Australian BMEs and BMETs helping our neighbours

• Mentoring - Email pals
  The Pacific biomedical community has been supported with training and facilities.
  Is there more that can be done to help in the long term?
• Donations of medical equipment
  What medical equipment is needed? Is it safe? Will it work for the next 5 years?
  Should you send your old medical devieces?
• Disaster assistance
  What can biomedical engineers do to help after a major disaster such as flood, hurricane, earthquake or tsunami?
  Does anyone need a biomedical engineer in an disaster situation?
• AusAID projects
  Australia, through AusAID, has been involved in a variety of assistance programs for biomedical engineers in the Pacific over the years.

epsm-abec 2007
Workshop: BME assistance to developing and recovering communities

This group of webpages was initiated after a joint panel discussion with robust comment from the floor at the Australian Biomedical Engineering Conference in 2007.