Plea for Support

A Medic One quality project

• Medic One
• 2008 May 28

Up to 2.5 million people in Myanmar are in need of immediate life-saving aid after the May 2 Cyclone Nargis disaster. Aid not only consists of providing food, water and shelter but also emergency medical care.

A mission
Aid organizations who were already establish in Myanmar have been fully involved in helping the regime handle the disaster but the enormity of the disaster, destruction is similar to what Hurricane Katrina's caused, have stretched all involved to their limits. In a plea for help, the regime has now called upon the world's assistance. Medical teams are invited to respond!

We at Medic One have scrambled to form a volunteer medical team, and Medic One is now ready to go and do its part in saving lives. The team is a Medic One project under AREMT/Indonesia and consists of a couple members who have experience serving on medical teams during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami event. Also, AREMT/Australia, Malaysia and Singapore are forming a team to respond.

Our mission is to serve in the  Emergency Phase of the disaster that involves treating patients who present critical or emergent symptoms as defined by the NHTSA:

Critical:  Patient presents with symptoms of a life-threatening illness or injury with a high probability of mortality if immediate intervention is not began to prevent further airway, respiratory, hemovolemic and/or neurological instability.

Emergent:  Patient presents with symptoms of an injury or illness that may progress in severity or result in complications with a high probability for mortality if treatment is not began immediately.

The mission ends when it is determined that patients in our assigned area are only presenting symptoms of an illness or injury that have a low probability of progression to more serious disease or development of complications. For example, in some disaster areas of the 2004 tsunami event, the Emergency Phase ended four days after a large scale outside teams arrived, in Banda Aceh the emergency phase lasted for one month. 

Who's who?Medic-One (AREMT/Indonesia), AREMT/Australia, and the Institute of Emergency Specialist (AREMT/Singapore & Malaysia) 

1. Medic-One (AREMT/Indonesia)

In Jakarta, Medic One has been newly founded by a group of public health executives, dental and primary care physicians, call center and emergency specialists with more then 25 years cumulative global healthcare experience with it's origins traced back to Mobile Doctor, a healthcare assistance division of Medikaloka Healthcare.

They provide comprehensive assistance for medical emergencies 24/7, as well as a host of other pre-hospitalization services to ensure that if and when the need arises, their clients get the right doctors, the best treatment, and the best possible outcome in any medical situation.

At the core of their pre-hospital care services are the emergency call center operators, medics and medical doctors. Emergency operators have been well-trained with State of Connecticut Emergency Telecommunicator curriculum and US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Emergency Medical Dispatch Priority Response System (EMDPRS) that follow the standards of the Association of Public Safety Communications Officers (APCO) International's  Project 33 and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Emergency operators use a state-of-the-art Avaya Medical Response System, Motorola GPS Tracking and Radio Trucking.

Their medics are benchmarked to world-class medical care standards under the Australasian Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (AREMT) with the guidance of AREMT-Singapore/Malaysia's Institute of Emergency Specialist and are strategically placed throughout the city where they can be dispatched to arrive at a scene quickly.

The doctors are licensed and trained in Emergency Medicine from well-known medical schools in Indonesia. They are connected 24/7 to appointed oversees emergency specialists and primary care doctors who practice in major hospitals across the Asia Pacific.

As an Emergency Medical Service and Registered Training Organization under several regulating bodies, including the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Labor and the Indonesian BP Migas (Oil & Gas), and as the AREMT/Indonesian designate, they help organizations in gaining the knowledge and skills necessary to save lives during medical emergencies.

2. Australasian Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians/Australia

AREMT formed in 2004 as a professional Emergency Medical Service organization for industry medical technicians needing international recognition of their qualifications and to support them in ongoing professional training development. Closely matching the NREMT system and requirements, AREMT has expanded their effort to South East Asia, China, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and as far as the United Kingdom.

AREMT has affiliation with:

• Collegeof Emergency Medicine (UK)
• Diver Medical Training Group (Canada)
• International Association of Safety Professionals (USA)
• International Accreditation and Recognition Council   

a.       Director Ron Gui AFCEM (UK)

Director-Charles Makray. 

b.       Emergency Medical Services Consultant Jimmy Crouch 

Under a consultancy arrangement with AREMT/Australia, Jimmy Crouch is assigned to work with AREMT/Indonesia-Medic One in support of ongoing professional training development.

As a formal American 9-1-1 center manager, EMT-I team leader, a current State of Connecticut Telecommunicator Instructor, and with experience serving in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami event, he brings a wealth of knowledge to Medic One. 

3. Institute of Emergency Specialist

AREMT expanded into Singapore and Malaysia under the Institute of Emergency Specialist.

The institute has affiliation with:

• Emergency Care and Safety Institute
• ACLS
• The American Safety and Health Institute   

c.       Institute of Emergency Specialist CEO and AREMT/ Indonesia Regional Associate Imran Ismail 

Imran Ismail has more than 12 years experience in the provision of emergency medical services which included service as a senior paramedic, is a current CEO of a training organization, and an instructor of numerous emergency medical courses. 

AREMT/Indonesia has done its part in offering up a team that is ready to respond and now you can do your part as well. You can pledge financial support for getting the team to Myanmar and supporting their operational needs.

PLEDGE FORM

Name: ______________________________________________

Address: _____________________________________________

Phone Number: ________________________________________

Contribution/Resources: ____________________________________________

Wisma Medic One
Project Myanmar Emergency Response
Medical Response Center
Jl. Prapanca Raya No. 6A
Jakarta12160 Indonesia
tel. (62) 21 725 9111 / fax (62) 21 739 9303
e-mail.  jimmy@medic-one.org

Funds Utilization:
Donations will go for mission expenses such as:

• Visa costs
• Plane tickets
• Accommodations
• Daily consumptions
• Medical supplies
• Reporting and Public Announcement   

A final report of expenditures will be published in the Jakarta Post and at JEMS.com.