Everyone at Medic Outpost is wishing all of our followers and friends a safe and happy summer. These are difficult times for everyone none more than our first responders and front line healthcare workers. Please accept our sincere thanks for being out there in the middle of it for all of us. Please help them out and wear a mask.
Medic Outpost is still doing our thing and we have had some success with fundraising over the last months. Thanks to everyone for their support. A special thanks to our recurring donors for their long-term commitment. A few dollars each month is essential to the organization during times like this. Please consider becoming a recurring donor. Medic Outpost's projects in Mexico and Kenya are waiting to take off again when travel bans are lifted and it is safe to get back to work. Our partners in those countries are having some rough times and we are ready to do what we can with personal protective equipment and education on Covid as soon as we have the opportunity.
Medic Outpost has launched the Outpost USA project this month which is focused on doing what we can for under served and remote first responder operations in the U.S. Our goals are to provide personal protective devices such as our Covid Boxes and our Ambulance Tents to volunteer EMS and Fire Services that do not have access to them. This will include rural hospitals and any healthcare facility in need.
Training and education is the
cornerstone of emergency medical services and starting next month Medic Outpost will be providing basic and advanced EMS training to rural EMS services and Hospitals. The Outpost will be providing the training with the help of donations and sponsorships but no organization in need will be turned away. Please help us spread the word on this program and help us look for a corporate sponsor to offset the expense. It benefits everyone.
News
- Medic Outpost is out there telling our story to the world and recruiting partners to help us get the goods to where they belong. We have had great talks with a couple of foundations and companies about supporting our efforts. More on that when we have solid news. Our individual donors have always carried the load for us and we are eternally grateful for them.
- Rural hospitals in Texas are receiving our Covid Airway Boxes as fast as we can get them out. The "Box Wizard", Board Member David Price has made this possible and we will continue to make them and donate them to hospitals in need. Our focus is primarily rural hospitals with limited resources. The supplies of plastics to make the boxes is now difficult to get due to demand.
- Medic Outpost will be teaching certification courses in emergency medicine to rural EMS and Fire departments in the coming months. We will offer advanced cardiac life support, advanced pediatric life support, CPR and AED, Pre-hospital trauma life support, and advanced medical life support to first responders who are in need. We are hoping larger systems and facilities will make a donation to the Outpost for courses but no organization will be turned away if there is need.
- Our corporate sponsorship program is in the final stages of completion. We are planning on offering 3 levels of recurring sponsorship for any company wanting to get involved. Companies will receive some nice benefits for their support in addition to helping rural communities. Please contact me if you would like to participate or know an organization that would like to get involved.
- We are working on a redesign of our ambulance safety tents that will make them faster to set up and more durable in the field. We are also designing a similar "contraption" for emergency rooms that is faster and more versatile than what most hospitals are using now. If you would like to be a part of this effort please send me an email or give me a call. These devices are very low tech and use materials that are available around the world.
