CMAT Field Hospital: A mother who sustained a crush injury to her right hand complicated by gangrene requiring amputation. Her injury was sustained when she pulled one child to safety as her home collapsed.
May 4, 2006 – Article by CMAT Volunteer Ron McMillan, MD published in the Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine – May 2006, Vol. 8 No. 3.
South Asian Earthquake: An Emergency Physician’s Perspective (HTML)
South Asian Earthquake: An Emergency Physician’s Perspective (PDF)
The CMAT Spinal Rehab team from Trillium hospital poses with colleagues from Holy Family Hospital in Rawalpindi.
March 9, 2006: The Trillium Hospital (Mississauga) neuro/rehab and physio teams released an initial report of their activities in Pakistan from January to February this week. An estimated 1,500 quake victims lie in hospitals in Rawalpindi and Islamabad with Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI). Before the CMAT Rehab team arrived, these paitents were lying in beds without active physio or rehab interventions. CMAT Rehab teams worked with the NGO Subh-E-Nau at the Holy Family Hospital in Rawalpindi.
January 20, 2006: Trillium Hospital Neuro-Rehab/OT and Physio teams (Islamabad)
Sarah coaching local P.T., Rajeesh on stretching techniques for B.A. (75 y/o from Muzaffarabad with incomplete spinal cord injury).
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Dr. Omar Elahi sits with local children in Balakot, Pakistan.
December 12, 2005: CMAT has learned of a new major quake in Afghanistan and Northern Pakistan. Preliminary reports from CMAT field staff are that the quake was centered in a sparsely populated area in the Hindu-Kush Mountains with tremors felt from Rawalpindi and Islamabad, to Lahore. Muzzafferabad, epicenter of the devastating October 8 – 7.6 magnitude quake was largely spared, according to Dr. Omar Elahi, CMAT physician in a cell phone conversation from Abbotabad. Dr. Elahi, a Canadian citizen and resident of Toronto, has been assisting in the area since October 8 and survived the first quake himself after his dormitory collapsed.
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Opening greetings at the 6th Global Meeting of the @WHO Emergency Medical Teams Initiative, from Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus @DrTedros - Director General of the World Health Organization #EMTAmericas #EMTeams
#HurricaneMilton #MILTON EXPLOSIVELY INTENSIFIES WITH 175-MPH WINDS...
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...MILTON RAPIDLY INTENSIFIES INTO A CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE...
Data from an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate that Milton has strengthened to a category 5. The max sustained winds are estimated to be 160 mph with higher gusts. http://Hurricanes.gov/#Milton
