Members of Medicine International (MI), through organizations such as
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| Mark Stinson, M.D. -Tibet | |||
- Relief International (RI,
- Doctors Without Borders
- Child Family Health International
- Adventure Medicine (AM)
- National Oceanic Aeronautic Administration (NOAA))
Maintain an impressive history and reputation for health care in a myriad of settings:
* Providing surgical care for Sandanistas during the war in Nicaragua
* Aiding survivors of Hurricanes Andrew and Iniki
* Working with the International Medical Corps (IMC) to establish an emergency medicine training program in Zenica
*Providing relief services in Bosnia-Hercegovina during the conflict in former Yugoslavia
* Administering general anesthesia in a rural village in northern India
* Training Mujahideen to function as medics and primary care
physicians inside war-torn Afghanistan
* Decompressing a scientific diver injured in Hawaiian waters
* Teaching rope rescue systems to Mountain Medicine Institute (MMI)
instructors
* Teaching Advanced Wilderness Field Medicine with Wilderness Medical
Associates (WMA)
* Organizing famine relief in Bangladesh, Somalia, and Rwanda
* Assessing health care needs of the Achuar Indian in several thousand
square miles of Amazon jungle along the Lower Pastaza River in Ecuador
*Treating international adventure travelers in Nepal and Tibet
*Testing experimental SCUBA rebreathers with heliox and nitrox gases
* Developing an Acute Trauma Life Support (ATLS) course for oil company
physicians in Ecuador
* Preparing disaster management courses for the Indonesian Ministry
of Health
* Working with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as
medical officers for fire fighters at "Ground Zero" 9/11