A group of Island medical and care professionals are trying to raise £60,000 to bring urgent remote medical monitoring equipment to Jersey in the next two weeks - to help protect the most vulnerable people on the island  and the medical professionals looking after them. 

As a result of the COVID-19 crisis, some of our hard-working doctors and emergency care nurses have been working with a company called My Sense who monitor and promote wellbeing, independence and early identification of illness.The Care Hub Jersey Ltd is run by a Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Dr Kirstie Greig and an ITU nurse who, along with dedicated Jersey GPs including Dr Bryony Perchard have approached My Sense about incorporating new tech that would allow doctors and families of loved ones who are being asked to self isolate to specifically track the course of the disease and help doctors in the early identification of patients who urgently require intervention. New additions include pulse oximetry, respiratory rate and temperature checks culminating in a NEWS score (a universally recognised way to track patient deterioration).This has three key benefits:

1. The earlier we support the very sick, the greater the chance they have of getting better

2. We can target the precious resource of GPs to the right place without dilution

3. We prevent unnecessary face to face contact & promote social isolation, providing a service that traditionally could only be obtained in person

Our local doctors are trying to get at least 20 kits into the homes of our most vulnerable community members, in the next 2 weeks, costing £3600 per annum per patient.

If you are a business or an individual who has the resources and is looking for some practical way of helping - please consider donating the £3,600 needed to buy one of these machines, or half of one...or simply donating a small amount of money (even the value of a cup of coffee) so that they can reach their target more quickly.Also, even if you can't donate financially, you can really help by sharing this appeal with your friends, families, colleagues and contacts.We have donated enough for one machine -  and we know that together we can help bring this important medical equipment to Jersey more quickly. Together, in this small way, we can help to protect the most vulnerable Islanders - and our wonderful GPs and healthcare professionals. At JEMEC, we've donated £3,600 to cover the cost of one machine.  

To donate, visit the GoFundMe page.

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