For my very last week of med school!! Whoohoo I thought I would check out the Behavioral Health unit in the hospital. Palau has one of the highest rates of schizophrenia in the world toping out at somewhere around 2-2.5 people/100, and has been the focus of several international behavioral health studies trying to figure [...]
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Psyc- A crazy End!
Posted: March 5, 2009 in Med School, travelTags: Medical school, mental health, palau, travel
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International med – Paradise Interrupted
Posted: February 27, 2009 in Med School, travelTags: Medical school, palau
Many of the clinics on the remote Islands were built within the last decade or so. Much of the disease they have seen within this time has been what you would expect, a steady diet of hypertension, diabetes, coughs and colds. But just imagine if these clinics were older, much older. What if these tiny [...]
Once again I arrived at the hospital on Monday morning with no plan for the week. In a way I’m glad there isn’t a structure otherwise I might be forced to be in surgery, or something awful like Pap smears. On the flipside of that it forces me to find motivation to actually do something [...]
International med – Belau National Hospital
Posted: February 11, 2009 in Med School, travelTags: Medical school, palau, travel
After an exciting weekend of diving V and I made our way to our first day at the Belau national hospital. After riding our bikes through the rain we met up with our contact Dr. Dever who is the hospital administrator. He gave us a blitz tour of the hospital in between his ensemble of [...]
The lost Katrina Journals
Posted: January 23, 2009 in Hurricane Katrina, Med SchoolTags: Hurricane Katrina, Medical school
During hurricane Katrina I kept a journal. I posted this journal on another website and soon enough time forgot about it. By chance I stumbled upon it yesterday and had forgot that I even wrote it. It’s like a little time capsule from four years ago. This entry is the entire journal from learning about [...]
My first two weeks of my month on Dermatology I worked in a clinic, which was actually pretty cool, although I am kind of an odd ball with regards to the fact that I seem to enjoy being a clinic monkey. I worked in this private clinic that was not affiliated with Tulane. So they [...]
“We have a pulse”! These are words that are unfortunately rarely heard more than a few minutes into CPR. When the hospital operator announces a code blue overhead it is more often than not a one way ticket to blue skys. I don’t claim to be any kind of expert witness in resuscitation management, but [...]
I originally removed this, but noticed there was a lot of traffic to this post. So for your reading pleasure, or misery I’m putting it back. Warning- the second half is mostly military related. Also should be noted that I changed my mind and didn’t do rads. If this seems overwhelming you should know it [...]
By the end of the third week I had still not seen a good trauma come in. There was one girl who got shot in the leg, but it was nothing too exciting. I had one last chance to see something good. My last call was a Friday night before exam week, and I was [...]
About the second week of trauma surgery I realized that like every other rotation I have been on its pretty hit or miss depending on when your there. Unfortunately, it had mostly been a miss so far. Basically the way it works is there are 3 trauma teams that rotate nights on call. What call [...]
