We made the news in Cuenca! Check out this PR bit from the Ministry of Public Health, the government branch in charge of Ecuador's free healthcare system, on what we were helping them to accomplish. Training went well and the project will continue now into the post study process. More updates and thoughts on training will be posted soon.
Leonardo and Victor, two of our favorite ambulance ride-along workers. Some abulances have doctors, such as Leo, on board.
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| Teaching with Dr. Alberto Martinez, our Ecuadorean mentor, who is just incredible. Here he is patiently answering some of many complaints ambulance personnel brought up about the system during the training |
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| The students we were privileged to work with and now miss dearly |
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Ministry Approved
Also, a quick quote from the World Health Organization on communication in a pre-hospital setting: "Necessary components of planning of systems for trauma management include communication and transport. Communication takes into account the radio communication between EMS units and receiving hospitals. Prior notification by such radio communication allows trauma team activation and preparation for immediate care of severely injured patients upon arrival."
http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/42565/1/9241546409_eng.pdf |
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