Project Description
Project ID
08CME002
Project Type
Continuing Medical Education
Project Title
Continuing Medical Education: Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Project Summary
Joint CME sponsored by ANMF and Patan Hospital - this is a training project for advanced life support that will hopefully be the basis of a sustainable certification program.
Location
Patan Hospital, Lalitpur
Time Frame
April 7th and 8th - Train the trainers, a small group
of up of 6 doctors (2 to a team )
April 9th - Review slides, teaching materials
April 10th / possibly part of the 11th - The trainers
train the first group of approximately 16 under team's
supervision
Institution
Contact
None
ANMF/Nepal Project Manager
None
ANMF/America Project Manager
Brendan D. Thomson, MD, MBA
Regional Medical Director
Inspiris
Phoenix, Arizona
BrendanThomson
anmf.net
Project Description
This is a training project for advanced life support that will hopefully be the basis of a sustainable certification program.
Goal:
Transfer of a viable Cardiovascular Program to physicians. Going forward to provide continued support for this program.
Team:
- Brendan Thomson MD
- Mary Alice Wetzel ACLS trainer
- Dave Farrow BS ACLS Instructor, Certified paramedic responder, Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice
- Mike Epstein MD for neuro
- Hopefully Don Copley MD for cardiology
- Hopefully Chris Turner for airway
- Buddha Basnyat MD for intro lecture on the CV data from Nepal based on the work of Cliff Tobin of Harvard
- Support: Dr Gordon Ewy, leading US specialist on US CPR
- Barbara Aehlert, leading teacher in American ACLS
We can do it with possibly 2 or 3, but as stated above, there is more critical brain power and skills.
How ANMF can help? Looking at a teaching bag for each teacher. Need to decide what goes into it. Should not be a big expense. Will try to get donated or purchased at reduced price automatic defibrillators. Will need help.
We could use 6 more AEDs ( Automatic Electronic Defibrillators). Some places may be upgrading to newer ones and the older ones would be fine for us.
Material Requested
None
Training Requested
None
Advisors/Instructors Requested
None
Travel/Expenses Requested
None
Grants/Stipends Requested
None
Other Items Requested
None
Total Funds Requested
None
Budget
None
Additional Information
None
Project Status
9/12/07 Project approved by ANMF/Nepal 9/23/07 Project approved by Board 12/18/07 SouthWest Ambulance will be donating 2 AEDs to Patan Hospital and the Cardiovascular Program 1/9/08 Need 6 more donated AEDs (Automatic Electronic Defibrillators) 5/1/08 ANMF conducted CME in advanced cardiac life support