Welcome to GEMINI Global Emergency Medicine Initiative
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With a Mission to
improve the quality of Emergency Medicine
in developing countries around the world A Collaborative Rotary International Service Project |
GEMINI
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Providing Training, Expertise and Equipment Disaster Preparedness
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Response
Basic Life Support (BLS) Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Primary Sponsors Rotary
International District 7910
Rotary Club
of Westborough University of Massachusetts Medical School,
(UMMS)
Rotary Clubs,
Medical facilities and Governments GEMINI es una organización no lucrativa que se dedica a la educación y entrenamiento de Reanimación Cardiopulmonar (RCP) y manejo de desastres en los países que servimos. GEMINI fue fundada por el Club Rotario de Westborough, Massachusetts; cuenta con el apoyo de Rotary International District 7910 y sus clubes en colaboración con miembros de la facultad de University of Massachusetts Medical School y el departamento de Medicina de Emergencia. Durante los últimos años GEMINI ha desarrollado varios programas de entrenamiento en la ciudad de Quetzaltenango con la colaboración del Club Rotario de Quetzaltenango
Click here to go to
YouTube
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see a brief video on the origins of GEMINI Use GEMINI's Project Application Form and return it to Paul Gallagher for a new project. ---------------------- Updates New Project Development and Evaluation forms have been placed in the Member Materials archive on this site. If you do not have log in information and need the forms please contact the site editor or Jorge Yarzebski Jorge.Yarzebski@umassmed.edu and they will sent to you.
GEMINI members remain active in Nicaragua.Here is a brief description of their project, which is now in its final phases as Mick Godkin, of UMASS Med, and colleagues arrange for more instructioinal materials to be provided: Under the guidance of Mick Godkin, Ph.D, of the
Rotary Club of Westborough, a $15,000 Matching Grant with the Rotary
Club of Leon, Nicaragua allowed GEMINI to deliver Click here to see images from the April, 2011, Nicaragua training program. Stay tuned for more reporting on this project. The Guyana project has came to a successful conclusion in October, 2012. Visit the Guyana page for details, photos, and more. Newsletters Vol. 1, February, 2012 Vol. 2, September 2012 Click here to enjoy a set of photos taken on GEMINI's October 2010 trip to the Domincan Republic Click here to see some vintage photos from a 2003 trip to Honduras. Here are photos from August 2012 sessions in Nicaragua, where Mick Godkin's grant supported Emerency CDR Training.
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Please Join or
Support GEMINI. We welcome resources -- volunteers, medical
professionials, equipment, financial contributions..........We're happy to discuss GEMINI at your Rotary Club . Contact Paul Gallagher paulgallagherg@gmail.com
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equipment and training
Contacts:
Paul H. Gallagher, International Service Director, Westboro Rotary Club, District 7910, 386 West Main Street, Northborough, MA 01532, U.S.A., Phone: 508 393 7900, Fax: 508 393 9622 Email: paulgallagherg@gmail.com
Jorge L.Yarzebski, M.D., M.P.H., International Service Co-Director, Westborough Rotary Club, District 7910,
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, 55 North Lake Avenue, Worcester, MA 01655, U.S.A., Phone: 508 856 5176, Fax: 508 856 0058, E-mail: Jorge.Yarzebski@umassmed.edu
The site edited by Westborough Rotarian Ron Goodenow, Ph.D., ron.goodenow@gmail.com 508-393-5619. The site is hosted by GEMINI friend Matthew Von-Maszewski, matthewv@matthewv.com
The site was last revised on March 30 , 2013