2011 April Humanity First Medical Newsletter

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Humanity First Medical April 2011 Update. The 4th Humanity First Disaster Response Course.

Training exercises in the f ire stat ion

Apri l 2011

(Vol 2, Issue 4)

Welcome t o t he Humanit y First Medical

update.

Wi th these updates, w e a im t o keep you

informed about Humanity First medical

act iv i t ies and ta lk about t he la test in

news and controversies, i n relat ion t o

our l ine o f work wi t h t hese updates.

Please visi t our w ebsit e

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for more about our act iv i t ies, w ish to

con t r i bu te o r need to con tac t the

Humanity First Medical t eam.

Humanity First 'tr iage' tent

The fourth Humanity First

Disaster Response Course in

Leicester, UK

March 25th - 27th, 2011

Humani ty Fi rst In ternat ional he ld i t s

fourth disaster response course on March

25 t h t o 27t h, 2011. This was organised

in conjunct ion w i t h t he Le icester

division of t he UK Int ernati onal Search

and Rescue (ISAR) Team .

The 3 day course was att ended by 25

att endees from UK and US and included

doctors, nurses, paramedics,

pharmacist s and logist ics people f rom

various backgrounds. The sessions wer e

divided into lecture and exercise

components. Lectures were mostly held

in mor nings wit h hands on experience

engaging in mock scenarios in the

aft ernoons. The 24 facu l ty m embers in

the March 2011 course include

special ist s in medicine, surgery,

paediatrics, logistics, members of ISAR,

and an exper t f rom t he WHO. They

prov ided hands on t ra in ing to t he

delegat es. Many of t hese t rainers have

previously been out on disasters as part
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Medical resuscit at ion lectur es on Day 2

The f ire and rescue services assist ing in the course

After the tr a in ing exercises on day 3

The f i f t h Humani t y Fi rst

Disaster Response Course in

Dull es, Virginia, USA

May 6th - 8 t h, 2011

The next Humanity First Disast er

Response course is planned in Dulles,

Virginia, USA. The UK tr ainers wi l l f ly t o

j oi n t he US t ea m t o j oi nt l y run t he

course. This would l ead to independent

Humanit y First Disast er Response

t raining centr es in the US.

I t is recommended t hat de legates read

t he 'Humanit y First Disast er Response

manual ' before attending the course.

The manual contains material

of our Disaster response team.

The course covers disaster classification

and response coordinat ion, safet y and

secur i t y , br ie f ing the media and

t eaching t he importance of in t er- agency

communicat ion for de l iver ing an

eff ect ive d isast er re l ie f . These

pr inc ip les are incorporated in both t he

t aught and exercise components of t he

course. The del egat es experience t o

lead and work in t eams, m anaging

t ranspor t o f t he i r t eams to d isaster

zones and set t ing up t ents not on ly

learning about medical management

appl icab le to t he f ie ld but a lso about

rules of safet y and survival , impr ovising

and prior i t isating treatments maximisingbenef i t to t he pat ients. Some examples

of t hese m ock scenarios include

ext ract ing casualt i es safely f rom

coll apsed buil dings, managing single and

mass casualt i es brought in by hel icopt er

and t reatment o f medica l condi t ions

seen in a t sunami, earthquake and ot her

disast er scenarios. A number of actors

part ic ipat e in t he course t o assist

running t hese scenarios playing t he parto f in j ured pat ients requi r ing cr i t ica l ,

urgent and ot hers less urgent medical

care. Th is proved t o be an exc i t ing and

in format i ve weekend for the de legates

and tr ainers al ike.

The Humanit y First Disast er Response

course aims to give the delegates t he

closest possible experience of providing

medical care in a disaster environment.

Import antly, t he course does not

dupl icate the special ist acut e l i fe

support cour ses li ke ALS, ATLS, APLS in

t he UK or PALS / equivalents l i f e support

courses in t he US and aims t o t each

appl icat ion of th is knowledge on a

campsit e in a disast er hi t area.

Resusci t ation in a cont rol led


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speci f ical ly designed f or t he course and

disast er response and includes det ai ls

about di sast ers, pr inciples of safe

management o f t eams fo l lowed by

medical and surgical management of

condit i ons seen on the f ie ld . Delegat es

may wish to re fresh t he i r ABC

(resusci t ation) knowl edge and i t is

recommended t o re fe r to the cu r rent

prevalent r ecommended resusci t ati on

guidel ines. For i phone owners t he UK

resusci t ati on counci l guidel ines are

available as a free app (iResus). This is

recommended, as i t not on ly g ives the

ABC but also demonstrates resuscitation

and airw ay opening wit h easy t o

understand pictures. A free 'PALS' app is

also availabl e.

Please c l ick on the b lue icon t o v isi t t he

US web sit e f or course

detai ls.

In the longer t erm i t is p lanned t o t ake

t he course t o high- r isk areas l ike

Indonesia and Bangladesh where natural

d isasters are f requent t o enable

eff ecti ve local di sast er response

missions.

envi ronment l ike t he Accident and

Emergency Depart ment is an al t oget her

d i f f erent deal t o prov id ing l i fe suppor t

by t he roadside, medical camp or next

t o a destr oyed bu i ld ing which is

ref lect ed in this unique course.

Group photograph o f the par tc ipants & facu l ty

The Leicester f ire crew

All ph otogr ap hs in th is new slet ter ar e copyrig hted by Hu m an ity First In tern at ion al (UK)

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