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A village newborn is brought to you with an
infected umbilical cord..
An old man shows up with a badly
burnt hand…
Your three-year-old has a fever with a
red rash…
And the nearest good doctor is three hours away over washed out
roads
What would you do?
In the Western world we have excellent medical systems, but, as a worker in a Third World setting, you may well need to be prepared to diagnose and treat a wide variety of injury and illness. This course is a must for missionaries who will be very isolated from good health care and/or medically treating nationals as part of your ministry.
Whether you are a doctor with very little experience in tropical medicine, a nurse or a lay person, your two weeks in MMI will give you that preparation. The course textbook, the Village Medical Manual, was written by Dr. Mary Vanderkooi, an Equip missionary and a specialist in tropical medicine. This unique diagnostic tool, in conjunction with 200 sample case studies, will prepare you to use logical, step-by-step methods to diagnose hundreds of diseases that you may encounter.
Lectures, which are presented by various instructors with experience in Third World medicine,
include Patient Evaluation, Logic of Diagnoses, Infectious Diseases, Common Diseases, Lacerations and Midwifery.
Labs will give hands-on experience in physical examination, suturing lacerations, injections, calculating dosages and rehydration fluids, stomach tubes, splinting, bandaging, improvisation, sterilizing and developing personal medical kits.
MMI could literally be a lifesaver.
MMI is an intense two-weeks of lectures, labs, homework and Christian fellowship.
Emergency Dentistry
The mission clinic you have been working in does its
best to meet the needs of the villagers, but has no full-time dentist on
staff.
How can you provide dental care?
Even better, take that dental care with you when your medical team goes
out to the surrounding villages! Using the I-TEC Portable Dental System,
(a portable, battery-operated dental chair), and Where There is No
Dentist as the textbook, Emergency Dentistry makes this idea a reality.
Some of the topics covered include: emergency care, cleaning and
fillings, dental evaluation, oral health education and infection control.
Primary Eye Care
Your target group has little or no access to eye care.
Many function poorly because of limited vision.
Many new believers cannot see well enough to read.
Learn to provide primary eye care services. Discern between refractive
errors that you can correct and eye diseases, which need to be referred
to more competent help. Administer visual acuity tests using the
Focometer, measure refractive errors, and dispense appropriate and
affordable eyeglasses. Learn to create durable frames from stainless
steel welding wire using simple tools designed by "Glasses for
Missions.
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