We are in Germany, about to board for our flight home! Our flight from Addis was uneventful. We had a long layover so we left the airport via train and went to a little town where we have been before. We had a long walk along the river, visited the farmer's market and had breakfast at the local bakery where we have been before.
It is sunny and early spring here - hopefully will be the same at home!
Saturday, March 25, 2017
Friday, March 24, 2017
Ethiopia Farewell!
Our week in Ethiopia is coming to an end.
Our course ended yesterday and was fabulously successful.
Our audiology team saw children at Cure and two schools.
Our ENT team took care of lots of patients in clinic and the OR.
We gave anesthesia support to the Cure OR.
We made new friends and saw many long time friends.
Soon we are heading to the airport; tired but happy!
Our course ended yesterday and was fabulously successful.
Our audiology team saw children at Cure and two schools.
Our ENT team took care of lots of patients in clinic and the OR.
We gave anesthesia support to the Cure OR.
We made new friends and saw many long time friends.
Soon we are heading to the airport; tired but happy!
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
March 21-22
Tuesday March 21
The ENT team was in the OR at Cure doing 3 OR cases; One of
these was a patient who had a tracheostomy (surgical hole in the neck) that was
able to have this removed and closed. Our
anesthesia resident also helped care for 4 orthopedic and burn patients and
supported the whole OR.
The audiology team was at the School for the Deaf where they
saw about 25 patients, fitted hearing aids, and instructed them in the use of a
new audiometer.
The Safe Peds team taught the first day of the 3 day course
reviewing the basics of pediatric anesthesia.
There were 22 participants in the course from hospitals all around
Ethiopia. We had lectures, discussion
groups and skills practice stations. We
had some wonderful conversations between participants and faculty about many
topics related to pediatric anesthesia.
The course continues for two more days.
Most of us had dinner in the hotel and prepared for
Wednesday.
Wednesday March 22
The ENT team
was in the OR at Cure with 3 cases and there were also burn and orthopedic
patients.
The audiology team went to a school where they had
previously screened all of the patients for hearing loss. They brought hearing aids for those students
previously identified as needing them.
Our pediatric anesthesia course continued with topics like
ENT, eye, and cleft palate surgery; seizures, cardiac disease, and other emergencies.
Half of the group went to a local Cultural center for dinner
with traditional meals and dancing. The
rest of us had dinner at the Indian restaurant with some old ENT, Orthopedic
and surgery friends!
Monday, March 20, 2017
Ethiopia March 19-20
Sunday March 19th - Monday Marcy 20th
Our whole team arrived by Sunday. We are a diverse group from all over the world and have many activities this week. We have 2 ENT surgeons who will see patients and operate at Cure. We have 2 audiologists who will evaluate hearing testing and hearing aids for patients at Cure and at the School for the Deaf where we have an on-going relationship. They are also working towards setting up the first training program in audiology in Ethiopia. We have an anesthesia resident from Philadelphia who will be working with the Cure anesthesia team in teaching and supervising clinical care.
We are also partnering with Smile Train, the Association of Anesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (AAGBI) and also the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) to teach a refresher course in pediatric anesthesia for anesthesia providers in Ethiopia. This is a three day hands-on course with lectures, discussions and skill sessions. We have trainers from the US, UK, Kenya and Ethiopia and we are also doing a Training of Trainers course to equip local anesthesia providers to be able to teach the course in the future.
On Sunday we picked up and delivered equipment to Cure, visited a local ENT center, and prepared for our education course for Monday. At Cure on Monday, the ENT team saw 53 patients in clinic and scheduled 6 for surgery in the next few days; the audiology team did about 20 audiograms and checked and fitted 5 hearing aids, and the anesthesia team took care of about 15 orthopedic and burn patients. We had dinner at the Italian restaurant tonight.
It is warm and sunny here with an occasional rain shower, unlike at home where we had ice and snow just a few days before leaving.
It is wonderful to see old friends from Cure and from other visits and from around the world and to make new friends!
Our whole team arrived by Sunday. We are a diverse group from all over the world and have many activities this week. We have 2 ENT surgeons who will see patients and operate at Cure. We have 2 audiologists who will evaluate hearing testing and hearing aids for patients at Cure and at the School for the Deaf where we have an on-going relationship. They are also working towards setting up the first training program in audiology in Ethiopia. We have an anesthesia resident from Philadelphia who will be working with the Cure anesthesia team in teaching and supervising clinical care.
We are also partnering with Smile Train, the Association of Anesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (AAGBI) and also the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) to teach a refresher course in pediatric anesthesia for anesthesia providers in Ethiopia. This is a three day hands-on course with lectures, discussions and skill sessions. We have trainers from the US, UK, Kenya and Ethiopia and we are also doing a Training of Trainers course to equip local anesthesia providers to be able to teach the course in the future.
On Sunday we picked up and delivered equipment to Cure, visited a local ENT center, and prepared for our education course for Monday. At Cure on Monday, the ENT team saw 53 patients in clinic and scheduled 6 for surgery in the next few days; the audiology team did about 20 audiograms and checked and fitted 5 hearing aids, and the anesthesia team took care of about 15 orthopedic and burn patients. We had dinner at the Italian restaurant tonight.
It is warm and sunny here with an occasional rain shower, unlike at home where we had ice and snow just a few days before leaving.
It is wonderful to see old friends from Cure and from other visits and from around the world and to make new friends!
Sunday, March 19, 2017
We are all here!
Our whole team is here - 15 in all from around the world: US, UK, The Netherlands, Kenya, Ethiopia. We are Anesthesia, ENT, audiology.
Tomorrow we see patients at Cure in the clinic and OR and teach a pediatric anesthesia course.
It is great to be here!
Time for sleep!
Tomorrow we see patients at Cure in the clinic and OR and teach a pediatric anesthesia course.
It is great to be here!
Time for sleep!
Friday, March 17, 2017
Ethiopia here we come!
On the road again to Ethiopia for our 15th trip with Healing the Children, Greater Philadelphia. We are going to do work at Cure Hospital, the School for the Deaf and help teach Pediatric Anesthesia! There will be 15 of us from around the world!
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