Red Cross Talks (Page 184)

In this photo, medical and surgical staff taking part in delegate training this week are learning about the equipment available to them with the Canadian Red Cross Emergency Response Unit (ERU), also called a field hospital. With this equipment ...

*Guest entry by Gina Holmes, Public Affairs team, Ottawa A little over a year after the Japan earthquake, what appears to be a deserted school in Kawauchi has a lot of activity going on inside. Despite the fact that only 14 students have returned,...

Guest entry by Gwen Eamer, National Office Media Advisor Red Crossers from across the country have gathered outside Toronto this week to train as Emergency Response Unit (ERU) delegates. Trainees have been put through a variety of high-stress simu...

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world.BURKINA FASO: In Niaptana, Burkina Faso, the Burkinabe Red Cross Society has set up two women’s groups with community gardens where they grow v...

Two emergency response experts from the Colombian Red Cross have joined the Canadian Red Cross for a week-long training to prepare for deployment with the Emergency Response Unit (ERU). From the Colombian Red Cross are Luisa Salamanca and Lina...

*Guest entry by Carolyn Tees, Senior Manager, Injury Prevention at the Canadian Red Cross National Lifejacket Day means more to me than just a day we promote at the Red Cross. When I started with Red Cross, I read coroner’s report after coroner’s ...