International Medical Crisis Response Alliance
International Medical Crisis Response Alliance (IMCRA):
Providing Educational Resources to Healthcare Professionals for Medical Crises & Natural Disasters
We are a UN-affiliated nonprofit,
formed by and for medical professionals. We strive to fill critical gaps during global crises through the use of an innovative and comprehensive educational telemedicine platform that enables under-equipped medical professionals working with vulnerable populations.
On July 31, 2016, IMCRA held its 4th major colloquium/workshop in Japan titled,"The Long-Term Caregiver Experience: Patients, Providers, Pragmatics". The need for this event became especially pressing after the Kumamoto earthquake. Because there is still little easily-accessible practice data on the long-term medical/psychological pitfalls of disaster recovery we have begun to update our professional guide modules for families and healthcare providers in both regions of Japan
Our Community Cyberspace project will provide expert psychosocial training to first-line providers (family members, clergymen, primary care physicians) so that they can best help Veterans living with PTSD. These providers will have 24/7 access to IMCRA resources developed by the very best practitioners of post-traumatic psychology. Our system allows for complete anonymity and is available in multiple languages.
Over 4,000,000 persons are now in squalid refugee camps and 800,000 more have moved into a Europe which is increasingly reluctant and incapable of handling their medical and psychological needs. IMCRA offers a unique and effective solution by providing free access to the world's greatest concentration of Arabic and Urdu-speaking specialists in medicine, psychology and the psychosocial sciences outside of the Middle East.
On July 31, 2016, IMCRA held its 4th major colloquium/workshop in Japan titled,"The Long-Term Caregiver Experience: Patients, Providers, Pragmatics". The need for this event became especially pressing after the Kumamoto earthquake. Because there is still little easily-accessible practice data on the long-term medical/psychological pitfalls of disaster recovery we have begun to update our professional guide modules for families and healthcare providers in both regions of Japan
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Recently we updated IMCRA's Gaza-Israel Conflict refugee portal with English and Arabic-language remedial medical modules targeted at both onsite practitioners and capable lay persons. We are in the midst of doing the same for our Ukraine Program. The link to the site is here:
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https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCnPGGxHKtA9SIHNKIuNUa8-pNsf1oPFK
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The unfortunate and highly distressing reality of intensified international conflict in the 2020's has made these programs critical. In August IMCRA will augment these services further with our PIVAT (Prompt Intervention Volunteer Aid Tutorials) program which will enable persons at the site of an acute medical emergency to take properly vetted First Responder actions as appropriate using smartphone downloads .
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IMCRA has also been active along with our NGO colleagues at the UN in the areas of misinformation/disinformation/propaganda, oceanic ecosystem health, protection of civilians in conflict zones, AI for good and in addressing the problem of antibiotic overuse.
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Finally, we draw attention to the fact that on 11 September it will be 13.5 years since the great Tohoku earthquake/tsunami and 23 years since the the 911 WTC disaster in New York, both of which prompted and motivated the founding of our organization. We remember the victims and their families and rededicate ourselves to preventing and ameliorating the impact of such tragedies in future.