The group's armed medics walk for weeks to deliver medical aid and humanitarian assistance in the farthest-flung reaches of Burma.
To evaluate differences between three new-generation nebulizers Pari LC Star (Pari Respiratory Equipment; Mississauga, ON, Canada), AeroEclipse (Trudell Medical International, London, ON, Canada), and Halolite (Medic-Aid Limited, West Sussex, UK in terms of rate and amount of expected deposition as well as the consistency of the doses delivered.
It took the Department of Conservation along with Project Jonah, who specialise in beached whales, and 30 marine medics aided by 500 local volunteers, to get the whales back into the water.
The active nebulizer was a System 22 Acorn nebulizer (Medic-Aid, Bognor Regis UK Ltd) driven by the hospital's piped oxygen supply at a flow rate of 9 l/min for 10 minutes.
Even the least sophisticated of cellphones has a text-messaging option, noted Josh Nesbit, co-founder of FrontlineSMS:Medic, an aid group that provides free open-source software communication for medical workers in developing countries.
You may wish to enroll in some CPR classes and/ or a medic first aid class.
In the Medic First Aid class, you will learn basic things such as how to respond when you encounter a traumatic scene, control bleeds, etc. Learn CPR.
British medics and aid workers are part of a major operation trying to stem the human misery in Misrata, with two more ships carrying vital supplies due to dock today.
In high school, I served as a first aid medic for three years in the Red Cross, where I learned how to treat bites, swollen limbs, wounds and those who fainted – I would help people with their most immediate needs before they were taken to the hospital.
As British army medics help the fight against Ebola in West Africa, many people here in the UK are hoping to do their bit by collecting and sending aid.
