Deployment Updates

Post date: May 12, 2016 1:30:11 AM

This is a friendly reminder of all the exciting ways you can help improve respiratory health through educational advancements of local healthcare providers worldwide. Here is a summary of some of the current deployment opportunities: 1. Clinical Research Coordinator What: Coordinate a descriptive research study for an adaptor that converts a bubble CPAP setup into a bubble NIPPV device. See informational video for more details Where: United Mission Hospital - Tansen, Nepal When: Urgent Duration: 3 months 2. NICU/PICU Respiratory Therapist What: Help manage critical care patients by providing respiratory education for hospital staff and introducing guidelines Where: The International Friendship Children's Hospital - Kathmandu, Nepal When: Ongoing Duration: 1 month 3. Respiratory Therapist What: Conduct feasibility study for neonatal CPAP and customize a CPAP protocol for neonatal patients in respiratory distress. Provide clinical guidance and teaching sessions on relevant topics of interest to physicians and nursing staff. Where: Bayalpata Hospital - Achham, Nepal When: Ongoing Duration: 3 months 4. Respiratory Therapist What: Provide clinical guidance and respiratory education for hospital staff including but not limited to mechanical ventilation, CPAP, and BiPAP therapy. Where: CIWEC Hospital - Kathmandu, Nepal When: Ongoing Duration: 3 months, Spring and Fall months You can can find more details at Deployment Opportunities. We are always looking to expand our circle of Healthcare Education Partners (HEP) and you can help establish new partnerships. If you are travelling to a country that you think may benefit from contributions of RTWB/ISF feel free to approach the healthcare facilities to identify respiratory care needs through the HEP Needs Assessment Form. For more information visit Become a Healthcare Education Partner. I hope to meet you at the CSRT Conference in Ottawa in a few weeks. RTWB/ISF will have a booth where you can get more information on how to help improve respiratory health worldwide. If you have any questions at all please do not hesitate to contact us,

Mira and Taylor (deployments@rtwb.ca)