Help train Haiti's first Paramedics & EMT's.

Summary

Help continue the EMPACT Haiti EMT education and system development project.

What is the issue, problem, or challenge?

Port Au Prince is the largest city in the Caribbean nation of Haiti. Haiti is also the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. As witnessed during the January 2010 earthquake, Haiti is one of the most vulnerable nations in the world. Access to healthcare is limited. This city of one million citizens is grossly under-served by its one public hospital. The city also lacks a rescue service or a coordinated EMS education system. Public first aid or First Responder training is nearly non-existent.

How will this project solve this problem?

EMPACT Haiti, (also known as the course "PAPMO") has been working in Haiti since 2010. PAPMO graduated Haiti's first class of EMT's in September of 2011. EMPACT trained EMT's now work full time coverage at Bernard Mevs Hospital. After contributing to a grass roots Haitian EMS community in 2011, we hoped to create a sister organization in 2012. EMPACT Haiti has been created and is now operated by Haitian stakeholders who will develop and manage the future of emergency services in Port Au Prince.

Potential Long Term Impact

In 2013, EMPACT Haiti will develop a French language EMT curriculum based on US standards. This course will be utilized to educate thousands. As PAPMO develops, it is the vision of EMPACT Haiti to continue First Responder education. PAPMO Education is available to Haitian citizens or government agencies free of charge. Trained citizens and officials will not only increase emergency response capacity, they will also demand increased development of hospital and other emergency service systems.

Project Message

We emergency & health workers are people of action. Haiti is a Nation of people who dream of education and opportunity, the same "spark" that drove us to choose our own professions. Lets do something!
- Armadeus Davidson, EMPACT Northwest, Executive Board of Directors

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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