This is Vadim, a traumatologist from Dnipro. Every day, he uses a not widely-known VAC therapy that prevents every other amputation in Ukraine. Before February 24, 2022, there was no need for VAC devices in Ukraine. Now each hospital in the country receives dozens of seriously wounded soldiers weekly. Dnipro hospitals received 8 VAC devices...
Viktoriya Kudryashova, editor of The Village Ukraine, asked Rom Stevens about communication with Ukrainian doctors and students, the needs of Ukrainian medicine and his impressions of Ukraine. Then read on the link https://www.the-village.com.ua/village/city/city-interview/337675-buv-anesteziologom-u-morskiy-pihoti-ssha-a-zaraz-dopomagae-likaryam-v-ukrayini-interv-yu?fbclid=IwAR3JiLiQOa7AfjTzgsSs-_TKpIcLdAFs_E3tHalO2mZPENM-DbkoZUspG74
More news from Help Ukrainian Hospitals, Inc about our dear friend and colleague professor Rom A Stevens. Professor Stevens, along with eight other esteemed American professors from the Society of Critical Care Physicians (SCCM), has recently concluded a comprehensive training program in POCUS practices for several hundred Ukrainian anesthesiologists. These distinguished lecturers from the United...
Do you remember when New York was dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic? At that time, I worked at a large hospital in the state and we witnessed that portable ultrasound machines, called Point of Care (POCUS), could be life-saving in critical situations especially when access to other medical tests is limited. POCUS machines can help...
She was on duty alone when a Russian missile hit a nine-story apartment building in Dnipro City. This is Olga Kravets, an anesthesiologist. She saw the faces of the wounded covered in blood and construction dust and heard people shouting for their loved ones. For over a year, Olga has been working around the clock...
Over the past year, he has helped heal over 600 people who were suffering from PTSD caused by the war. Mothers who last saw their sons in shackles on Russian TV. Daughters who can only picture their dads in their memories and photographs. According to the Ukraine Ministry of Health, Ukraine is expected to have...
Ukrainian kids should be dreaming about new gadgets and playing active games outside. Instead, they think of war and can tell artillery fire from mortar rounds by the sound. More than 40% of Ukrainian children have left their homes because of the war. Together with Nina Havelia, an NLP Trainer, we provide therapy for Ukranian...
Over the past few months, he’s helped deliver several modern ambulances from Belgium to Ukraine, organized several thousand hot meals for Ukrainian healthcare professionals, and provided Ukrainian hospitals with vacuum therapy machines and portable ultrasound devices. Steven’s wife, Julia, is from Dnipro. That’s why Ukraine holds a special place in the pilot’s heart. From the...
This is the second time Help Ukrainian Hospitals has supported Rom Stevens coming from Chicago to Ukraine. Rom is coming to run a training program called Point of Care Ultrasonography (POCUS) for students, teachers, interns, and doctors from the entire Dnipropetrovsk region. In March, Rom is bringing a team of doctors from the best medical...
Help Ukrainian Hospitals, Inc organized 2 visits to Ukraine by Professor Rom Stevens from Chicago to teach 400+ anesthesiologists from Dnipro and the region to make decisions at the point of care. Portable ultrasound devices can see the problem on the spot and help to guide doctors for immediate intervention. This may significantly alter survival...
