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On the 12th May 2020 we'd raised £9,755 with 107 supporters in 28 days. But as every pound matters, we're continuing to collect donations from supporters.
+ est. £1376.25
PPE keeps our NHS safe but makes telecommunications between staff difficult. Walkie talkies are a solution and can help to save lives.
by Asthma Innovation Research (AIR) in London, England, United Kingdom
On the 12th May 2020 we'd raised £9,755 with 107 supporters in 28 days. But as every pound matters, we're continuing to collect donations from supporters.
This will allow to support even more hospitals and frontline staff throughout the UK!
Asthma Innovation Research (AIR -www.asthmainnovationresearch.co.uk) is a registered charity created by doctors and medical students whose mission is to improve the lives of asthmatics through education and innovation. However we are turning our attention to support NHS staff to fight COVID-19.
Many of our team work in frontline NHS services. We have noticed that it has become difficult to communicate effectively among frontline teams during the crisis for two main reasons:
1) When wearing full PPE in the COVID units, it is not possible to use normal methods of communication (phones and pagers) to contact the rest of your team outside the COVID/full PPE area;
2) The teams are spread out further than normal across make-shift intensive care units and more patients are rapidly deteriorating requiring swift communication to redeploy teams to different locations.
To combat this, several units have started using walkie talkie radios, as recently seen on the BBC’s “Coronavirus: Inside an ICU fighting Covid-19” at UCLH. These enable the front line staff to rapidly contact each other for advice or help and to coordinate the teams.
BUT MORE HOSPITALS NEED OUR HELP! We have received several requests for walkie talkies and have no doubt that many more hospitals in the UK are in need. With your generous donations we will continue to provide NHS staff and departments with the BaoFeng BF-88E walkie talkie (or equivalent). These lightweight radios have sufficient range capable of aiding communication and are easy to clean and so remain hygienic. They are tried and proven to work well.
These will make sure our amazing NHS staff are equipped to deliver the excellent level of care required during this difficult time.
If you are a healthcare professional reading this and feel your department would benefit then please complete our request form here and get in contact via [email protected]. Let us help YOU!
*Any money raised that cannot be used to supply radios to NHS frontline services will be donated to NHS Charities Together (www.nhscharitiestogether.co.uk) in support of the COVID-19 appeal.
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