Gemini

                           Welcome to GEMINI
                     Global Emergency Medicine Initiative

	With a Mission to improve the quality of Emergency Medicine in developing countries around the world A Collaborative Rotary International Service Project		GEMINI Resources
	PLEASE NOTE THAT GEMINI, WHICH IS HOSTED BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF WESTBOROUGH, HAS DEVELOPED A BRAND NEW WEB SITE WITH IMPROVED GRAPHICS AND MENUS WHICH WILL FOCUS ON NEW PROJECTS AS GEMINI GOES THROUGH CHANGES. THE SITE YOU ARE ON NOW IS VALUABLE FOR ITS PORTRAYAL OF GEMINI'S PAST...AND SHOULD BE SEEN AS AN ARCHIVE		NEW GEMINI WEB https://sites.google.com/a/westboroughrotary.org/gemini/

	Providing Training, Expertise and Equipment Disaster Preparedness and Response Basic Life Support (BLS) Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Primary Sponsors Rotary International District 7910 Rotary Club of Westborough Westborough, Massachusetts USA University of Massachusetts Medical School, (UMMS) Worcester, Massachusetts USA Rotary Clubs, Medical facilities and Governments of participating countries GEMINI es una organización no lucrativa que se dedica a la educación y entrenamiento de Reanimación Cardiopulmonar (RCP) y manejo de desastres en los países que servimos. GEMINI fue fundada por el Club Rotario de Westborough, Massachusetts; cuenta con el apoyo de Rotary International District 7910 y sus clubes en colaboración con miembros de la facultad de University of Massachusetts Medical School y el departamento de Medicina de Emergencia. Durante los últimos años GEMINI ha desarrollado varios programas de entrenamiento en la ciudad de Quetzaltenango con la colaboración del Club Rotario de Quetzaltenango Click here to go to YouTube and see a brief video on the origins of GEMINI Click here for a comprehensive presentation on GEMINI Here is a comprehensive overview of international emergency medicine and Project GEMINI. Click here for Part 1. Click here for Part 2 Read about opportunities for your club and its members. We want YOU! Just click here. Here is the GEMINI Model Framework, a guide to setting up a project and a good window on how GEMINI works in Rotary, medical and host country communities. Use GEMINI's Project Application Form and return it to Paul Gallagher for a new project. ---------------------- New GEMINI website: https://sites.google.com/a/westboroughrotary.org/gemini/ GEMINI is in a state of transition. For further information contact Jorge Yarzebski Jorge.Yarzebski@umassmed.edu ------------------------------------ A report on the Stabilization Post Reanimation/pre-neonatal Transport (STABLE) program, which involved U.S. and Guatemalan experts and students in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, in April 2013 is now available. Click here to see what was taught to firefighters, medical students and pediatric residents. New Project Development and Evaluation forms have been placed in the Member Materials archive on this site. If you do not have log in information and need the forms please contact the site editor or Jorge Yarzebski Jorge.Yarzebski@umassmed.edu and they will sent to you. News... GEMINI members remain active in Nicaragua.Here is a brief description of their project, which is now in its final phases as Mick Godkin, of UMASS Med, and colleagues arrange for more instructioinal materials to be provided: Under the guidance of Mick Godkin, Ph.D, of the Rotary Club of Westborough, a $15,000 Matching Grant with the Rotary Club of Leon, Nicaragua allowed GEMINI to deliver equipment and training over 5 days at the Autonomous University of Nicaragua’s Faculty of Medical Sciences in Leon (UNAN-Leon) and at its teaching hospital. The trainers were all American Heart Association-certified trainers and consisted of 3 trainers from UMass (Mariah McNamara MD, Jorge Yarzebski Jr NREMTP (and the Rotary Club of Westborough), and Roy Clifford NP), 2 from Mexico and 1 from Texas. Twenty physicians and one UNAN medical student were trained in BLS and ACLS and all 21 passed the AHA test to become AHA certified in BLS; 17/21 passed the ACLS test and are AHA certified in ACLS. Fourteen of the 17 then did the course for to become AHA-certified ACLS and BLS trainers which they now are. Click here to see images from the April, 2011, Nicaragua training program. Stay tuned for more reporting on this project. The Guyana project came to a successful conclusion in October, 2012. Visit the Guyana page for details, photos, and more. Newsletters Vol. 1, February, 2012 Vol. 2, September 2012 Trip Photos Click here to enjoy a set of photos taken on GEMINI's October 2010 trip to the Domincan Republic Click here to see some vintage photos from a 2003 trip to Honduras. Here are photos from August 2012 sessions in Nicaragua, where Mick Godkin's grant supported Emerency CDR Training.		General Information Project Documents Steering Committee Directors and Officers Host Country Projects Armenia Dominican Republic Guatemala Guyana Honduras Nicaragua Sponsor Links UMMS District 7910 Westborough Rotary Club Northborough Rotary Club Southborough Rotary Club Milford Rotary Club Gardner Rotary Club Athol-Orange Rotary Club Calendar of Events Photo Gallery Newsletters -- New! Links and Resources (English and Espanol) Member Materials -- Minutes, Program Archive GEMINI is highly visible at events such as the 2012 Westborough Spring Festival

Contact:

Jorge L.Yarzebski, M.D., M.P.H., International Service Co-Director, Westborough Rotary Club, District 7910,
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, 55 North Lake Avenue, Worcester, MA 01655, U.S.A., Phone: 508 856 5176, Fax: 508 856 0058, E-mail: Jorge.Yarzebski@umassmed.edu

The site was last revised on March 7, 2016.