So today was my first day at the CTC
and besides all the bleach water everywhere and LOTS of buckets of diarrhea and emesis it wasn't much different from a day in the ER. Hung lots of IV fluids, started a few IV's and got meds from the pharmacy! The CTC is setup as 3 separate areas - the mens ward, womens ward, and the children's ward. I'm very thankful for all the Peds nurses we have here...I got to hang out with another nurse in the Womens ward which was the busiest today. We were working with Dr Daniel, who is Haitian, and a couple of Haitian nurses and translators as well. Discharged 3 ladies in the first couple of hours I was there but had to admit a few more later in the day. The whole CTC only had about 20-25 pts today so it's definitely slowing down. In the afternoon when everyone was settled in, the Haitian busted out some Michael Jackson tunes and we got a few of them to try moonwalking...good times to say the least! It was funny to see change of shift there...in most ways it seemed much like our change of shift in the ER. Everybody sitting around catching up and laughing. One strange difference is the doctor gives report to the nursing staff and walks bed to bed with them to give them the updates. I'll stick to our American way I think!
One lesson learned today...always bring Zofran ODT with me. We had a young girl today who wouldn't stop vomiting. As the Dr and I were talking, he mentioned something about us not having Zofran in the pharmacy. It jogged my memory that I usually bring some along just in case. I thankfully had a couple tabs in my handy first aid kit. After about 15 minutes of taking the med the young girl was thirsty and wouldn't stop drinking...in an hour she looked like a new person! Well more adventures tomorrow...
and besides all the bleach water everywhere and LOTS of buckets of diarrhea and emesis it wasn't much different from a day in the ER. Hung lots of IV fluids, started a few IV's and got meds from the pharmacy! The CTC is setup as 3 separate areas - the mens ward, womens ward, and the children's ward. I'm very thankful for all the Peds nurses we have here...I got to hang out with another nurse in the Womens ward which was the busiest today. We were working with Dr Daniel, who is Haitian, and a couple of Haitian nurses and translators as well. Discharged 3 ladies in the first couple of hours I was there but had to admit a few more later in the day. The whole CTC only had about 20-25 pts today so it's definitely slowing down. In the afternoon when everyone was settled in, the Haitian busted out some Michael Jackson tunes and we got a few of them to try moonwalking...good times to say the least! It was funny to see change of shift there...in most ways it seemed much like our change of shift in the ER. Everybody sitting around catching up and laughing. One strange difference is the doctor gives report to the nursing staff and walks bed to bed with them to give them the updates. I'll stick to our American way I think! 
One lesson learned today...always bring Zofran ODT with me. We had a young girl today who wouldn't stop vomiting. As the Dr and I were talking, he mentioned something about us not having Zofran in the pharmacy. It jogged my memory that I usually bring some along just in case. I thankfully had a couple tabs in my handy first aid kit. After about 15 minutes of taking the med the young girl was thirsty and wouldn't stop drinking...in an hour she looked like a new person! Well more adventures tomorrow...
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