Causes: Education, Emergency Relief and Response , Health and Mental Well-being
BorderRAC serves behind the scenes in situations such as the tragic El Paso shooting, deployment of the mobile medical unit to Hurricane Laura and Texas Wild fire response. We work and coordinate with local, state and federal agencies. BorderRAC was incredibly active in the COVID response;distributing over 17 million pieces of PPE (personal protective equipment), supplying durable medical equipment, facilitating the monoclonal antibody infusion center, alternate care site and coordinating supplemental staffing. We continue to provide guidance to long term care facilities.
BorderRAC provides professional continuing education for multiple disciplines: Physicians, RN’s, EMS SW/LPC, Certified Dietitians and Certified Health Education Specialists. BorderRAC provides free learning opportunities for healthcare professionals to increase knowledge, skills, and competence and to enhance their ability to improve their performance and patient and system- level outcomes to the fullest extent possible.
BorderRAC is very active in community education as well and activities include but are not limited to providing Stop the Bleed classes, Senior Fall Assessments, All Babies Cry, and participating in community health fairs. BorderRAC also posts a monthly community spotlight with resources and links in English and Spanish along with frequest posts on social media platforms.
We need your help to continue our mission to improve the health of El Paso.
