By: Michael Schick DO, MA, Director of Ultrasound Each year I travel to Uganda to teach point-of-care ultrasound to training and graduated Emergency Care Practitioners (ECPs) in Uganda. As the co-director of ultrasound for Global Emergency Care with my colleague…
By: Ryan Joseph, DO, GEC Curriculum Director Cultural disparities and reactions may seem confusing to many physicians and volunteers. One evening, while practicing in a rural Ugandan emergency department (ED), I was called to see a young girl who had…
Update: AllPeopleBeHappy Disburses Second Installment of Joint Challenge Grant to Global Emergency Care and LifeNet International Masaka, Uganda: AllPeopleBeHappy (APBH) is well on its way to awarding $2M in grants since its founding in 2007. But, for ABPH, it’s not just about donations; it’s…
On April 5, 2018, Dr. Heather Hammerstedt, GEC's Executive Director, appeared on the Hippocratic Hustle podcast to talk about her start in global health and how GEC came to be. Hippocratic Hustle is a podcast created by Carrie Reynolds, MD where women…
All around the world, acutely ill and injured people seek care every day. Emergency care is a necessary part of a health system. Imagine being in a car accident, and you break your leg. There are no ambulances, no paramedics. You…
Written by: Heather Hammerstedt MD, Executive Director This year was a landmark year for Uganda and for our GEC executive team and Ugandan trainers and staff. For a decade, our GEC volunteers and staff in the US and in…
"By putting some money into a horizontal program, like emergency care, that touches on all specialties, [you] can really strengthen the whole health care system itself." GEC Executive Director, Dr. Heather Hammerstedt, was recently interviewed on EM:RAP - the Emergency Medicine…
Please join us for a benefit for Global Emergency Care (GEC). We're raising funds to educate emergency medical providers to save lives, and to help build an effective emergency medicine system in Uganda. Obec Brewing is a 10 barrel brewery…
"Watching the transformation of the ECPs over the first six months of their education was immensely gratifying. Not only did they make great bounds in didactic knowledge and clinical skill, they also gained personal confidence. It was capacity building personified!"…
We are honored and humbled to receive recognition from the honorable U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren for our 10 years of work building emergency care systems and saving lives in Uganda. Give today and be an integral part of saving thousands…