The Fundamental Critical Care Support (FCCS) course has been very popular in India for quite some time. Just recently the Fundamental Disaster Management (FDM) course was launched in Mumbai, India, and this week, during the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM) meeting, a second course was held. In addition to intensivists and members of the ICU [...]

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Many of you have heard stories from colleagues who have beeen to Haiti and they are amazing. The efforts and support at home have also been impressive. SCCM staff mobilized resources as Gervaise and Mike joined the effort in the Dominican Republic along with Randy Wax, MJ Reed, Dana Braner, and Marie Baldiserri.  They are [...]

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The SCCM team made a 5 hour drive by caravan to visit the the site of the improvised hospital set up in Jimani. Converting a chapel, orphanage, and utilizing a newly built outpatient clinic, every inch of space was utilized. SCCM met with the physicians coordinating the efforts of several international groups. Surgeries were being performed [...]

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