Paramedic NGOs

[Quakefire]

Howdy

Hopefully by this time next year I will be a fully licensed Paramedic, and aside from working I would like to volunteer my time with a NGO like Global Medic, and I'm looking for peoples experiences and thoughts on the whole process. Thanks for your thoughts

[Bieber]

...Dwaaaaaayne....!

[mobey]

NGO??

A good local company is International SOS.

I know multiple people who work for them, and have good things too say.

[Chief1C]

Non Government Organization, perhaps?

[Quakefire]

Yes Non Government Organization. They tend to have an easier time getting into disaster areas without the delays of politics

[tniuqs]

CMAT

http://www.canadianrelief.ca/

attn: Bill Coltart

GlobalMedic

http://www.globalmedic.ca/

Rahul ... a good man but hes putting on a few extra lbs ..LOL.

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/802288--toronto-paramedic-makes-time-magazine-s-most-influential-list

'mobey'

A good local company is International SOS.

I know multiple people who work for them, and have good things too say.

Good .. debatable I know six that would dispute that (mostly Americans)

Local ... NO US owned, world wide for profit organization, no humanitarian work, Calgary, Philadelphia, Paris, Singapore offices .

Edited February 26, 2011 by tniuqs

[Quakefire]

Thanks alot Squint! CMAT looks cool, plus there is a senior member here in Saskatoon. Global Medic I have looked into, but it seems easier if your a Toronto or area medic. Is it just me or is International SOS sound more like a private hospital for people abroad than a help people in disaster areas type company (from their website atleast)

[tniuqs]

Thanks alot Squint! CMAT looks cool, plus there is a senior member here in Saskatoon. Global Medic I have looked into, but it seems easier if your a Toronto or area medic. Is it just me or is International SOS sound more like a private hospital for people abroad than a help people in disaster areas type company (from their website atleast)

Just a elderly word of advice careful for what you ask for in the humanitarian area, one can get in over their head's in a new york heartbeat. When the shooting starts and machetes are getting waved in the air ... well it puts a different perspective on it.

In a natural disaster (anywhere) within a very short time the rule becomes: Might makes anything Right.

The trend is smaller teams, back door access as UN and Red Cross/Cresent get's very logistically complex. Global got into Port au Prince way before the US military did, to supply water with their very kool pelican box osmotic filter kits .... but not without risk.

cheers

ISOS does do international work but don't let the name fool you ..

cheers

[tniuqs]

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Edited February 27, 2011 by tniuqs

[Quakefire]

I'll leave the joke about buying a goat (or was that a sheep) aside. But I like those ideas too. Hard to take admin fees and salaries out of a goat compared to cash donations. And thanks for the elderly advise, I have a pretty good idea what I'm getting myself into, but other readers might not, so it's nice to have that statement there.