Cedars-Sinai Medical Center s Coach For Kids Heads to Houston to Provide Primary Healthcare Services to Kids Displaced by Katrina Skip to main content Close Select your preferred language English عربى 简体中文 繁體中文 فارسي עִברִית 日本語 한국어 Русский Español Tagalog Menu Close Call 1-800-CEDARS-1 toggle search form Close 05 September 2005 01:00 AM America/Los_Angeles Cedars-Sinai Medical Center s Coach For Kids Heads to Houston to Provide Primary Healthcare Services to Kids Displaced by Katrina Los Angeles - September 5, 2005 - Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's COACH for KIDS, a mobile medical unit that provides primary healthcare services for children in under-served areas of Los Angeles, will be heading to Houston on Tuesday, Sept. 6, to provide assistance to children there in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Eight members of the team will depart Tuesday morning at 8 a.m. from Van Nuys Airport, courtesy of Los Angeles businessman, Dan Genter, President and CEO of RNC Genter. Genter was born and raised in New Orleans, has family still living there, and is donating his company’s private jet to fly the Cedars-Sinai team to Houston for relief efforts. Two other members of the team will be driving the mobile clinic to Houston and will be leaving Cedars-Sinai at 3 p.m. Tuesday afternoon. Media are invited to cover the COACH’s departure at that time. In Houston, the COACH will be staffed by a team of eight pediatric and emergency nurses and nurse practitioners, as well as by mental health professionals and the Medical Director of COACH for KIDS, Abhay Dandekar, M.D., a pediatrician. In addition to providing primary healthcare services for children, the COACH will also be bringing much needed medications and medical supplies as well as baby diapers, formula and more. Cedars-Sinai is working closely with the City of Houston Mayor's Office, Houston Department of Health, and the University of Texas, which are spearheading relief efforts in that state. Because of its mobility and the highly specialized experience of the COACH medical team, the unit has been asked to provide care in some of the estimated 200 private shelters that have been established in the City. These shelters are in area churches and other organizations and are not affiliated with the American Red Cross, so their resources are very limited. The mobile medical clinic for kids will make available to them healthcare services that have not been available in those shelters to date. COACH medications and services in Houston will include:First aidAntibioticsImmunizations (especially tetanus)Mental health servicesIntravenous fluids for treating dehydrationTreatment and meds for routine childhood illnesses (respiratory disorders, etc.)Asthma (medications, inhalers, oxygen, respiratory equipment for breathing treatments)Gastrointestinal medications An electronic fact sheet on the COACH program is available at http://www.csmc.edu/3591.html Share this release Cedars-Sinai Medical Center s Coach For Kids Heads to Houston to Provide Primary Healthcare Services to Kids Displaced by Katrina Share on: Twitter Share on: Facebook Share on: LinkedIn Search Our Newsroom Social media Visit our Facebook page (opens in new window) Follow us on Twitter (opens in new window) Visit our Youtube profile (opens in new window) (opens in new window) Latest news 07 Oct 2022 - HealthDay: Black Women Less Likely to Get Laparoscopic Fibroid Surgeries 07 Oct 2022 - Faculty Publications: Sept. 29-Oct. 6 07 Oct 2022 - Fine-Tuning Organ-Chip Technology 06 Oct 2022 - KCRW: Want New Omicron Booster? Wait at Least 2 Months After Last Shot 05 Oct 2022 - Cedars-Sinai Schedules Free Flu Vaccine Clinics 04 Oct 2022 - Cedars-Sinai Showcases Hispanic and Latinx Art Newsroom Home