Assisting Martin cast a woman in the hospital in La Ceiba who broke her arm a couple days before. She called Martin who brought the casting materials down with us so we could cast her arm that had been in a sling. Have I mentioned things are a bit different in Honduras?
A couple weeks ago this patient (in the hammock) accidentally cut himself with his machete while working in his fields far away from his village. He yelled to his friends who found him bleeding profusely from the gash just above his knee. The friends then ran down the mountain to bring a hammock and carried him to our clinic where he was stitched up and drank IV bags to replace some of the fluid that was lost from bleeding for over 3 hours.
A Honduran campesino-style ambulance...and a sign of true friendship!
Part of my duties included pre-screening patients and taking blood pressure, temperature, weight, etc.
This little baby had strep throat, an upper respiratory illness very common in our area.
I also filled prescriptions and explained the different medications to the patients, which sometimes is more difficult as many adults in our area are illiterate.
One of my favorite patients -- she's a trooper and could out-hike me any day!
Assisting (i.e. pinning the kid down) an injection of penicillin for one of many cases of step throat we saw in the past couple weeks.
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