NetHopeOrg 343d ago

For access to extensive resources featured in this webinar, please visit the webinar landing page at NetHope.org: https://nethope.org/webinars/webinar-the-call-and-response-of-emergency-aid-using-beacon-by-trek-medics/ After viewing the webinar recording, please fill out our webinar evaluation form: https://nethope.wufoo.com/forms/?formname=wizgwcw0wunall&field5=The+Call+and+Response+of+Emergency+Aid+Using+Beacon+by+Trek+Medics About this webinar: Road traffic injuries in Tanzania. Bush fires in Belize. Acutely sick children in Haiti. Learn how Trek Medics works with local humanitarian groups to deploy and manage community-based emergency response systems using basic mobile technologies. For over 10 years, Trek Medics has been providing humanitarian and emergency response agencies with the technology needed to send the right responder to the right location at the right time. In this webinar, Trek Medics and program partners will share how they've collaborated to manage community-based emergency response systems using their Beacon dispatch platform, a cloud-based response system that enables emergency, disaster, and crisis response organizations to seamlessly alert, coordinate, and track their responders using readily-available mobile technologies, with or without Internet. Adaptable and innovative, Beacon is used in more than 20 countries by a variety of agencies, including emergency medical services, disaster response, mental health and domestic violence crisis groups. In this webinar, you’ll learn: How Trek Medics and program partners assess emergency care capabilities and needs in resource-limited settings The technology and strategies used to address the challenges encountered in launching and managing community-based emergency response systems To learn more about Trek Medics work through Beacon, check out this blog post, "From Missile Attacks to Panic Attacks - A day in the life of Beacon": https://trekmedics.org/blog/from-missile-attacks-to-panic-attacks-a-day-in-the-life-of-beacon/