Field First Aid
Follow @1staid4 or search #1stAid4 for healthcare information in Kreyol-French-Spanish-English: water contamination, fractures, preparedness, etc.
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Field First Aid on Twitter
About @1staid4: posts on Twitter, #1stAid4 peoples in need of emergency First Aid information, e.g. #1staid4 #haiti and #1staid4 #chile All material is obtained from professional/reliable/vetted sources.
First aid, preparedness, and safety information in Creole/Kreyol, French, and Spanish, such as water contamination, fractures, etc can be found posted on Twitter by @1staid4. Information includes how-to steps for treatment of injuries or treatment of water for purification. There are also first aid tips, trends based on current conditions in Haiti. In addition, we post links to images of first aid treatment as published by @Hesperian Books and other organizations. FirstEmergency info-Creole/Kreyol-French-Spanish: water contamination, fractures, etc
To access this information: follow @1staid4 or scroll their homepage, or search #1stAid4.
CREOLE FOR MEDICAL CARE
– Guide for non-Creole-speaking medical personal
– English to Creole with pictures and phoenetics
Donate Blood to Help Save Lives!
Some facts:
* Every two seconds, someone needs a blood transfusion.
* 38% of the U.S population is eligible to donate blood, but only 10% of Americans do so.
* Every unit of blood can save up to three lives.
Locate Blood Banks by Zip Code at: http://www.redcrossblood.org/our-regions
OR
Schedule an appointment at: http://www.redcrossblood.org/make-donation
The American Red Cross is responding to the tragic earthquake in Haiti by providing first aid, food and water, emotional support and emergency relief supplies. The American Red Cross is providing blood and blood products this week at the request of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and will coordinate future requests for blood among its blood collector partners.
“Where There is No Doctor”*
Help Haiti Heal seeks to provide practical, easily understood information on how to manage health concerns and injuries that occur following a disaster.
Urgent response methods & means include:
- Immediate actions to take at point-of- care. These can both save lives and provide for obtaining additional care.
- The diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of infections resulting from disasters.
Infections hit after earthquakes, mostly because clean water supply is cut. Water can be cleaned by the sunlight in PET bottles (most plastic bottles, NOT glass). Fill the bottle with water clear enough to read through (pass it through cloth if you need to), close the bottle, and leave it in the sun for 6 hours. If there is no sun, leave it for 12 hours. The method is here: http://www.sodis.ch/methode/index_EN
Les infections suivent les tremblements de terre, quand l’eau est coupée. L’eau peut être désinfectée par le soleil dans des bouteilles de PET (la plupart des bouteilles de plastique, mais PAS dans des bouteilles de verre). Remplir la bouteille avec de l’eau assez claire pour lire à travers (si elle ne l’est pas, la passer à travers un tissu d’abord), fermer la bouteille, et la laisser 6 heures au soleil. Si le ciel est couvert, la laisser 12h. La méthode est ici: http://www.sodis.ch/methode/index_FR
Pwoteje sante ou, trete dlo a!
Dezenfekte dlo nan solèy – yon metòd SODIS – se yon fason senp pou dezenfekte dlo pou bwè ki kontamine. Avèk SODIS ou kapab evite maladi tankou dyare, kolera, oubyen tifoyid.
1. Pran yon boutèy PET. Retire etikèt la. Boutèy yo dwe pwòp, toujou nan bon kondisyon, transparan, pa kolore epi gwosè yo pa dwe depase twa lit.
2. a) Plen boutèy la ak dlo. Fèmen bouchon an.
b)Si dlo a pa pwòp li dwe fi ltre.
3. Mete boutèy la nan solèy la depi maten jiska aswè, omwen 6 zèdtan. Konsa reyon Iltra Vyolèt yo ap detwi mikwòb ki ka bay enfeksyon sa yo ki responsab pou maladi ki bay dyare yo. Lè syèl la genyen plis pase mwatye ki kouvri, boutèy la dwe nan solèy la de (2) jou youn apre lòt.
4. Konyea ou kapab bwè dlo a. Ou dwe konsève dlo trete an nan boutèy la ou li pa kontamine.
òganizasyon Mondyal pou Sante OMS, UNICEF ak la Kwa-Wouj rekòmande SODIS kòm yon metòd altènatif pou tretman dlo pòtab nan peyi ki ap devlope yo.
Enstiti Federal Swis Pou Syans ak Teknoloji Nan Zafè Dlo
http://www.sodis.ch
SODIS
Dlo pwòp pou tout moun.
When there is no Hospital – I am delighted to announce that effective immediately Weberdlee twitter user @helpiranheal and @HelpHaitiHeal is now the editor for this page.
Creole made easy workbook. Medical Creole – English to Creole with pictures and phoenetics
http://www.lightmessages.com/public/medicalcreole.pdf