What We Do

Hope and Support: CardioStart International aspires to provide greater hope and support to families with children and adults afflicted with heart disease in the underserved regions of the world by….
• Assisting in the development of advanced heart care and related specialties;
• Performing complex heart operations using the local facilities;
• Providing ongoing training and educational programs;
• Empowering local medical teams with the skills, equipment and means to increase the level of care for their patients. During intense two-week missions CardioStart provides an opportunity for local medical teams to develop a sustainable medical specialty in their existing facilities.

We provide major equipment donations:
Implementation of a successful cardiac specialty program requires donations of equipment and supplies to local medical facilities we are supporting. To help ease the hospital’s chronic budget restrictions, which hold up medical progress, CardioStart sends at least one shipping container in advance of each mission so that equipment is available for the mission team to use. At the completion of the mission, all equipment is left for the hospital’s continued use. Expert biomedical engineers help introduce and educate local medical providers on new equipment so that familiarity with new technology is assured.

We Empower:
We believe education is the key to developing sustainable medical programs in developing countries. Local doctors and nurses are involved as an integral part of the CardioStart team throughout each mission. They participate in training sessions, learn to perform all surgical procedures and learn how to care for the post-operative patient.

Outreach:
On nearly each medical mission, CardioStart identifies outreach projects that will support families and impoverished groups within the greater hospital community. These projects include orphanage assistance, education in rural medical clinics, screenings, and public health education, just to name a few. Medical and non-medical volunteers support our mission outreach projects.