We Bridge The Gap.  We respond to isolated areas, providing crucial life-sustaining medical aid before others can react.  We render this aid until larger organizations can catch up.  Then we move on. Field Medicine is what we do best.  We refer to it as T3 Operations (Triage, Treatment, Transport).  We identify areas within a Disaster Zone (DZ) that have the greatest unmet need, and then we get to them, regardless of hurdles.  Once on site, we establish a mobile triage, separating victims into groups- those we can help on site, and those who need a higher echelon of care.  Then we begin treatment.  Our medical specialists have a vast array of trauma expertise, many of them having served in combat zones around the world.  Finally, once everyone within our ability has been treated, we transport the remaining cases to a more advanced medical facility. T3 is a simple concept.  T3 is not revolutionary.  But, when it is conducted by experienced individuals within an organizational model that embraces speed, flexibility and innovation, it becomes the fastest, most effective way to save lives. Communicate and Coordinate, is the second part of our modus operandi.  Without communication and coordination the entire response effort falls flat on its face.  Team Rubicon utilizes the latest satellite communication technology to ensure that it never operates ‘in the dark.’  Additionally, Team Rubicon plugs itself into local networks in the DZ, finding niches in the response that need to be filled.  In this manner, Team Rubicon can serve as the ‘eyes and ears’ of the response, sending back reports from the front lines of triage operations. We believe that risk is inherent in what we do. In order to remain fast and flexible, we must mitigate risk rather than avoid it.  To do this we implement a five step risk analysis process-

1. Analyze the situation on the ground.
2. Assess the risks involved.
3. Mitigate what risk we can.
4. Accept risks in accordance with mission objectives.
5. ACT.

This process is continually revisited and revised during operations, reducing unpleasant surprises to a minimum. We believe that this is a team effort, and that team includes you.  We harness the power of social media to take you on the mission with us, to open the door into the response.  We want our donors to see their money at work, to watch their dollars save lives.  When we bandage a child’s leg, we want you to feel like you handed us the gauze. Everything we do, we do for free. Without hope for reward, without counting the cost.  We are volunteers from all walks of life, drawn together to ease the suffering of those who have suffered enough. Our missions are funded solely by the generous contributions of those who find our missions worthwhile.  We spend every dollar as if it were our own, demanding results, providing transparency. We want to share the fruits of our labor with our supporters, to have them walk the road alongside us. We seek to serve as a model. Team Rubicon is not the only organization out there that believes in these principles.  We want to help grassroots efforts around the nation grow and learn, to mutually benefit one another until the model is perfected.

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