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Operation
Education!
Operation
Smile South Africa (OSSA) is proud to offer educational lectures
and hands-on training during surgical missions to rural hospital
staff, where these missions are hosted. Medical professionals working
in these areas throughout South Africa and at rural hospitals would
not readily get this opportunity, due to lack of funding and educational
programmes. Together with platinum sponsors like Amway, along with
donations of medical supplies, OSSA helps to strengthen and build
the rural hospitals through educational programmes.
Sharpminds (visit www.sharpminds.co.za for more information) one
of the few organisations authorised by the American Heart Association
to function as a global and mobile international training organisation
for Basic Life Support (BLS), has partnered, as a long-term partner,
with OSSA to sponsor South African doctors and nurses by bringing
this training programme to them at their place of work. OSSA also
regularly sponsors Paediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) and Advanced
Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Training for medical volunteers.
During their last visit in March 2007, BLS training was offered
to the nurses and anaesthesiologists of the Ngwelezana Hospital
in Empangeni. This was during OSSA's six-month assessment of patients
from their inaugural mission in 2006. OSSA, with the support of
Sharpminds, provided the BLS training and so assisted in increasing
the level of expertise of rural health workers.
OSSA takes great pride in playing a role in supporting rural medical
personnel and OSSA also sees it as a tremendous opportunity to show
their appreciation and to thank the management and staff of the
Ngwelezana Hospital for hosting them during the inaugural Smile
Mission in September 2006.
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Surgery,
anesthesia, and nursing lectures took place during surgery week for the
volunteer team, hospital staff, and students.
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multi-disciplinary team including surgeons, anesthesia, pediatricians,
dentists and orthodontists, nurses, speech therapists and a wide range
of other specialists volunteer their time for Operation Smile missions.
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OSSA
supports Basic Life Support (BLS), Paediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Training. Through this training
OSSA is assisting the National Department of Health in building up a highly
qualified volunteer base for the Southern African Region.
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