This idea won't work for used personal pumps, but another suggestion  
for donating some pumps is one we are putting to use in conjunction  
with our efforts for this year's (2009) theme for World Breastfeeding  
Week, "Breastfeeding: A Vital Emergency Response - Are You Ready?"

We met with the local chapter of the Red Cross in early November and  
presented a talk on Infant Feeding in Emergencies to the "mass care  
workers," those who set up feeding stations and shelter in  
disasters.  As it turns out, the local responders are called to  
emergencies all over the US, not just in Wisconsin, and one man told  
us a baby was born in the shelter he staffed in a hurricane just a  
week before our presentation.  We incorporated that into the talk  
(how important and wonderful to put the baby skin to skin and  
breastfeed at birth).

We had a number of pedal pumps not being used any longer around our  
local WIC and public health offices.  We are gathering these  
together, along with instructions for use and some boxes of (new,  
unused) double pump kits to attach to them.  We are presenting these  
to the Red Cross to keep in their warehouse with the other emergency  
supplies.

Because we could not cover everything in one talk, we also put  
together loose-leaf notebooks of resources on infant feeding in  
emergencies to leave with the Red Cross.  There are some wonderful  
resources available.  Of course we included the web site for Karleen  
Gribble's excellent talk for those mass care workers who wanted to  
get further information.  See On-Line Presentation by Dr. Karleen  
Gribble: “Breastfeeding a Vital Emergency Response.”
Recording (Format 1): http://health-e-learning.acrobat.com/p28814510/

FLV Video (Format 2): http://health-e-learning.acrobat.com/p47437124/





Included in the notebooks are the instructions for using the pedal  
pumps and when they would be of help.  The instructions are also with  
the pumps.


Pedal pumps are good when a pump is deemed necessary and there is no  
electricity available.  It seemed a good use for pumps that would  
otherwise have been discarded.  We had to collect extra springs,  
which make pumping the pedals easier, and were not with all the  
original pumps.

Anne Altshuler, RN, MS, IBCLC, LLL leader in Madison, WI, USA
dsulman@wisc,edu
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