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!
