Google.org Grant Press Release
Google.org has awarded Trek Medics International a $250,000 seed grant to continue developing their innovative solutions for 9-1-1 emergency dispatching in the developing world. Trek Medics, a...
View ArticleUberdose
There should be an Uber for heroin overdoses. For all opiate overdoses, in fact. For any overdose that could be reversed if someone nearby happened to be carrying naloxone and got an alert on their...
View ArticleKenya: June ’15
The newly decentralized government in Kenya has paved the way for counties to work on their own EMS capability, and many are proactively doing just that.
View ArticleTanzania: July ’15
When asked to reflect on dangers that might exist at the scene of emergencies, the top two answers were crocodiles and bandits. Indeed, only a fool would jump into Lake Victoria after a victim of...
View ArticleUSAID Funds Expansion of Trek Medics’ Community Emergency Services in Rural...
MONTECRISTI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (Oct. 21, 2015): Trek Medics International, a New York-based nonprofit organization that develops 911 systems in resource-limited communities, today announced a grant...
View ArticleFeature on CNN’s “Vital Signs”
Watch the latest updates from Mwanza, Tanzania on: The segment will air first on CNN International, and will continue on CNN.com, CNN U.S., and the CNNGo app in the coming weeks. Save the dates by...
View ArticleThe Good Samaritan in Law and Practice
In 2013, Tiffany Lee, a law student at Washington and Lee Law School in Lexington, Virginia, called us up and asked if there were any legal aspects to our work she could help out with. We soon started...
View ArticleHow a Peace Corps Volunteer Launched an EMS System
For more information, please contact: Dra. Dianne Dorville — Program Director (Monte Cristi) Dr. Kelvin Acosta Marte — Country Representative (Santo Domingo)
View ArticleWant to Help African EM? Think Local (EPI re-post)
Want to Help African EM? Think Local. One of the greatest threats to African emergency care development is an imported, Western understanding of the standard of care. If outsiders want to have a...
View ArticleCreando un sistema de emergencias medica sostenible
Para más información, contacte a: Dra. Dianne Dorville — Directora de Programa (Monte Cristi) Dr. Kelvin Acosta Marte — Representante de País (Santo Domingo)
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