Bandage International hopes you are all getting ready to enjoy the holidays!  We wanted to fill you in on some wonderful news this holiday season!!!  Bandage International members recently returned from Belize, Central America on Dec 12th from another successful mission.  Upon returning we were immediately notified from our friends in Belize of 2 major incidents that we had a direct impact on.  In one incident a twin prop water craft drove over a swimmer and caused serious injury to the patient.  There was a staff member close by that actually took part in our training course a few days before that provided care for this patient and transported the patient to a medical clinic a few miles away!
 
In the second incident a 7 year old child was pulled from a pool and successfully resuscitated by a patrol officer that had taken our course just 24hrs prior. I attached the link for this as per the local Belize Newspaper reported.
 
http://www.ambergristoday.com/content/stories/2011/december/12/sacnw-patrol-officer-saves-drowned-child
 
 
Thank you all for your continued support and we hope you all have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!! 

Bandage International is a group of emergency medicine professionals: paramedics, nurses and doctors.

We are committed to teaching emergency health responders in developing countries. Our mission is to improve safety by improving primary emergency medical care.

Our current projects involve Belize, Central America and Guyana, South America. We are working to improve the training of layperson first responders and professional emergency medical caregivers to improve the safety of the people in these countries.

Bandage International was nominated in June, 2007 by the United States Consul-General to Nova Scotia to attend the White House Conference on the Americas, held in July 2007.

Bandage International is a registered charity with Revenue Canada and all of it's members are volunteers.  All the funds for our projects are raised by donations and fundraising events.