April 8

Monday April 8, 2013

Today was the first full clinical day for our team.  The ENT team saw patients in clinic and scheduled some for surgery for this week.  We had two ENT cases in the OR, one an ear surgery and one adenoidectomy.  There were also eight orthopedic cases, so Mona CRNA and I worked with Dr. Mary, Cure’s anesthesiologist and their staff CRNA and the CRNA students to care for all of the OR patients.  The urologists saw some patients at Black Lion hospital, toured another hospital in town and saw a few patients at Cure.  The audiologists evaluated patients and did hearing exams and evaluations. All together, our team evaluated at least 50 patients today in clinic plus 10 audiology evaluations.

There was some rain in the afternoon before we left Cure, but not nearly as heavy as last week.  Travel in the late afternoon was tough because traffic was particularly heavy.  I didn’t notice it last week because I wasn’t trying to get anywhere except by foot!  It was great to have been here for a week already.  I am already fairly well adjusted to the time change and the altitude and got to reconnect with the Cure staff last week which helped our team get right to work.

Most of us went to a Korean restaurant for dinner where we had been before.  Sleep will be welcome tonight for all!  Tuesday has more similar activities!