Project Report
| Aug 30, 2023
Saving lives with Bedside ultra-sound scan For Emergency Providers
By charles Ndyamwijuka | Operations Manager
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Glorious GEC ECP Trainer during the training
E-FAST exam is the most widely adopted ultrasound examination for use in the emergency department.This exam looks at six locations on the body and can identify blood in the abdomen,blood around the heart,and acollapsed lung.It takes two minutes to perform. GEC, in collaboration with Uganda Ministry of Health, launched a point-of-care ultrasound training program for Emergency Department staff at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital where 15 medical staff from Gulu Regional referral hospital and surrounding health facilities were trained,GEC, worked with Kiwoko Hospital-Luwero District-Uganda, carried out a point-of-care ultrasound training program for Emergency Department staff where 10 medical staff were trained. This highlights what an incredible resource Ultrasound is for Emergency Care. It is amazing how well they will apply it to patient care to save lives.
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May 14, 2023
Point of care ultrasound training training for non-Emergency Care Clinicians in Uganda
By Charles Ndyamwijuka | Operations Manager-Global Emergency Care
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The eFAST exam is the most widely adopted ultrasound examination for use in the emergency department. This exam looks at six locations on the body and can identify blood in the abdomen, blood around the heart, and a collapsed lung. It takes two minutes to perform. In the United States it is routinely done immediately after the initial evaluation of a patient who has had trauma, such as a car accident or other injury.
The ECPs have learned this exam and with very little else available to them for imaging internal organs in trauma patients. It is one of their favorite scans to do. One reason why is it makes their job simple and it helps them do the right thing for each patient.
In 2023, GEC in collaboration with Nsambya Referral Hospital trained 12 Emergency Care Staff for a period of one week. The training highlighted how incredible resource Ultrasound is for Emergency Care. It is amazing how well they will apply it to patient care to save lives.
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Jan 23, 2023
Saving a life on Ambulance
By Charles Ndyamwijuka | Operations Manager-Global Emergency Care
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ECP-DEUS
GEC started new initiative which builds on previous work training emergency providers in Uganda. While GEC has been training hospital-based emergency providers for more than a decade, there remained a gap in pre-hospital care and barriers to patients reaching the hospital. This program seen GEC trained Emergency care Practitioners serve on the ambulance service in Kampala, at National Trauma centre Naguru providing full time coverage for the ambulances with a focus on responding to the most critical cases. Given ECP's extensive experience, they will give input into how the model functions to provide effective emergency care and allow the ECPs to gain pre-hospital experience to enable GEC to refine the ECP training curriculum for Uganda’s future EMTs.
“As an ECP, I love being on ambulance providing care to critically ill patients , it is both challenging and personally rewarding. You directly and quickly see the benefits and positive results of your diagnosis and treatment of patients with emergent conditions before reaching referral health facility. This aspect is what makes emergency medicine so interesting and stimulating.” As said by Deus ECP
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