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Our Work: The Three Links

The WHO Emergency Care System Framework maps the essential functions of emergency care at the scene of injury or illness, during transport, and through to the emergency unit and early inpatient care, and recognizes that each country will deliver those functions differently with the resources it has.

In much of Nepal, those functions cannot yet be assigned to a formal emergency service; they are carried out by whoever is present and prepared. So HAPSA organizes its work around the people and institutions that deliver care at each stage, three links in the chain of emergency care: the community, the health workforce, and the system. Every program we run strengthens the capacity of one of these links.

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The Community

We empower community members with lifesaving skills so that they can go from being bystanders to taking an active role in emergency response.

The Health Workforce

We build the capacity of health providers and facilities to deliver quality care through training, mentorship, technology, and practical systems.

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The System

We lay down the infrastructure and advocate for policy that makes change possible and creates a better future for emergency response.

Specific Core Programs

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Rural Trauma Program

Morbidity and mortality from trauma (fall injuries, road traffic injuries, drowning, fire, etc) is high across rural Nepal. We equip and test community responders' trauma programs, in areas where health facilities are far away. We work with rural health systems to train and equip health providers in management and diagnosis of life-threatening traumatic and other illness through use of ultrasound. Recently, we innovated a ultrasound program to diagnose extremity fractures, often in places where X-ray machines are not available.

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Nepal Poison Center Collaborative (PCC)

Nepal government recognized that a 24/7 poison information center (PIC) is a key need to strengthen country's emergency care system. HAPSA runs Nepal's only 24/7 PIC at Dhulikhel Hospital using innovative international collaboration, trains Nepali clinicians in clinical toxicology, conducts research, and advocates for poisoning prevention and toxicology education. Core focus include prevention of Lead poisoning, post-snakebite care, and general toxicology.

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Nepal Life Savers Program (NLSP)

Through a comprehensive approach, the NLSP works on equipping frontline providers like police and teachers in lifesaving skills of CPR, choking-first aid, and bleeding control. NLSP creates innovative tools (eg. Nepali CPR song), tests AED in public space for the first time in Nepal, and actively advocates for first response program within the government.

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Rural Trauma Program

Morbidity and mortality from trauma (fall injuries, road traffic injuries, drowning, fire, etc) is high across rural Nepal. We equip and test community responders' trauma programs, in areas where health facilities are far away. We work with rural health systems to train and equip health providers in management and diagnosis of life-threatening traumatic and other illness through use of ultrasound. Recently, we innovated a ultrasound program to diagnose extremity fractures, often in places where X-ray machines are not available.

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Nepal Poison Center Collaborative (PCC)

Nepal government recognized that a 24/7 poison information center (PIC) is a key need to strengthen country's emergency care system. HAPSA runs Nepal's only 24/7 PIC at Dhulikhel Hospital using innovative international collaboration, trains Nepali clinicians in clinical toxicology, conducts research, and advocates for poisoning prevention and toxicology education. Core focus include prevention of Lead poisoning, post-snakebite care, and general toxicology.

We share what we learn.

The world already knows what saves lives in an emergency. What's missing is evidence for how to deliver it where resources are scarce: in a district hospital, through community health volunteers, hours from the nearest referral center. HAPSA's research asks that question in rural Nepal, adapting proven tools, testing them in practice, and publishing what it takes to make them work, so that districts and governments adopt documented models.

CONTRIBUTE

You can contribute to our work by either making a financial donation or volunteering your time or skills. Get in touch with us!

LEARN

Check out our research and insights. You can also join a webinar or download the CERT app for free emergency care training in Nepali.

PARTNER

Work with us to create life-changing health solutions within your district, institution, or community. Together, we can make a difference.

Ways to Get Involved

Everyone deserves access to lifesaving emergency care.

Your donations provide the resources needed to make Nepal ready to respond when a crisis occurs. Every training, every partnership, every protocol developed builds a more resilient emergency care system.

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