About Us
The first life saved!
The baby in the picture is the first life that was saved through MKAIC, this was in 2010. Following a successful anaesthetic by Prof Irestedt from Karolinska, a baby boy was delivered by Caesarean Section. He was carried to the resuscitation table by the anaesthetic nurse.
The baby was blue and wasn’t breathing, and yet the nurse didn’t attempt resuscitation. Fortunately Prof Irestedt saw what was happening and put into practice the simple ABC rules that he had been teaching. Using equipment that had been brought from Karolinska that same day, he was able to inflate the baby’s lungs and re-oxygenate the blood. After 10 minutes the baby started breathing by himself and began crying soon after.
How can I help?
Millions of people in the world die of surgically treatable conditions. Acute and emergency care has been hugely under-prioritized and under-resourced in Tanzania and other low-income countries. Safe Anaesthesia is required to perform surgery, but there is a huge lack of Anaesthesiologists. In Tanzania there are only 22 on a population of 49 millions. Life Support Foundation is the organization that has Anesthesia and Intensive care as its focus.
What treatment is needed?
Fluids, oxygen, blood transfusions, glucose. Basic medical care for sick patients can be…
How You can Help
Achievements
– A course in obstetric anesthesia and obstetric emergency care at Amana Hospital in Dar es Salaam in May, with 30 participants. Total now trained on Life Support courses is 688.
– Two exchanges in obstetric emergency care in August, to BB Stockholm and vinnokliniken
ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR ORPHANAGES
80% of children in institutions have a family member they could live with if given support.
Here’s how we’re changing that.
