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Ems-global.org EMS Global is a non-profit educational & consultancy organisation helping to enhance EMS in developing economies.

12/05/2026

Not every ambulance gets a dramatic send-off. Some just quietly find new management. 🐷
It is a funny image — but the reality behind it is serious. Vehicles of this vintage are still answering emergency calls in parts of the world where they are the only option available.
EMS Global Foundation does not ship ambulances overseas or provide equipment. We build the skills, the training systems, and the local leadership that make emergency care work - and keep working - long after we leave.
Eight years. 559 clinicians and first responders trained in Mongolia. A workforce increasingly led by its own people.
The real story starts long before the ambulance retires.

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Three things make this work.The partnership - meetings, planning, institutional agreements with the Mongolian Ministry o...
11/05/2026

Three things make this work.

The partnership - meetings, planning, institutional agreements with the Mongolian Ministry of Health and the 103 Ambulance Directorate that make the programme possible.

The delivery - paramedic instructors from Australia, the UK and Canada, working alongside Mongolian ambulance doctors and drivers (now EMS attendants) inside ambulances and simulation spaces, transferring skills that will outlast our visit.

And the relationship - gathered around a campfire in the Mongolian steppe, international faculty and Mongolian EMS leadership sharing a meal, stories, and the kind of trust you cannot build in a classroom.

It is that third element that most distinguishes genuine capacity-building from a training visit. The Bornuur overnight - gers, a traditional meal and hours of unhurried conversation - is not an add-on to the programme. It is what makes the programme sustainable. Since 2017 the relationship has deepened with each mission.

The UB Ambulance Service brought their own station cooks to prepare the meal, the same that they provide to all the 48 ambulance crews on shift across the capital. That detail matters - this was not organised tourism. It was the Mongolian EMS community sharing something real.

That is the model. Skill transfer grounded in partnership. Locally owned, internationally supported.

20/04/2026

Once again, Mongolia's Ulaanbaatar City Ambulance crews and Mongolian Armed Forces medics trained side by side and what started as an experiment is becoming a tradition.

These two organisations respond to the same emergencies on the same streets, but they've historically operated in separate systems, with separate training pathways and limited cross-institutional contact. During our 2025 Mongolia mission, we brought them together for joint clinical simulations covering airway management, advanced resuscitation, and scenario-based exercises designed around real civilian trauma responses.

The goal wasn't just skill transfer. It was building the kind of communication and mutual understanding that makes a difference when both services are responding to the same incident.

70% of the UB City Ambulance workforce has now trained through this programme. We're on track for full coverage by 2027.

This is what strengthening emergency systems from the inside looks like.

Eight years in Mongolia. 80 clinicians trained last year. 559+ since 2018.This is what long-term commitment looks like -...
11/04/2026

Eight years in Mongolia. 80 clinicians trained last year. 559+ since 2018.

This is what long-term commitment looks like - not a one-off intervention, but a program that keeps building on itself until the system can carry its own weight.

Mongolian EMS doctors co-teaching alongside our international instructors is gaining momentum.

That last part is the whole point.

We have just published a full update on our Substack. If you want to understand what long-term EMS capacity building actually looks like, this is it.

https://emsglobalfoundation.substack.com/p/eight-years-in-and-the-work-is-only

06/04/2026

EMS doctors in Mongolia’s capital, Ulaanbaatar, are the backbone of the city’s emergency response. Ensuring they have access to pragmatic, evidence-based trauma tools is a core mission of the EMS Global Foundation.

While these doctors manage complex medical emergencies daily, the 'Stop The Bleed' curriculum focuses on the critical window of treatable mortality - where rapid, decisive action against major haemorrhage saves lives before a patient even reaches the hospital.

A special thank you to our instructor, Jarrod Bell, an experienced wilderness paramedic from Tasmania.

We are incredibly proud of the professionalism shown by the participating doctors. Their commitment to advancing emergency care in Mongolia is what drives our foundation’s work.

21/03/2026

The training you see is only the tip of the iceberg.

Looking at our missions to Ulaanbaatar, this is what the "prep" actually looks like: hauling gear across borders, hours of equipment calibration and intensive strategy sessions before a single student arrives.

