My contribution to the world
PERSONA VOLUNTEER PROJECT IN AFRICA
''..Uganda is one of the countries known to have most emergencies and accidents on the whole African continent, its reported that at least 20 people die daily and many are not reported. Many people could be saved if there was a standby community emergency rescue team(s) equipped to rescue instantly, but the community members who always respond are ignorant and others end up robbing instead of saving lives, hence many die due to mishandling and lack of ongoing care to the hospital, sometime unreachable due to bad roads condition during rainstorms.. ''
It was the middle of August 19, when I met Daniel on an online platform called ''Workaway''. He is part of a local organization based and operating in Uganda, called SERO: Save-Life, Emergency, Rescue, Organization. It's group of local people that, after receiving a free training from an American fire fighter department, some year ago, decided not to lose this knowledge and to keep on studying, in order to teach people, living in rural villages, about how to deal with all sort of emergency in a context where the nearest hospital is several hours distant, due to lack of transport, bad roads and weather condition, sometime unreachable in reasonable time. Unfortunately it's almost impossible for them to afford new training and they have very limited access to manuals and a frequent lack of internet connection. Therefore what I decided to do was to take Wilderness First Responder course from an American company called NOLS, (National Outdoor Leadership School) and bring this people some new knowledge with modern, up to date, techniques. I decided to use my connection with friends, clients and relatives, to collect almost €1400, which I have used to buy many first aid kits, medicine, and a brand new modern CPR manikin with an electronic feedback device (named MR Jimmy).
While visiting villages, I met the little Kevin! The most special kid in the village! Many of those kids had never seen a white person before, and they would hesitate a bit before interacting with you! This is definitely not Kevin case! He jumped on my shoulder since the very first moment I met him, and recognized me as his best friend/big brother! He is in his way very special! Unfortunately he has some small disabilities due to a much bigger problem, epilepsy. He has 1/2 seizures per day, indeed he had an attack just in front of me. After assisting him and helping him, I went to buy the meds that this kid should take to reduce this problem. He's now covered for the whole month, his mum can't afford it all year around, and lot of people including other kids don't know what a seizure is, and would think he's possessed by demons. Hope I can come back to him soon and give him some more help! Although the language barrier, he was touring me around, trying to teach me about local plant, trees and places. He is just great!😁 (Click on the text to see the video)
...HERE STARTS THE MISSION
Teaching and donating meds and kits...
Please keep in mind that since I created this page from my phone, I could not set those photos in the real order.
Here we start!! Training both SERO members and folks from the villages. First step: full patient assessment...This is just the beginning!
The training continues with some more real scenarios...
Spine injured patient lift technique + FSA
From Fsa to an improvised cervical collar until Shocks...the training continues!
Ribs - chest - lungs injuries - allergic reaction sings/symptoms + treatments, and many many more topics!
Burns - bleeding control and tourniquet
Dislocations, sprains, impaled objects, SAM splint and sling and swathe techniques! Check this out!
Airways obstructions - water rescue (lifeguarding techniques) - recovery position and some more practical training
CPR - It's now time for Mr jimmy! Finally
Dividing meds and preparing to give out the first set of kits🎁
Such an explosive happines!🎊😁 Training people and also giving them the tools to deal with the emergencies! Giving out the first set of material. On SERO organization behalf and community members, THANKS to all the donators and supporters of this project🎁 Now is time to move forward to the next area!
Getting ready for the FINAL session! Preparing kits and dividing meds!
Big Success!🎊 Many more people joined the training this time! They will now be teaching to other people and so on! Here is the last giving out! Over 40 KITS were donated to them in central Uganda, so they have now got the knowledge and the tools to deal with emergencies! Good luck my dear friends!
This is the material donated to SERO: books, filed guides, CPR manikin, modern splinting, first aid material and much more, so they can now continue on training people with the right tools.
Home sweet home! Just receive this pictures from the SERO members, the TRAINING CONTINUES!🚀 students become teachers...this is the biggest satisfaction!
