Haiti has created a whole new way of practicing medicine. Even so, there are a number of treatments that can help in a situation where there is a lack of medicine.
This is the first of Complimentary Alternative Medicine for emergencies.
First…Something as simple as gum has an incredible healing power.
Two Chinese studies show that gum chewing decreases post op illius. This is where your gut stops working after, say, anesthesia. Normally a patient will be gotten up and walked. How will that happen in a setting like Haiti?
Additionally, what if the patient is a double ammputee?
Gum causes the mouth to make saliva which naturally turns on the gut to do what it does.
Simple. low tech natural complimentary way to treat a post op patient.
Note: This is something to have in your Go Bag.