Updated April 2, 2007
On-Going Partnership with Russia
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Coordinated the 2005 – 2006 Tomsk (Siberia) Partnership -
“Healthy clinical provider initiative, Tomsk Region:
Protection against infection of blood borne viruses.”
- Reduced the number
of healthcare providers in the Tomsk region that are
infected with Hepatitis C, HIV and other blood borne
transmittable diseases.
- Reduce the number
of accidental “needle or instrument stick” injuries that
occur among Tomsk healthcare providers in the clinical
environment.
- Assure that
healthcare providers in the region are educated about the
risks of occupational exposure to infectious disease and are
able to take precautions to prevent exposure.
- Grant money
provided by USAID and FRAEC.
Additionally:
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2005 – Siberia: Assisting the Vladivostok Ambulance Service
in creating a Yakutsk, Siberia ACLS training center.
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Partnered with the City of Vladivostok Regional Hospital to
form the first Cardiac Surgery Center east of Novosibirsk.
- Assisted the Vladivostok Cardiac Surgery Center in
expanding its scope from bypass surgery to include valve
replacement surgery.
- With a $100,000 USAID/FRAEC grant,
partnered with the Vladivostok Ambulance Service to increase
the number of EKG/Defibrillators on ambulances from five to
eighteen. Reduced ambulance response times to cardiac
arrest victims from 31 minutes to 12 minutes. Number of
patients in Vladivostok surviving a heart attack increased
from 1% to 9%.
- With grant monies awarded from USAID/FRAEC,
have formed a partnership with the Yakutsk Ambulance Service
in order to create an ACLS training center in Siberia.
- Donated equipment and supplies to
upgrade the Vladivostok Ambulance Service fleet.
- Donated equipment and training
supplies to the Primorsky Krai Disaster Training Center in
order to ensure that nurses, firefighters and police will be
able to receive quality EMS and First Responder medical
training.
- Donated a $200,000 ultrasound machine
to the Vladivostok Pediatrics Hospital.
- Have shipped over 15 forty-foot
containers of much needed medical supplies and equipment for
the greater Primorsky Krai region.
2005 – 2006 Tomsk Partnership -
“Healthy clinical provider initiative, Tomsk
Region:
Protection against
infection of blood borne viruses.”
- Reduce the number of healthcare
providers in the Tomsk region that are infected with
Hepatitis C, HIV and other blood borne transmittable
diseases.
- Reduce the number of accidental
“needle or instrument stick” injuries that occur among Tomsk
healthcare providers in the clinical environment.
- Assure that healthcare providers in
the region are educated about the risks of occupational
exposure to infectious disease and are able to take
precautions to prevent exposure.
- Grant money provided by USAID and
FRAEC.