What is that?
FairEmbo is the literary contraction of "fair embolization".
Arterial embolization is a recent radiology technique that allows the occlusion of a vessel that bleeds quickly, efficiently and safely. This technique is widely used in developed countries, replacing surgery today in a large number of indications (post traumatic bleeding, delivery bleeding, hypervascularized tumors).
The FairEmbo project aims to make this procedure available in each country and each hospital center in the world, with a minimum of means on site.
Why?
Post-traumatic bleeding (voluntary bodily injuries, accidents) and after childbirth are responsible for a great mortality.
According to a report published by the WHO in 2014, 661,000 women died worldwide between 2003 and 2009 as a result of hemorrhagic delivery due to lack of care, and 99% of these deaths take place in emerging countries.
These deaths are the result of a failure to manage bleeding urgently and could therefore have been avoided by arterial embolization techniques.
However, embolic agents allowing the occlusion of bleeding vessels are very expensive (ranging from $50 to sometimes more than $500 per unit) and are especially unavailable because of a lack of distribution in many countries worldwide.
Principle
FairEmbo is an innovative project to stop bleeding in a simple, effective, and safe way, using simple sutures.
Sutures are available from anywhere in the world, anytime, and inexpensive compared to embolic agents currently available.
What needs today?
Interventional radiology techniques, and in particular arterial embolization, are still little known to the general public today, even in our western countries where, however, they are very widespread (emergency bleeding treatment, stroke treatment, stent placement, neoplasic treatments…).
Our desire is therefore to make this technique known and develop in hospitals, especially to radiologists in emerging countries. For this we need everyone, in order to identify the most important shortages and needs (material and human), and to promote this project which has the realistic but ambitious objective of offering effective treatment to urgent and vital situations in the greater number.
A foundation has also been created to raise funds, with a view to developing partnerships and collaborations with emerging countries.
Thanks to the community to be aware of our ambitious project. Be sure that all funds raised by the community will be redistributed to the foundation.