Death
Saturday, September 26th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Today was a pretty slow day in the hospital. This whole week has been super slow, beside that exciting ER case we had a couple days ago. Little did I know September is the slowest month of the year here, ...
Code in ER
Saturday, September 26th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »This week has been mainly uneventful, but today we had a crazy ER experience. The hospital here doesn’t usually see the life or death situations in their ER and the administrator here told me to have such an experience I ...
A Great Week
Sunday, September 20th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »This week has been pretty good. There have been some interesting cases and I’ve been able to have some independence. Thursday was a bit interesting because there was no doctor here! Dr. Sierra was here in the morning and was ...
More interesting cases in Belize
Thursday, September 17th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Last night an interesting and complicated case came in. They called me in at about 7 pm for a 17 year old female who had vomiting and fever. I wasn’t expecting anything too complicated from that description, maybe a simple ...
Interesting Case
Thursday, September 17th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »What an interesting case that came in today. A 17-year-old boy came to the ER with severe burns on the soles of both feet. He was a paraplegic from 2 months ago when he fell out of tree. He has ...
Learning Case
Saturday, September 12th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Yesterday, a young man came into the ER with fever, sweating, confusion, nausea, and a bit of loose stool. He was acting very lethargic and was soaked with sweat. Physical exam was normal except for some abdominal tenderness throughout the ...
In the ER and more
Saturday, September 12th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »It is Friday and my first week in Belize is almost over. This has been a pretty exciting week. The first few days were pretty slow going in the hospital. I mainly just observed and followed a few different physicians ...
In Belize
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »I have been in Belize for about 2 days now and things are going well. The hospital here is small, but they provide good health care for the people around here. I’ve been working with Dr. Lazo so far this ...
First Post - 3 days before take off.
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I'm officially beginning my INMED blog! My flight for Belize leaves in about 3 days. I am so excited to start this adventure! I must admit I am a little nervous, but having traveled outside the US a few times ...