Written by: Omeed Saghafi, MD, GECC Volunteer, Chief medical editor, how2med.com “She is going to die.” “She is not going to die, she is a strong African, and we will pray for her." Surprisingly, this discourse occurred more than once…

Written by: Omeed Saghafi MD, GECC Volunteer "You can call it a miracle, but it’s not a miracle. It is what happens when you take excellent care of patients rapidly and efficiently and have the proper tools to help you…

"I still wonder, what would have happened to the eight year old brother if he had been seen and treated by the ECPs in an emergency department instead of being sent to the ward?" Written by: Omeed Saghafi MD, GECC…

"The ECPs save lives. Their mortality rate for malaria is 2% compared to a national rate of 3%-4%. Mortality due to trauma is cut in half compared to other figures for the region." Written by: Omeed Saghafi MD, GECC volunteer…

Written by: Kevin Fischer, Research Associate, GECC Masaka, Uganda is full of grasshoppers, matooke (a starch that looks like a green banana but tastes like a plantain), wonderful people, a vibrant culture, and is home to Global Emergency Care Collaborative’s…

Written by: Kevin Fisher, GECC Research Assistant Global Emergency Care Collaborative is an organization that thrives on teaching, learning, and most of all, working together to mobilize limited resources into the best medical care possible. The Emergency Care Practitioners (ECPs)…

Emergency Care Practitioner, Richard Twinomujuni, recently accompanied two critical trauma patients as they were transported to Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital. ECPs often monitor referred patients throughout their transport after stabilizing them in the Emergency Department at Karoli Lwanga Hospital. These…

Emergency Care Provider (ECP), Birungi Alfunsi, and visiting physicians, Jordan Chanler-Berat and John Allen Houston, diagnosed a young boy with a perforated ileum using bedside ultrasound scan in the Emergency Department early this week. When the patient arrived, he was…