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Research program to save lives

January 8, 2019 By Eric Douglas

Dr. Elmer Mejia being interviewed by Natalie Morales, NBC.
Listen to Eric Douglas discuss the problem, and the fundraiser, on ScubaRadio with Greg Holt.

GoFundMe fundraiser set up to finance project

Link to the GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/research-program-to-save-lives-of-divers

For more than 20 years, Dr. Elmer Mejia of Honduras risked his life to treat the Moskito Indians who live on the east coast of Honduras and Nicaragua. They suffered injuries using scuba equipment to hunt for lobster – all to feed American and European markets.

Throughout that period, Dr. Mejia treated thousands of cases of Moskito Indians with severe decompression illness including exceptional paralysis and incontinence. Often, Moskito Indian divers were carried into his clinic in Puerto Lempira, Honduras and were able to walk out under their own power several days later. Most had residual symptoms but were not paralyzed.

His treatment protocols fly in the face of conventional wisdom treating decompression illness, often beginning days after the injury with tremendous success. His success in many of these cases is nothing short of miraculous. He has patient records, case histories and in many cases follow up examinations on each of these divers.

Dr. Mejia is working with two nonprofit organizations to compile his patient records in a way that his work can be analyzed and used for extensive research. His patient records were written by hand using paper and pencil and have to be entered into a computer for analysis. Dr. Mejia is working with the American 501(c)(3) organization called the Chronic Disease Registry and the Diving Diseases Research Centre (DDRC) in Plymouth, England.

Donations will go to the non-profit Chronic Disease Registry and they will distribute funds to the DDRC in England as they prepare the database and analyze the data for future publication. They will also distribute some of the funds to Dr. Mejia to support him while he does the painstaking work of translating and recording the data.

The results of this research will revolutionize the care for all injured divers and others who need hyperbaric treatment for wound care.

Donations to this fundraiser will make the lives of all divers safer by improving the care they receive after an injury while helping to improve the lives of the indigenous Moskito Indians who have long been exploited for their ability to dive and their lack of other choices to support their families.

About the DDRC (https://www.ddrc.org/)

DDRC Healthcare (previously known as the Diving Diseases Research Centre) is a British hyperbaric medical organization located near Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, Devon. It is a UK registered charity (no.279652) and was established in 1980 at Fort Bovisand (then called Diving Diseases Research Centre) to research the effects of diving on human physiology. The Centre moved to its site on Plymouth Science Park in 1996.

DDRC Healthcare has become a world authority on hyperbaric medical treatments with many publications detailing its work. DDRC Healthcare promotes, provides and works to increase the availability of high quality, cost effective, hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy, through provision of medical treatment and advice; education and training; and research.

About the Chronic Disease Registry (https://www.uswoundregistry.com/Home)

The Chronic Disease Registry hosts seven medical research registries – all listed with ClinicalTrials.gov including venous leg ulcers, cellular products, negative pressure wound therapy and podiatry. The organization is recognized by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) as quality registries for reporting data on behalf of physicians. They have their own Institutional Review Board (IRB) for reviewing research protocols that use the data and analyzes data to develop improved practice guidelines. Their motto is “Harnessing Technology for Healthcare to Find What Works”.

Filed Under: Adventure, Diving, Documentary

Audio version of Frog Head Key

October 19, 2018 By Eric Douglas

Frog Head Key cover artSorting through some older files, I stumbled across an audio version of the Withrow Key thriller short story Frog Head Key. I don’t remember recording it and I’m not sure what I planned to do with it. Audiobooks hadn’t really become a thing yet.

It’s not a perfect recording, but if you like to listen to stories here it is. It’s about an hour long so a good story to put in your ears for a solid workout or a couple work commutes.

The story is part of the Tales from Withrow Key collection or you can download it as a standalone. You can find the links to the direct downloads or read along with the Preview (for the first 20 percent or so) on the book page.

Enjoy!

Filed Under: Adventure, Books, Free Fiction

Murder: With a Grain of Salt Serial

September 10, 2018 By Eric Douglas

In October, I will be releasing a serial story called Murder: With a Grain of Salt. This is a period story, set in 1855 in what was then Charleston, Virginia. The story involves murder, horse chases and river boats along with the burgeoning salt industry.

It will be delivered to your email inbox on October 2, 9, 16 and 23. 

If you already receive monthly emails from me, you will still need to sign up for this special list. I don’t want to send out weekly emails to anyone who isn’t interested. 

Murder: With a Grain of Salt

When an upstanding citizen is murdered on the streets of pre-civil war Charleston, Virginia, the wealthy salt barons who control the town are the main suspects. It’s up to newspaperman Reed Donahue to solve the mystery, but someone is trying to stop him from finding out the truth. Will he become the next victim?


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Filed Under: Adventure, Books, Free Fiction, New Releases

Water Crisis: Day Zero is out!

August 1, 2018 By Eric Douglas

Water Crisis: Day Zero is officially available in both print and as an e-book. If you pre-ordered it, it should have already been delivered to your e-reader device. If you didn’t, you can download it now and begin reading immediately.

I’m proud of this story and I hope you will be impressed, too. Several of my advance readers/reviewers have called it “the best Mike Scott story, yet.”

The Story

Dwindling freshwater resources around the world are causing unrest, riots and civil war. When photojournalist Mike Scott uncovers a Russian oligarch’s plans to throw the United States in turmoil by poisoning the groundwater, he is in for the fight of his life to stop it. It’s a race against time as Mike fights computer hackers, teams of assassins and robot drones to protect South Florida and the United States from its own Day Zero.

Locations

Water Crisis: Day Zero takes place all over the world, from Washington D.C. to Moscow to Switzerland and then off to The Bahamas and Miami, with a couple short stops in between.

Prequel

This story follows up on a story line from Turks and Chaos: Hostile Waters. If you haven’t read it already (and why not?) it has enough detail that you won’t feel lost.

You might want to read it anyway, though, just to get the full effect. Through August 6, the e-book version of Turks and Chaos: Hostile Waters is on sale for just $0.99! (That’s a $2 savings.)

Photos

A final challenge: take a picture of yourself reading one of my books. If you prefer ebooks, turn your reader around so we can see the cover. Send it to me and I’ll share it on social media or tag me in your own post and I will reshare!

Filed Under: Adventure, Books, New Releases

Take a quiz, win an audiobook!

June 6, 2018 By Eric Douglas

Update: This contest is now closed. 

 

Take the Mike Scott thriller quiz and you might win a free audiobook!

You may need to look around the website to answer a few of the questions, but all the answers are online.

All entries must be submitted by Midnight (EDT) June 20. Promo codes only available to residents of North America or with access to the Audible US store.

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Filed Under: Adventure, Books, Diving, New Releases

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