Fig. 1.1 Maimonides eighteenth-century portrait of Maimonides, from the Thesaurus antiquitatum sacrarum by Blaisio Ugolino (Wikipedia accessed March 11th 2014) During the Middle Ages, Catholicism became dominant in the religious…
Fig. 23.1 Hurricane Katrina http://densitykatrina.wordpress.com Worldwide demographic analysis has proven that many heavily concentrated populations are located along major fault lines [3]. Such population trends predispose large numbers of people…
Fig. 29.1 Worldwide mobile cellular subscriptions relative to population. Worldwide, the number of mobile cellular subscriptions approaches the population, demonstrating the increasingly universal access to cellular technology. Source: International Telecommunications…
Fig. 27.1 Queen Elizabeth Hospital. (a) Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi, is the largest referral hospital in the country, with about 1,000 beds. (b) Teaching anesthesia clinical officers in…
Fig. 20.1 AAF Salzburg medical seminar “Severe Bleeding Management” and point-of-care testing workshop, Salzburg, Austria, July 2012 Outreach Anesthesia Team Benefit Surgical and anesthesiology education as a part of the…
Fig. 10.1 In 2008, three hurricaines struck the island nation of Haiti. The Arbonite region was most severely afffected with the only hospital flooded and unusable. Medecins Sans Frontieres, a…
(1) Department of Anesthesiology, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA (2) Somnia, Inc., New Rochelle, NY, USA KeywordsAnesthesiaCleft lipCleft palateCystic hygromasHemangiomasAirway obstructionPostoperative analgesia Introduction The birth of…
Group Injuries Infectious disease Cancer Pregnancy-related complications Disasters and emergencies Congenital disease WHO GIEESS [7] Optimal management starts at first-referral facility EESC works to strengthen essential surgical care High-HIV transmission…
The Problem The problems encountered when delivering medical care in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs are myriad). They range from a lack of tangible resources (e.g., anesthesia machines) to the…
Fig. 8.1 A conceptual framework of the expectation of a medical mission (The pillars of successful medical missions) Quality and Safety Quality and safety are multifaceted issues. The Institute of…
