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The 3rd international disaster response
course held by Humanity First Medical
on June the 18th, 2010 at the ISAR site
in UK
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The 3rd HF medical disaster response (DR) course was successfully held at the ISAR training site in UK ................................read here
Volunteer
Humanity First International teams meet
in London on the 15th & 16th of May
2010
The Humanity First International teams from USA, Canada, Germany, Norway, Netherlands and Belgium met in London on the 15th and 16th of May, 2010.The teams established practice and policies in line with international guidance to streamline Humanity First's working uniformly accross the globe.Several workshops were organised with feedback passed to HF teams in other countries.
The Humanity First International teams from USA, Canada, Germany, Norway, Netherlands and Belgium met in London on the 15th and 16th of May, 2010.
The teams established practice and policies in line with international guidance to streamline Humanity First's working uniformly accross the globe.
Several workshops were organised with feedback passed to HF teams in other countries.
Come and assist the Humanity First medical supplies team at the HF warehouse in London, in your own time. Click here to email us about your availability
HF Medical team returns from Uganda
March - April 2010
HF Medical UK team has left for Uganda in March 2010. The team includes surgeons ...........read here
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Humanity First Medical UK team in Haiti,
January 2010
Join HF medical and make a difference. We not only help in disaster areas, but also run long-term medical development projects and provide training in the HF Medical Disaster Response Training Course
On January the 12th, Haiti was hit by a............ read here
Haiti Preparation - On Radio
HF Medical Summer 2010 Newsletter
Future events
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Humanity First thanks all patrons, sponsors and employers
Humanity First thanks Amanda Pike, Corporate communications co-ordinator at Leicester Fire Service & Matt Watts, press officer in Southampton U Hospital NHS Trust for all their help.Humanity First is very grateful for support and help offered by BBraun UK, Day Lewis Chemists, Blacks leisure group, Downs surgical, AMG group, International Health Partners, Elite Pharma, Hameln Pharmaceuticals, William medical supplies and Ethicon UK.Humanity First also thanks all employers to allow HF volunteers leave at short notice. This mission would not be possible without their consideration.
Humanity First thanks Amanda Pike, Corporate communications co-ordinator at Leicester Fire Service & Matt Watts, press officer in Southampton U Hospital NHS Trust for all their help.
Humanity First is very grateful for support and help offered by BBraun UK, Day Lewis Chemists, Blacks leisure group, Downs surgical, AMG group, International Health Partners, Elite Pharma, Hameln Pharmaceuticals, William medical supplies and Ethicon UK.
Humanity First also thanks all employers to allow HF volunteers leave at short notice. This mission would not be possible without their consideration.
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Humanity First International
HF is a non-profit international aid agency that provides aid and assistance to those in need irrespective of race, religion or politics from registered offices now in 25 countries. HF have been working on projects in 35 countries across 6 continents.
Humanity First Medical
'Humanity First Medical' is part of Humanity First International.
We are a group of dedicated paramedics, nurses, physicians and surgeons who aim to provide help during disaster and peaceful times supporting medical needs, respecting people's cultures and belief's.
Humanity First Medical Headquarters
22 Deer Park Road
South Wimbledon
London SW19 3TI
Disaster Response
HF Medical teams have dealt over 200,000 medical cases globally in America, Asia Pacific and Africa in disaster areas. In disaster areas we work in close collaboration with local, national and international co-ordinating agencies to provide focused and effective help.
HF establishes zones in a camp for triage, immediate, major and minor cases. The camp management team supports with security, sanitation, food and water, supplies and logistics.
HF Medical in Haiti,
Jan-Feb 2010
HF Medical Disaster Response Courses
We now provide training in disaster response with faculty which includes specialists in the NHS UK and members of ISAR UK. We have published the first edition of our manual to enable medical carers from all backgrounds to learn and provide uniform standardised care inline with highest standards. The course provides delegates with the closest experience to providing care in a disaster environment. We teach about disaster classification, response co-ordination, safety and security and importance of inter-agency communication.
