Children's Hope: helping children with burns. Electrosurgical apparatus

In the spring of 2023, Kyivstar, together with the charity platform dobro.ua from the Ukrainian Philanthropic Marketplace, joined forces with the National Rehabilitation Centre "Unbreakable" and expanded the Children's Hope charity programme to include a new area - helping children with burns.

This initiative arose as a result of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

According to statistics, 12,000 children in Ukraine suffer burns every year, and 25-40 of them die as a result of life-threatening burns. And because of the war, this number is growing every day.

Burn injuries rank second among childhood injuries and are among the most difficult to treat. Currently, Ukraine is forced to send the most seriously burned children abroad due to the lack of sterile conditions and sufficient medical equipment.

To remedy this and create conditions for the full treatment of children at home, in Ukraine, Kyivstar has launched a charity initiative and is investing UAH 10 million to purchase specialised medical equipment for the children's burn unit of the National Rehabilitation Centre "Unbreakable" at the First Medical Unit in Lviv.

From the first days of its full-scale operation, the hospital has become one of the main shelters for children affected by the war. The medical facility has taken in more than 3,000 children fleeing the war, including 250 with mine-blast injuries and burns from all over Ukraine.

The allocated funds will be used to purchase a unique 900-100 ARC 100 electrosurgical apparatus in the form of a complete set:

• 900-100 ARC 100 electrosurgical apparatus, 1 pc.
• 900-911 Power cable, plug type F, 5 m, 1 pc.
• 901-012 Single-pedal foot switch for ARC 100, 4 m cable, 1 pc.
• 380-050 Cable, for disposable neutral electrodes, international, 4.5 m, 1 pc.
• 816-092 Neutral electrode, 90 cm², folded, EASY, 200 pcs.
• 220-345 JackKNIFE ARC 100 RF tool, 2.4 mm rod, 4 m cable, 1 pc.
• 530-207 Knife electrode, straight, 2.4 mm rod, 15 pcs.
• 287-040 Bipolar cable, for BOWA tweezers, for Martin, 4.5 m, 1 pc.
• 605-007 Bipolar tweezers, curved, 195 mm, 8 mm x 2 mm, 1 pc.
• 605-041 Bipolar tweezers, straight, 220 mm, 8 mm x 1 mm, 1 pc.
• 220-045 JackKNIFE RF tool, 2 buttons, 2.4 mm rod, for 3-pin, 4.5 m cable, 1 pc.
• 530-000 Electrode container, 12 standard electrodes, 2.4 mm rod, 1 pc.
• 800-001 Knife electrode, non-stick, 2.4 mm shaft, disposable, sterile, 20 pcs.
• 800-002 Needle electrode, non-stick, 2.4 mm shaft, disposable, sterile, 10 pcs.
• 800-003 Non-stick ball electrode, 2.4 mm shaft, disposable, sterile, 10 pcs.
• 530-012 Microelectrode needle, tungsten wire, straight, 2.4 mm shaft, 1 pc.
• 530-013 Microelectrode needle, tungsten wire, curved, 2.4 mm shaft, 1 pc.

The peculiarity of this equipment is that it can be used in small operating theatres and can be applied in any field of surgery. In fact, it allows to increase the mobility of medical personnel and provide quick assistance to the victims.

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