So we sent some of our team home today. Funny how you get close to people in such a short time when you are working together
like we do. So we said our goodbyes and headed out for the CTC. Beginning of the day started slow again. Headed in to Peds and enjoyed some time playing balloon volleyball with some of the older kids. Then things started to pick up. Even got to show a new nurse how to start an IV! Then we got 2 critical patients within minutes of each other...and then ambulances started rolling in! And it's definitely not like the States. Each ambulance brings 5 or so pts at a time. At one point we were running out of spots in the IV tent. Thankfully the wards at the CTC are more forgiving then the floors at the hospital. As soon as we got an IV and started some fluids they were ready to go back...no need for long reports!
I have to say the Dr and nurses I worked with today were ROCKSTARS! At the end of the day an ambulance pulled up lights and sirens so I of course start pulling stuff to start an IV and hang some fluids...I was in the zone! All of a sudden the Haitian doctor starts laughing and looks at me and says 3 little letters - ORS - which means they look good and just need to drink oral rehydration solution. Can't say I wasn't ready though! Decided to spend the rest of the afternoon holding and playing with cute babies! Looking forward to Easter Sunday in Haiti. We will be working but sounds like we are having a Sunrise Service so sounds like a great start to the day!
like we do. So we said our goodbyes and headed out for the CTC. Beginning of the day started slow again. Headed in to Peds and enjoyed some time playing balloon volleyball with some of the older kids. Then things started to pick up. Even got to show a new nurse how to start an IV! Then we got 2 critical patients within minutes of each other...and then ambulances started rolling in! And it's definitely not like the States. Each ambulance brings 5 or so pts at a time. At one point we were running out of spots in the IV tent. Thankfully the wards at the CTC are more forgiving then the floors at the hospital. As soon as we got an IV and started some fluids they were ready to go back...no need for long reports! 
I have to say the Dr and nurses I worked with today were ROCKSTARS! At the end of the day an ambulance pulled up lights and sirens so I of course start pulling stuff to start an IV and hang some fluids...I was in the zone! All of a sudden the Haitian doctor starts laughing and looks at me and says 3 little letters - ORS - which means they look good and just need to drink oral rehydration solution. Can't say I wasn't ready though! Decided to spend the rest of the afternoon holding and playing with cute babies! Looking forward to Easter Sunday in Haiti. We will be working but sounds like we are having a Sunrise Service so sounds like a great start to the day!
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