[QUOTE=thegimp;4178271]Top tip never mark anything medical if you are sending anywhere. Customs round the world are notorious about the stuff.

I've sent defibs labelled as electrical activity detectors to get them into shit holes

Better deal direct with some charidies instead, although they are incredibly sniffy about what they use etc

I'd skip it and go to the pub.

Tell your st johns fuctard Lt Col he can suck the big dogs cock. Fucking wierdo rank wanker[/QUOTE]

Ha Ha,that genuinely tickled me,I am going to use that,if I may?

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Ha Ha, thanks for the replies. I knew ARRSE could solve a problem. Anyone wanna buy a defib?

Duke,

Went to Poland & Romania with a Charity called Jacobs Well in 93 and they used to donate food, medicines etc so they may well be able to help your pal. Website link:

The Jacob's Well Appeal

PM inbound. I know a volunteer ambulance organisation that requires med kit ASAP.

Last time a Medical Unit went to Kenya they were asking for various basic medical supplies to give away to hospitals/clinics out there. It could be worth checking with the next Med Regiment that's going out to see if they are prepared to take items with them.

Originally Posted by theoriginalphantom

Last time a Medical Unit went to Kenya they were asking for various basic medical supplies to give away to hospitals/clinics out there. It could be worth checking with the next Med Regiment that's going out to see if they are prepared to take items with them.

There's one going in a few months!

Originally Posted by The13thDukeOfWybourne

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My brother in law works for Dorset County Ambulance service, he's also in the St John and tells me that he holds the rank of a Lt Col and that I should salute him ... civvy twit ... but I digress. They have a large stock of medical supplies i.e. Defibrillators and the such that they would like to donate, perhaps somewhere such as Kenya. Does anyone have a contact that he could speak to about this?

Many thanks

interesting questions

quite why he's asking externally for overseas sources to donate old kit, i'm not sure, as the Order of St John HQ will have contacts with overseas SJA priories , commandaries and associated bodies ... tell him to speak to the chair of council or Order HQ , one would hope that an SO(2) would know a little aobut the Structure of SJA , though if he'd been parachuted into role 'because he works for the ambulance service '

MPH
SO(3) SJA

Originally Posted by Mr_d

PM inbound. I know a volunteer ambulance organisation that requires med kit ASAP.

and you genuinely think that the NHS ambulance service or St John are going to give equipment to a competitor ...

also a lot of the defibs etc that are currently being disposed of by the NHS and SJA are machines that while they work perfectly adequately are fixed programmes to the Old resus guidelines and have been depreciated down to zero - so would otherwise be smashed and go in the WEEE skip.

there's also stuff that could be resterilised etc but due to developed world medical devices legislation it;s just easier to cast and replace with single use ( e.g. autoclavable BVMs and suction system components )

I have a friend with two kids volunteering in different parts of Africa. I'll try to get details of the organisations involved and PM you.

Originally Posted by The13thDukeOfWybourne

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My brother in law works for Dorset County Ambulance service, he's also in the St John and tells me that he holds the rank of a Lt Col and that I should salute him ... civvy twit ... but I digress. They have a large stock of medical supplies i.e. Defibrillators and the such that they would like to donate, perhaps somewhere such as Kenya. Does anyone have a contact that he could speak to about this?

Many thanks

What a great idea - send electromed kit to Kenya that we (the Brits) no longer want or use........... they then use it (assuming they have power), someone dies from an electric shock, then they sue us.............. even better, someone suggests that a Medical Regiment join in with this nonsense...........can anyone imagine the look on the CO's face when he gets that call??

Sorry to appear negative but the whole thing made me wince......