We want to sincerely apologize to all of our avid followers for the delayed update, the team has been BUSY BUSY with week two midterm tasks. The instructors managed to survive the 3 days without our fearless leader Paul, but we are very glad to have him back for the final stretch of Phase 3. Paul thoroughly enjoyed his visit to his father’s legacy clinic, located in Munyoni District, North West of Kampala. The landscape and scenery left him (and us after seeing his photos) in utter awe and speechless, second only to the warm, humbling welcome he received from the community and members of Healthy Child Uganda, founded by Dr. Godel years ago. The organization continues to do incredibly inspiring and much needed work within the region.
Ben returned midday on Tuesday from the Rwenzori mountains, sunburned and exhausted, but very happy. His trip was a success, summiting Mt. Weiserman at 4600 m, step by step, a wildly impressive “feet”. Please see the photos below for views from the top of the mountain.
The beginner class got through their midterm exam on Wednesday. Results provided valuable insight into topics that need a bit more clarification and emphasis, although room for improvement, we have full faith by the end of next week they will excel. Guest lecturers Gregory and Vivianne, from the CUES advanced class headmanned a lesson on seizures. The instructors got to lounge as spectators in the back of the class, beaming with pride seeing their students thriving in leadership roles.
The afternoon advanced class expanded their repertoire of specialized emergency knowledge even further, learning about potential complications that can arise during labour, imminent delivery and the postpartum stage (with accompanying critical interventions for both baby and mother). Over the course of the last two days we worked more on strategic investigatory questioning and creating differential diagnoses throughout assessments. We have extremely promising first response “Sherlocks” in the making!
Although the ambulance has yet to make an appearance, the advanced students have been working hard at high fidelity medical and trauma scenarios (often both combined when the instructors are feeling extra “nice” haha) in preparation graduation as Liberty Emergency Care Collaborative (LECC) first responders, providing high quality pre-hospital care to their presently underserved community.
We finished off both classes today with review of the cardiac system, priming them for an exciting, high energy day of BLS/CPR training tomorrow!
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