[HOT] FW: International Services - Special Event Brown Bag Lunch & Learn - April 3

[Russell Deffner]

Next month’s topic may be the one I felt the most queasy about while reading so far…

=Russ 

 

From: Tim Bothe [mailto:Tim.Bothe2 at redcross.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 3:36 PM
To: Russell Deffner
Subject: International Services - Special Event Brown Bag Lunch & Learn - April 3

 

International Services is proud to present a special edition of the Brown Bag Lunch & Learn series. This special edition topic will focus on the experiences of Dr. Christos Giannou, former International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) chief surgeon. The series is open to the public, but RSVPs are requested, so feel free to disseminate. 

“War Surgery”

OVERVIEW

The Red Cross’ humanitarian mission protects the lives and the dignity of victims of armed conflict and provides them with assistance. When armed conflicts prevent societies from providing the basic health care that the wounded need, the Red Cross assists. This assistance may be furnished through the provisions of medicines, training, equipment, staff, or the Red Cross may organize independent hospitals.

Surgery for victims of armed conflict is different than that practiced for civilian injuries. War surgeons need a breadth of skills to effectively treat all forms of injuries. As a result of armed conflict, health care systems may be weakened or nearly non-functional. Water and electricity may be unreliable. Trained staff may have fled. Medical supplies cannot be replaced and buildings may be destroyed. The war wounded can still be treated with good results, if medical staff has the necessary knowledge and motivation.

LOGISTICS

Date:  Thursday, April 3, 2014

Location:  American Red Cross, 444 Sherman Street, Denver, CO 80203

Room: Auditorium

Time: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm (Mountain Time Zone)

RSVP: Reply by 12:00 pm on Friday, March 28, 2014 to Tim Bothe at Tim.Bothe2 at redcross.org

For those unable to physically attend, a WebEx and teleconference has been set up. That information is as follows:

WEBEX: Please note, if you have never used WebEx, you may need to install / download a plug in. WebEx will show the computer screen being used. Please check your computer prior to the event.

https://americanredcross.webex.com/americanredcross/j.php?MTID=m8b4072536e39eb24e707b71005f3e6d3

 

Meeting Number: 749 051 142

Meeting Password: Redcross1

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Teleconference information – You MUST call on a telephone to hear the audio.

Call-in toll-free number: 1-866-692-4538

Attendee/Participant access code: 363 024 3

SPEAKER’S BIOGRAPHY

Christos Giannou is a Greek-Canadian war surgeon and former chief surgeon for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Giannou’s career has led him to many of today’s armed conflict areas including: Afghanistan, Chechnya, Iraq, Lebanon, Liberia and Somalia. Initially trained as a cancer surgeon, Giannou developed specialized expertise in war surgery.

During the siege of the Palestinian refugee camp Shatila, he served as a surgeon and his experience there is documented in his book Besieged: A Doctor’s Story of Life and Death in Beirut (1991). In 1996, Giannou used his skills at the surgical hospital built by the ICRC in Novye Atagi, Chechnya, where thousands of war victims were treated.

Giannou’s career of providing humanitarian services in conflict zones has been accounted for in the documentary On the Border of the Abyss and was aired by the Canadian television station TVO under the title War Surgeon: Chris Giannou. Additionally, Giannou is the lead author of the ICRC published book, War Surgery. (Attached via link below)

In 1991, he was inducted as a member of the Order of Canada. Currently, Giannou resides in Greece and works for the Medical School of the Kapodistrian University of Athens.

Tim Bothe

American Red Cross – Colorado & Wyoming

International Services - Manager



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