Building sustainable EMS capacity in Mongolia isn't about "copy-paste" solutions; it’s about the massive logistical effort to ensure every piece of kit and every lesson is context-appropriate and ready to save lives. A huge shout out to our team who make every mission a reality!

Huge congratulations to our Board Director and Clinical and Operations Director, Leon Baranowski!We are proud to share t...
19/03/2026

Huge congratulations to our Board Director and Clinical and Operations Director, Leon Baranowski!

We are proud to share the news that Leon has been appointed as Chief Paramedic Officer at the Department of Health, Victoria - one of the most significant roles in paramedicine in Australia.

Leon has been part of the EMS Global Foundation since 2023, and in that time he has brought extraordinary energy, expertise and heart to our mission of building sustainable emergency medical services in resource-constrained nations.

His hands-on work with our Mongolian partners - developing simulation-based education and supporting frontline EMS providers - is a testament to the kind of leader he is: someone who doesn't just talk about change, he helps build it.

His career spans nearly two decades across the UK, Canada, and Australia. He's a senior lecturer, researcher, clinical leader, and now Victoria's Chief Paramedic Officer. And through all of it, his commitment to EMS Global Foundation's mission remains.

We couldn't be more thrilled to celebrate this milestone with him and we look forward to seeing the impact he will continue to make, both in Victoria and across the world.

Well done, Leon. We're proud to have you on our team.

10/03/2026

Building an EMS system in Mongolia isn’t just about the doctors - it’s about the team.
By upskilling drivers as ambulance assistants, we are proving that when doctors and attendants work as a seamless unit, the entire system levels up. Sharing the load and the decision-making allows for faster, more succinct care that truly makes the difference on scene. It has been an honour for our project to drive this mission in Mongolia since 2017.
Together, we’re ensuring that every ambulance call has the best possible team behind it.

19/02/2026

For those researching EMS development in resource-constrained settings, the challenge is rarely devising the clinical curriculum; it is the workforce pe*******on.

Short courses and pilot programmes are common. They are well-intentioned and often high-quality. But limited training rarely changes systems. Our international researchers are building an evidence base of how to move from 'islands of excellence' to resilient national standards.

Sustainable reform requires scale and alignment across an entire workforce.
In Ulaanbaatar, 70% of the city’s ambulance workforce is now trained by our paramedic team under a shared emergency care standard. The goal is full workforce coverage by 2027.

When frontline EMS crews share the same framework, the system begins to stabilise:
· Decision-making becomes consistent.
· Teams function more effectively.
· Variation in care reduces.
Real change is not found in a single workshop - it is found in the critical mass of a professionalised system.

Education that saves lives starts here. Our 2025 Mongolia deployment delivered accredited EMS training to 80 participant...
29/01/2026

Education that saves lives starts here.
Our 2025 Mongolia deployment delivered accredited EMS training to 80 participants from the UB Ambulance Centre, Mongolian Armed Forces, and NEMA. Every station, every assessment, every scenario was designed to build the skills that matter when seconds count.
With 70% of UB's ambulance workforce now trained through EMS Global programs, we're on track to achieve 100% coverage by 2027. This isn't just training—it's transformation.
Training modules included:

Advanced airway management
Trauma care and resuscitation
Scene management and communication
Interprofessional collaboration

Real skills. Real impact. Real lives saved.

I was permitted to take this one photograph: holding the Oman National System for Emergency Triage (ONSET) on-scene card...
14/01/2026

I was permitted to take this one photograph: holding the Oman National System for Emergency Triage (ONSET) on-scene card.

I had the privilege of visiting the Civil Defence and Ambulance Authority (CDAA) in Muscat, Oman. While the military security at the facility was understandably tight and photography was prohibited, the dialogue was open and insightful.

Why are these exchanges so critical for the work of the EMS Global Foundation?

To build sustainable EMS systems in countries like Mongolia, a "copy and paste" of Western models would fail. We must look at how countries like Oman successfully applied a hybrid operational model to unique local contexts.

Thank you to the Muscat paramedics for the warm welcome and the engaging technical exchange, ranging from response times to equipment and well-resourced crewing levels. Each conversation like this brings us one step closer to improving emergency response for the communities we serve globally.

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