mg
• Synthroid - all strengths
• Toprol XL
• Valtrex***
• Verapamil SR 240
• Wellbutrin*
• Zithromax Z-pak
• Zocor 20 + 40
• Zyprexa
• Zyrtec syrup (samples only)
• Zyrtec tablets

Over the Counter Meds

• Ibuprofen (Motrin, Advil)*
• coupons for free meds at retail pharmacy (like
Cenestin, Geodon program)
• Multi-vitamins in small bottles to give away*
• Vitamin C*
• Saline nasal spray (ocean spray)
• B-complex vitamins in small bottles to give away*
• Pre-natal vitamins*
• Calcium-magnesium
• Iron
• Claritin (loratidine)
• Pro-biotic
• Antacids
• Multi-vitamins in small bottles to give away*
• Medicine bottles and labels
• * Pill cutters
• Pill counters
• Zanfel

Clinic Herbal Medicine Needs
updated March 7, 2006

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• *** any lung tonics, immune enhancing, &/or respiratory anti-infective herbs or blends
• 00 caps

(please be sure any bottles or jars are empty and clean)
• plastic or glass half ounce or an ounce containers for salves*
• tincture bottles w/ droppers bottles (1 oz, 2 oz, 4 oz) glass or plastic
• mason jars
• droppers
• french press
• graduated cylinder
• herb grinder (electric or mortar & pestle)
• homeopathic muslin bags
• labels
• packing tape
• tea strainers
• tincture press
• arnica oil
• garlic oil
• garlic/mullein ear oil
• menthol crystals*
• st. john's wort oil*
• SEEDS and perennial STARTS of medicinal plants for community garden
• turmeric capsules
• black walnut tincture
• boneset tincture
• california spikenard (aralia californica) tincture
• ginko biloba tincture
• grindelia tincture*
• hops tincture
• horehound tincture*
• hyssop tincture
• jamaican dogwood tincture
• kava kava tincture
• lomatium tincture
• oregon grape tincture*
• osha tincture*
• pleurisy root tincture*
• skullcap tincture
• usnea tincture
• vitex tincture*
• yerba santa tincture
• astragalus tincture & dry herb herb
• avena (milky oats) tincture & dry herb*
• burdock tincture & dry herb
• cleavers tincture & dry herb
• crampbark tincture & dry herb
• dandelion tincture & dry herb
• echinacea tincture & dry herb
• garraya tincture & dry herb
• goldenseal tincture & dry herb
• lemon balm tincture & dry herb*
• licorice tincture & dry herb
• lobelia tincture & dry herb
• meadowsweet tincture & dry herb
• milk thistle tincture & dry herb
• monarda tincture & dry herb
• mullein tincture & dry herb
• passion flower tincture & dry herb*
• pedicularis tincture & dry herb
• rosemary tincture & dry herb
• sage tincture & dry herb
• sasparilla tincture & dry herb
• saw palmetto, tincture & dry herb
• usnea tincture & dry herb
• wild yam tincture & dry herb*
• yarrow tincture & dry herb*
• ambrosia (ragweed) dry herb
• bayberry dry herb
• cardamom dry herb
• chamomile dry herb*
• cinnamon dry herb
• dong quai dry herb
• thuja tincture & dry herb*
• ginger dry herb*
• marshmallow root dry herb*
• nettle leaf dry herb*
• ocotillo dry herb
• peppermint dry herb*
• white sage dry herb

Clinical Care Supplies

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• 25g x 5/8" needles *
• 23gx 1" needles
• 1 cc & 3 cc syringes w 23g or greater needles*
• 2x2 non-sterile gauze pads
• 3x3 non-stick gauze pads
• 4x4 non-stick gauze pads
• 3-inch elastic bandages
• assorted splints: finger, wrist
• CPR masks
• Waterless hand sanitizer
• Sharp Boxes
• 7-day, 4x/day, pill containers*



Common Ground Health Clinic
(504) 361-9800
1400 Teche St. New Orleans 70114
P.O. Box 741801, New Orleans, LA 70174-1801
www.cghc.org
healthalgiers@yahoo.com