The third HF medical disastere response course was successfully held at the UK ISAR training site in Leicester, UK on 18th-20th of June, 2010. HF medical staff recently returning from Haiti have outlined attendance in this course as compulsory for volunteering in the disaster response team. They felt that this course provided them with essential skills to manage in the field (disaster zone with no facilities)
Please contact us using the form below if you are interested to attend or wish to have information about our next disaster response course. The email will be send to the HF course organisers based in Leicester
Medical Development - building infrastructure in countries in need
HF medical camps have run regularly in Ghana, Togo, Kenya, Niger, Burkina Fasso, Benin and Macedonia.
We are aware that communities are better served by providing long-term assistance and are now concentrating more on developing health infrastructure in areas of need.
HF Medical UK has started first phase its medical development project in Uganda, Africa.
The HF medical team from UK has made 3 trips over the last 9 months. We are working closely with HF Uganda.
We have now established contacts with health officials in Uganda and now provide training and equipment according to the local need guided by the local hospital staff and health officials.
The HF medical team brings a varied specialist experience comprising of paediatricians, gastroenterologists and nutritionalists, neonatologists, physicians, surgeons (orthopaedic, general/oral) and ophthalmologists currently serving in the National Health Service in UK
We have shared our resources expertise with a number of local NGOs in Uganda offering to share our resources and expertise. We have to date provided for a number of requests regarding teaching and training to the local health professionals.
Please click here to read more about HF medical
UK in Uganda.
Disaster Response Courses
Long-term assistance projects
The 3rd Humanity First Medical disaster response course is being held on the 18th (Friday) - 20th (sunday) of June, 2010. This is being held at the UK International search and rescue training site in Leicester.
Click here to go the disaster response course page for further details. Please use the contact form to email us regarding any queries.
Humanity First Medical UK team has now made its fourth trip to Uganda (Sep-Oct 2010). The team included surgeons, physicians and a specialist in neonatology.
The purpose is to provide training and provide for general medical and paediatric care with a view to impact on the infant mortality rate.
General HF Medical meetings
2nd AGM (annual general meeting) in November 2010 (date and venue TBC)
HF Medical UK team's current status is green (on stand by)
Join Humanity First Medical UK - team of professionals
Unfortunately, human suffering still continues in the 21st century. We (Humanity First Medical) are a group of dedicated professionals keen to help and alleviate human suffering, where possible.
There is a constant need for volunteers at the humanity first medical. We are looking for dedicated individuals all the time and need your help.
We need assistance and volunteers at all levels to deal with supplies in our warehouse, administrative work, running training courses, information dissemination and medical personnel for our projects in Africa and participate as members for the disaster response team
Please use the form below to contact us if you please wish to find out more about Humanity First Medical or would like to join the team
Volunteer on a one off occasion
You may wish to help Humanity First Medical, in your own time, on a one off occasion. This may be in the warehouse or related to administrative work.
Please use the contact form to let us know your availability. The email will be sent to members of the personnel and supplies/provisions team
You will always be welcome at the Humanity First Medical Headquarters and we greatly appreciate your help
HF Medical UK Headquarters
Our address
Tel.: +44-(0)20 8417 0082
Fax: +44-(0)20 8417 0110
E-mail: info_humanityfirst.org.uk
www.humanityfirstmedical.org
www.humanityfirst.org
UK charity number: 1050934
Webmaster
Dr. Nadeem Ahmad Afzal
PR and Communications
Consultant in Paediatric Gastroenterology
Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer
Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust
School of Medicine, Southampton University
DONATIONS
Humanity First staff members are voluntary workers and do NOT take a salary. More than 90% of the charity money goes directly to the people in need. We use our Humanity First offices based in various countries to ensure the money goes to people and children in need.
We do not make profit from the HF medical disaster response course. The fees are kept nominal for this reason.
We remain very grateful to our patrons for their donations.
Please click below to donate at the Humanity First website.
You can make a difference !
Please donate generously
For companies and organisations who may wish to donate medical supplies please use the form below to email the head of the supplies team
Media Resources
What we do ?
The press office team offers a service to national and
international journalists who are looking for information
about the international and domestic work of Humanity
First medical teams. We can arrange meetings with
HF medical personnel involved with first hand care. We
have even organised interviews with the team based on
the ground.
