Help save 3,000 lives in Pakistan

It was a cold Saturday morning, when an emergency call was received at the command and control center at the Aman Foundation. Mr. Sharif, aged 70, was residing in Orangi Town Sector-16, Karachi, Pakistan. Fortunately, since the Aman Ambulance had a key-point in close proximity, the ambulance was able to reach him in a very short time.

Upon reaching the patient’s residence, the ambulance crew immediately conducted an initial assessment of the patient. Mr. Sharif had a history of Ischemic Heart Disease and had altered level of consciousness (ALOC). Hurriedly, the ambulance crew shifted the patient to the ambulance with complete protocol.

During the journey, EMT Shahzad was assessing the patient continuously in the ambulance. At one point, the patient’s condition got very serious and he collapsed. The Aman staff attached AED (Automated External Defibrillator) and started CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) on the patient. After 5 cycles of CPR, Mr. Sharif was successfully reverted with return of spontaneous circulation. The ambulance reached Abbasi Shaheed hospital in due time and Mr. Sharif was immediately admitted in the ICU.

Mr. Sharif had very slim chances of surviving had the ambulance lacked necessary medical equipment and trained medical staff. Several ambulance services operate in Karachi, Pakistan, however, the missing link is the presence of trained medical personnel, equipment and life-saving medicines.

Aman Ambulance, the only life-saving ambulances on the streets of Karachi have to-date, made more than 955,000 emergency interventions. We are committed to transforming lives of the underprivileged in our country, who are often denied their basic right to healthcare.

Your support can help us enlarge this impact and save more lives! It is due to donors as yourself, that we have been able to transform the state of emergency medical care services in Pakistan. With your donations, we will continue to save more lives every day.

It was a cold morning of 22^nd November in 2017, when Mustaq, a 40 year old resident of Karachi, Pakistan, left his home, with no idea of what was awaiting him. He had not imagined in his worst nightmares, that he would be a victim of such a brutal hit and run accident. However, destiny was on Mustaq’s side that day when fortunately, the Aman Ambulance that was on its way back towards its key point after an intervention, happened to pass by the same road.

When the ambulance crew’s eyes caught the sight of an injured man lying on the side of the road, the Aman paramedic immediately hurried towards the patient to examine him. Mustaq was about to lose consciousness and had severe head and chest injuries. There was excessive bleeding from the head and also there were multiple fractures in the victim’s upper and lower limbs.

After assessing the victim, the Aman crew lifted the victim on the spine board and applied the cervical collar on him for spiral support. In the ambulance, the staff provided appropriate life-saving treatment in accordance with the protocols and safely shifted the victim to Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre.

The highlight of this successful intervention was the integrity shown by the emergency medical staff whereby an amount of Rs. 61,000 PKR along with a mobile phone was safely handed over by the ambulance crew to the Medical Laboratory Observer at the hospital.

The Aman Ambulance is the only life-saving ambulance in the city, equipped with necessary medical facilities and highly trained pre-hospital care staff and a doctor as well. Aman Ambulances have completed over 955,000 interventions to date, and with your donations, we will continue to save more every day. It is due to donors as yourself, that we have been able to transform the state of emergency medical care services in Pakistan.

To learn more about our initiatives in the health and education sector, please visit our website www.theamanfoundation.org