Global Emergency Care Collaborative (GECC)

Administrator — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:04:36 +0000

Around the world, the lack of access to trauma and emergency medical care is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. While developed nations have both the transportation and medical infrastructure to handle acutely ill patients effectively, these resources are lacking in developing nations, presenting a significant challenge to those caring for the acutely ill.

Global Emergency Care Collaborative (GECC), a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is a group of emergency medicine physicians dedicated to addressing these issues in a sustainable fashion. Members of GECC work with the health professionals currently providing patient care at established hospitals in developing countries. By performing assessments of community needs, working alongside medical practitioners, and directly caring for patients, GECC strives to improve access to emergency care for the local people by training local providers and introducing appropriate medical technology. In addition, GECC physicians have developed a training course in emergency medicine for local providers. This course contains a core didactic curriculum that can be adapted to suit the various communities with which we work.

Our hope is to train groups of local Emergency Practitioners who then (i) serve and care for their own communities and (ii) train future generations of Emergency Practitioners.

To learn more about GECC’s programming, watch GECC’s video by Uncage the Soul Productions.

Global Emergency Care Collaborative from Uncage the Soul Productions on Vimeo.

Click here to visit GECC’s home page