We also work to promote our emergency response to
disasters in the UK and overseas. The press office team is
run by medical personnel giving us better insight into
not only the workings of the team but to apporpriately
highlight major issues such as the problems encountered
by countries in need and disaster preparedness.
In addition we have a unique advantage of having branches
in several countries which enables us to better understand
the real issues and co-operate closely with NGOs based
on the ground.
Contact the HF medical media team
Humanity First Medical disaster response team in Haiti, January 2010
A major earthquake, measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale, wreaked havoc in the impoverished Caribbean island of Haiti. The earthquake struck
on January 12th at 5pm EST in a highly populated region 17 km from the capital city of Port-au-Prince. More than 200,000 people including
children are dead. Humanity First International mobilised medical teams to Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The first team from Canada/USA landed on
17th of January followed by team from UK on the 22nd of January. Dr Shabbir Bhatti led the Humanity First medical teams during operations
in Haiti.
"You look at the damage and rubble and can't even imagine where to start
clearing" Dr. Shabbir Bhatti speaks to Bill Gibb at 'The Weekly News'
"Even as we treated the physical injuries we knew there were huge
psychological problems. However I think the Haiti people were taking
strength from each other" Dr Shabbir Bhatti
"It is very strange having someone with gun at your side as you
are trying to work"
The medical team from UK joined teams from US and Canada to form a medical team of 21 doctors, paramedics and
logistics and started new operations in the Carre-Four area west of Port au Prince. They relieved a team of 14 already
on the ground at Port au Prince. The move was an effort to focus our teams closer to the epicentre of the quake where
many thousands of people were still without any medical care. The HF team had set up camp alongside the UN camp to
provide medical support. The team treated over 500 people many of whom were still carrying injuries from the
earthquake. The HF team worked closely with the UN team on the ground. The HF medical team treated a staggering
700+ patients every day; their professionalism, team working and dedication to patient care never dampened by the
harsh conditions in which they found themselves.
Mr A Malik, director of operations, HF Medical
HF Canada Newsletter 2010, Spring Issue
HF disaster relief in Haiti, brochure by HF Canada 2010
Humanity First Medical UK teams in Uganda, 2009 to date
The aim of the Humanity FIrst medical team's project in UK is to work on strategic improvements, infra-structure
development, knowledge transfer and resource deployment in the areas of emergency care, maternal health,
neonatal health, chronic diseases and disaster/emergency response.
During the HF medical teams visit in March-April 2010, meetings were held with Ugandan Government Minsters
Primary health, Disaster response and Land to discuss our project. We also met with officials at Mulago Hospital
attached to Makerre University in Kampala, the only teaching hospital in the country including the Director of the
hospital and heads of departments of Accident and Emergency, Surgery, Maternity and Neonatal medicine and
have had Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) signed with the hospital and these departments to work on the
project collaboratively. While in Mulago we held training sessions for doctors working in the departments of
Neonatology, accident and emergency and obstetrics and gynaecology as well as 3rd and 4th year medical
students.
We also travelled to the Eastern region where meetings
were held with the Town Mayor, Council chairmen, local
MPs and regional directors of health in the districts of
Mbale, Sironko and Budaka as well as the Muncipality of
Mbale (the second largest town in Uganda) and director
of Mbale regional referral hospital where the HF medical
team signed joint Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs)
to continue with the collaborative project.
Training sessions were held for clinicians (doctors, clinical
officers, nurses and midwives) in all these districts
concentrating on neonatal resuscitation, general
paediatrics and the diagnosis and management of
hypertension and diabetes. To date HF medical UK has
trained over 800 clinical practitioners responsible for over
2 million Ugandans
We have had tremendous feedback and are returning to
Uganda in September 2010 to concentrate on furthering
training in resuscitation and trauma management and
co-ordinate a medical development conference in Mbale
bringing those concerned together and try and improve
things collectively.
The needs are really enormous in Uganda - maternal
mortality rate is approx. 6%, neonatal mortality is between
7-9% and there is a huge room for improvement all round.
We are intending to run this project for the long-term so
if you are interested in spending two weeks to train local
clinicians, it would be most welcome and would make a
huge difference to people in serious need.
Mr Shahnawaz Rasheed, Director of HF Medical
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