Plea for Support
AREMT/Indonesia (Australasian Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians)
Myanmar Emergency Response Team
Background:
There are up to 2.5 million people in Myanmar who are in need of immediate life-saving aid after the May 2nd Cyclone Nargis disaster. Aid not only consists of providing food, water and shelter but also emergency medical care.

A Mission:
Aid organizations who were already established in Myanmar have been fully involved in helping the regime handle the disaster but the enormity of the disaster, destruction is similar to what Hurricane  Katrina's caused, have stretched all involved to their limits.  In a  plea for help, the regime has now called upon the world's assistance. 
Medical teams are invited to respond!
"We at Medic One have scrambled to form a volunteer medical team and  are now ready to go and do its part in saving lives. The team is a  Medic One project under AREMT/Indonesia and consists of a couple 
members who have experience serving on medical teams during the 2004  Indian Ocean tsunami event.  Also, AREMT/Australia, Malaysia, and  Singapore are forming teams to respond."
AREMT is doing its part in offering up teams that are ready to respond and now you can do your part as well. You can pledge financial support for getting the team to Myanmar and supporting their operational needs.

Our Goals:
Mission expenses will be at no cost to individual volunteer team members
To serve in the Emergency Phase of the disaster that involves treating patients who present critical or emergent symptoms:
Critical- Patient presents with symptoms of a life-threatening illness or injury with a high probability of mortality if immediate intervention is not began to prevent further airway, respiratory, hemovolemic and/or neurological instability.
Emergent-Patient presents with symptoms of an injury or illness that may progress in severity or result in complications with a high probability for mortality if treatment is not began immediately
The mission ends when it is determined that patients in our assigned area are only presenting symptoms of an illness or injury that have a low probability of progression to more serious disease or development of complications. For example, in some disaster areas of the 2004 tsunami event, the Emergency Phase ended four days after large scale outside help arrived.

Coordinator Jimmy Crouch/Ron GUI
AREMT / Indonesia/Australasia
PLEDGE FORM
Yesterday Myanmar agreed to let medical teams in from ASEAN nations. See:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/20/world/asia/20myanmar.html?ref=world

http://www.jems.com/news_and_articles/announcements/Plea_for_Support.html
Other links:
 http://www.iemt.org/myanmar_mission.htm


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AREMT Head Office
Project Myanmar Emergency Medical Response
Ron GUI AFCEM(UK)
Director
PO Box 3007 West Ipswich Queensland Australia 4305
T:0410239623
F:61732815654
email. admin@aremt.com.au
www.aremt.com.au
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Wisma Medic One
Project Myanmar Emergency Medical Response
Medical Response Center
Jl. Prapanca Raya No. 6A
Jakarta 12160 Indonesia
tel. (62) 21 725 9111 / fax (62) 21 739 9303
email. jimmy@medic-one.org
www.medic-one.org