Dear Friends and Family,
We completed two EMT/paramedic trainings last Friday and a four days of
rotations through the shifts at KHMH for the nurses and doctors.Over
the weekend, we had some relaxing times in San Pedro and Orange Walk.
Duane spent the weekend in Spanish Lookout doing ride-alongs with the
Spanish Lookout Response Team (SLRT). On Sunday, we headed west for a
church service in Banana Bank, lunch in Spanish Lookout with the SLRT
families and a tour of Cahal Pech (a Mayan ruin).
This week, our paramedics have observed teachings
at BERT and done ride-alongs with the BERT EMT's and paramedics. Today,
Curt and Duane did a patient-simulation ambulance run into KHMH. We
are seeing progress with the patient encounters and transfers between
BERT and KHMH.
Morning case presentations by the Belizean physicians
followed by lectures from the US physicians have continued this week.
Suneel has taken some of the A&E physicians to the operating room to
practice intubation. Tomorrow, he will do suturing and sterile
technique training with them. All the US physicians and nurses have
continued to rotate through the hospital shifts. There have been some
busy and strenuous shifts. Dr Nate Brown from the MCW Emergency Medicine
residency was here with us for two days in the beginning of the week.
We have made observations and have prepared
recommendations for KHMH and BERT. Our team is developing roles and
assignments for our Belizean counterparts to continue in the coming
months before the next MCW team arrives. Joy will remain at KHMH
through next week. Everyone in our team has worked very hard! We have
renewed relationships here and built new ones.
We will finish up our schedule tomorrow. We do
appreciate your prayers and ask that you continue to lift us up in
prayer as we conclude this first module in the Emergency Medicine
Development Program. Please pray for safe travel for us! Blessings,
Moira
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