Scientology Volunteer Minister Ayal Lindeman is carrying out his 6th
humanitarian mission to Haiti since the January 2010 earthquake. Since
arriving May 14, he has trained more than 1,100 community health
personnel, families and first-responders in simple skills that save
lives.
Lindeman, a 20-year veteran emergency medical technician
and licensed practical nurse, trained some 400
people the first week
there, and teamed up with Archangel Airborne
May 22 for a series of training sessions and clinics for persons with
little or no medical training. These sessions were organized by Archangel Founder and President Stuart Hirsch.
Each
of the workshops cover basic medical and first-aid skills for coping
with disasters and epidemics. Lindeman incorporates techniques from The Scientology Handbook for
the relief of trauma and confusion and provides practical know-how
learned over the past decade through service in ten major disasters
including the January 2010 Haiti earthquake.
As cholera has killed
more than 7,000 Haitians and sickened more than 531,000 since the
epidemic began in October 2010, Lindeman’s workshops feature training on
how to cope with and prevent the spread of cholera: what the disease
is, a very inexpensive and simple way to make safe drinking water, and
an oral rehydration formula to assist those who do contract the illness
to survive.
Workshops also include how to deal with
life-threatening injuries and conditions in the harshest of
circumstances; basic first-aid including bleeding control, injury
stabilization and spinal protection despite lack of supplies; and
transporting of patients using material easily found even in a disaster
zone.
Archangel Airborne is a nonprofit organization of aviators,
clinicians and multidisciplinary specialists whose mission is to
provide medical, logistical and consultative support to areas in need of
restabilization. The team utilizes aircraft to transport clinicians,
advisors, supplies and equipment to underserved areas.
Scientology Volunteer Ministers in action at the Scientology VM Blog
