Published May 22, 2023 Medical volunteers from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and Showa University in Japan joined clinicians in Hanoi, Vietnam in April 2023 for a week-long Children’s HeartLink training visit. National Children’s Hospital (NCH) hosted the volunteers as well as their peers from Nhi Dong 1 in Ho Chi Minh City, … Continued
Published May 17, 2023 Nurses are often the closest members of the heart care team to a child and their family after surgery, making them well-positioned to deliver patient-centered, personalized care. Despite their value, academic training for nursing in many underserved countries does not adequately prepare them for a pediatric cardiac care setting. Nurse training … Continued
Your gifts help train nurses in underserved countries to provide lifesaving care for children with congenital heart disease. “If a baby is going to collapse after surgery, we know now how to identify the early warning signs.” – Aswathy S., nurse at Children’s HeartLink Center of Excellence Amrita Hospitals, Kochi, India, and participant in the … Continued
Published May 3, 2023 Written by Barry Jass, Senior Director of Program Operations at Children’s HeartLink The first meeting of a partner hospital and their medical volunteer team is crucial for developing prolific training relationships that support children born with heart disease. You can’t quite show the energy and excitement of this kind of meeting … Continued
