Blog for Roger Smith
Orthopedic Team #10 Leaves Tomorrow Mar 5
Our 18 member team is set to leave tomorrow. We're still frantically trying to get supplies lined up for incoming patients from Port Au Prince. We are getting hourly emails asking if we can treat a certain patient. One is a man with a broken neck who has lost control of his right hand and his wife is deaf and he teaches sign language. I hope we can help him. Another is a man with a broken neck who is needing a special kind of external halo to stabilize his neck, if we don't get it to them in time, there is a good chance the man will die. I hope I'm ready for this!
I have attached some (albeit very small) photos that were taken by a therapist who was in Haiti in February. She said they are treating 40-50 patients a day and they still can't see everyone who needs help. Many patients have infected ulcers on their back sides from being immoble for so long. We will be doing a lot of infection control and wound care.
If I am able, I will try to post nightly while in Haiti. Wish us luck!
-Roger
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