International Service Opportunities for OR Nurses

© 2009 Integrated Medical Systems International, Inc. All rights reserved.5/20/2015 7:56:56 PM Lot of Pain in the World

© 2010 Integrated Medical Systems International, Inc. All rights reserved.5/20/2015 7:56:56 PM 3 Opportunities to Help Talk. Get the word out on Instruments of Mercy® or other organizations Act. Take the lead, e.g., help a medical mission get instruments ready Go. Volunteer to go on a medical mission

TALK: GET THE WORD OUT 3 Opportunities to Help

© 2010 Integrated Medical Systems International, Inc. All rights reserved.5/20/2015 7:56:56 PM International Organizations Doctors Without Borders, Mercy Ships, COAN, International Children’s Heart Foundation, Operation Smile, International Health Volunteers, – Database for international healthcare volunteers and organizations that need their services Instruments of Mercy, – Provides surgical instrument repair for medical volunteer teams, and can help you connect with organizations it serves

© 2010 Integrated Medical Systems International, Inc. All rights reserved.5/20/2015 7:56:56 PM Instruments of Mercy, Inc.® Non-profit organization established in ‘04 to repair and refurbish surgical instruments for medical missions Flexible endoscopes Rigid endoscopes Power equipment Stainless instruments Laparoscopic & specialty instruments Works directly with the surgeon or team lead

© 2010 Integrated Medical Systems International, Inc. All rights reserved.5/20/2015 7:56:56 PM Instruments of Mercy-Supported International Missions Haiti El Salvador Guatemala Columbia Ecuador Kenya Nicaragua Venezuela Dominican Republic Hungary Pakistan Mongolia Tanzania India Benin Togo Cambodia Nigeria

© 2010 Integrated Medical Systems International, Inc. All rights reserved.5/20/2015 7:56:56 PM “They were using a corded Black and Decker drill or hand drill back then and had no arthroscopic equipment.” -- Jeffery K. Kobs, MD, orthopedic surgeon and president of COAN (Cooperación Ortopédica Americano Nicargüense), a non-profit organization providing orthopedic services in Leon, Nicaragua

© 2010 Integrated Medical Systems International, Inc. All rights reserved.5/20/2015 7:56:56 PM “There is nothing more frustrating to physicians than to be without the means of diagnosing problems because they lack adequate equipment.” -- Sheryl Snyder, President, Hope Clinic International, which sends one surgical mission team per year to La Mascota, Nicaragua’s only children’s hospital

© 2010 Integrated Medical Systems International, Inc. All rights reserved.5/20/2015 7:56:56 PM Get the Word Out … within your facilities – Surgeons – Nurses – Surgical Technicians – Others … within your communities – Professional Organizations – Civic Organizations – Churches – Others … within your families

TAKE THE LEAD 3 Opportunities to Help

© 2010 Integrated Medical Systems International, Inc. All rights reserved.5/20/2015 7:56:56 PM Haiti Earthquake 2010 “100 critical … need to get to operating room” “… using hacksaw to cut off child’s leg” “… looks like Civil War medicine” “… rusty instruments”

Taking the Lead

Rapid Response for Haiti Miami Medical Team Foundation: 570 instruments Surgical Volunteers International: 31 instruments El Shaddai Ministries International: 142 instruments, 1 drill, 2 rotary drivers, 4 saws and 1 charger Gottlieb Memorial Hospital: 267 instruments

© 2009 Integrated Medical Systems International, Inc. All rights reserved.5/20/2015 7:56:56 PM Widespread Response for Haiti Tom Flood, RN, Executive Director, Surgical Volunteers International Haiti … working with: – Nurses 4 Haiti – Smile Train – Instruments of Mercy Instruments ready – “Most of the major amputations done …” – Grafts

© 2010 Integrated Medical Systems International, Inc. All rights reserved.5/20/2015 7:56:56 PM Taking the Lead: Help Find one Urgently Needed Item In Vietnam and many other places … using the Humby knife Need dermatomes for underdeveloped areas of the world If you can help, contact

© 2010 Integrated Medical Systems International, Inc. All rights reserved.5/20/2015 7:56:56 PM Take the Lead Support a medical team from your community … or help to organize a trip Assist the team by locating instruments and supplies Contact Instruments of Mercy to refurbish the instruments for the trip

GO ON A MEDICAL MISSION 3 Opportunities to Help

Volunteering with Mercy Ships Opportunity to help those in desparate need of medical attention on the world’s largest non- governmental hospital ship, the Africa Mercy Thousands of surgeries performed annually AORN partnership with Mercy Ships®