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* Will be helpful in situations where trained medical personnel are unavailable, overworked, or unreachable. |
* Will be helpful in situations where trained medical personnel are unavailable, overworked, or unreachable. |
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** Not to be used in place of a doctor or other person trained in medicine |
** Not to be used in place of a doctor or other person trained in medicine |
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==Modules== |
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=== Tentative List === |
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Please debate modifications/additions on the [[Talk:Health_Content|Discussion]] page |
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* [[Physiology]] |
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** Parts of the Body |
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** Body Systems/functions |
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* Epidemiology |
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** "Germs" |
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** Vectors |
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* First Aid |
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* Childhood Disease and Prevention |
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** Childhood Diseases |
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** Prevention |
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** Mitigation/Treatment (as applicable) |
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** Vaccines |
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* [[Water and sanitation|Sanitation/hygiene]] |
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** Hand Washing |
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** Other personal hygiene |
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** Food Handling |
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** Healthy Home |
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** Clean Water |
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* Diet |
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* General Reference Texts |
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==Progress== |
==Progress== |
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Revision as of 00:10, 21 January 2008
Database and Activity Goals
- To provide a reference library for educational purposes
- To be a guide for first aid and treatment in emergency situations
All of the goals boil down to this one hope: to elongate and improve life
Expectations
- Will be helpful in situations where trained medical personnel are unavailable, overworked, or unreachable.
- Not to be used in place of a doctor or other person trained in medicine
Modules
Tentative List
Please debate modifications/additions on the Discussion page
- Physiology
- Parts of the Body
- Body Systems/functions
- Epidemiology
- "Germs"
- Vectors
- First Aid
- Childhood Disease and Prevention
- Childhood Diseases
- Prevention
- Mitigation/Treatment (as applicable)
- Vaccines
- Sanitation/hygiene
- Hand Washing
- Other personal hygiene
- Food Handling
- Healthy Home
- Clean Water
- Diet
- General Reference Texts
Progress
- Ian Daniher has collected some diagnosis aids used by a local hospital.
- Ian Daniher has been corresponding with Aurelian, creator of XTerm Medical Dictionary, and he has graciously offered to license the database allow OLPC and direct affiliates access and an ability to freely distribute it.
- User:Pascal has started communication with the Hesperian Foundation, which provides elegantly written medical manuals to third world individuals.
Problems
- Legal liability, a hefty disclaimer may be needed.
- Doing this with limited medical background - can we find a doctor willing to help us out on this one?
- Testing - this will need plenty of testing to make sure everything is accurate and working before it is distributed
- Timeline - will likely take longer than will the TeleHealth Module to be completed
- Can a basic version be completed in time to be distributed with the MP of the TeleHealth Module?