March is MH Awareness & Training Month

 

 

Need your help to send automatic letters to all 435 members of the House of Representative in Washington D.C. asking each one to proclaim March "MH Awareness and Training Month."

You can do it in 5-minutes or less with a few keystrokes - let's get busy!

Here is how:

1.) Click on the image of the letter and pencil below to send an automatic letter to your Congressional Representative in Washington D.C.; you will be asked to enter your contact information, to select a password, and why MH is important to you, then press send and that is it---Easy!

 

See Results Below.

 

Or if you prefer to send your Representative a hand-written letter, use these tools to get started: letter point ideas, sample letter, proclamation request, "What is MH?" information, stories how MH has changed lives, and to find your Representative.

2.) Sign up for the MH Awareness Discussion Group and:

  • Find out how to distribute the "Emergency Therapy for MH" posters at no charge to medical facilites operating rooms in your area during March 2010.
  • Meet people who are building local MH Awareness efforts near to you.
  • Survey medical facilities in your area; ask anesthesiology departments if they use triggering agents; and if so, when they have scheduled their next MH training drill; and if their MH Cart is stocked and Emergency Therapy for MH poster is up to date.

 3.) There is still much that is not known about malignant hyperthermia, and research is continuing. Your financial support is needed to support the MH Hotline, MH education, and MH research. Become a member of MHAUS today!

 

Contact Michael with your comments and questions about making March “Malignant Hyperthermia Awareness and Training month at: 607-674-7901 ext 207 or michael@mhaus.org.

RESULTS: 202 letters sent to the President and First Lady, and Congressional Representatives in 28 States, as of February 2, 2010

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                             

 
President Obama - 1
The First Lady - 1
Alabama (AL) - 0
Alaska (AK) - 2
 Arizona (AZ) - 0
Arkansas (AR) - 1
California (CA) - 5
Colorado (CO) - 1
Connecticut (CT) - 1
Delaware (DE) - 2
District of Columbia (DC) - 0
 Florida (FL) - 145
Georgia (GA) - 3
Hawaii (HI) - 0
Idaho (ID) - 0
Illinois (IL) - 4
Indiana (IN) - 3
Iowa (IA) - 1
Kansas (KS) - 2
Kentucky (KY) - 0
Louisiana (LA) - 0
Maine (ME) - 0
Maryland (MD) - 0
Massachusetts (MA) - 3
Michigan (MI) - 3
Minnesota (MN) - 0
Mississippi (MS) - 0
Missouri (MO) - 3
Montana (MT) - 1
Nebraska (NE) - 1
Nevada (NV) - 0
New Hampshire (NH) - 0
New Jersey (NJ) - 4
New Mexico (NM) - 1
New York (NY) - 4
North Carolina (NC) - 1
North Dakota (ND) - 0
Ohio (OH) - 0
Oklahoma (OK) - 0
Oregon (OR) - 1
Pennsylvania (PA) - 0
Rhode Island (RI) - 0
South Carolina (SC) - 1
South Dakota (SD) - 0
Tennessee (TN) - 1
Texas (TX) - 1
Utah (UT) - 0
Vermont (VT) - 0
Virginia Islands (VI) - 0
Virginia (VA) - 2
Washington (WA) - 1
West Virginia (WV) - 0
Wisconsin (WI) - 2
Wyoming (WY) - 0