Today concluded our third and final day at the rehab hospital. Tomorrow we are going with the same PTs to complete home visits for patients who cannot leave their homes.
The PTs are great about letting us work with their patients. They are learning from us as well as teaching us. Marcos would make an excellent Clinal Instructor. He grilled us all morning on our knowledge of anatomy, neuro patient management, and even pediatric milestones. He is extremely intent on finding out how similar PT is in America.
Thuy and I were able to treat an older man three days post-stroke so I think we passed the test by answering his questions correctly. Marcos encouraged Thuy and I to complete the full treatment. We were able to show him how we would treat and he helped us to learn how he does things. The man came in with a wooden walking stick that he was using as a cane. We gave him one of the canes we donated and he could not have been more appreciative! It was heartwarming to see our donations put to good use. We were also able to see a patient with a case of severe rheumatoid arthritis. It was challenging to plan a treatment for her but we ended up doing well. We also left many standardized outcome measures for the PTs to utilize. They do not have anything like this and are eager to implement them.
We all went on a tour of Rurre’s hospital after the day at the rehab center. The hospital was nothing like I have ever seen before. They had limited impatient beds and overall recourses. We were able to see the different hospital departments, each were only one room in total. There is one room for surgery and another for labor/delivery. The conditions of the building were poor and they are trying to improve them. There was no sense of patient confidentiality due to the close quarters and open floor plan.
We learned that they receive government aid and recently got a shipment of formula for babies and the elderly that should last about two months. Seeing the hospital made me realize that there is even more need for PTs in this area. They do not have funding to have any PTs in the hospital. Future service trips should try to focus on spending some time in the inpatient setting teaching hospital staff about inpatient PT and how they can implement some of it.
The PTs are great about letting us work with their patients. They are learning from us as well as teaching us. Marcos would make an excellent Clinal Instructor. He grilled us all morning on our knowledge of anatomy, neuro patient management, and even pediatric milestones. He is extremely intent on finding out how similar PT is in America.
Thuy and I were able to treat an older man three days post-stroke so I think we passed the test by answering his questions correctly. Marcos encouraged Thuy and I to complete the full treatment. We were able to show him how we would treat and he helped us to learn how he does things. The man came in with a wooden walking stick that he was using as a cane. We gave him one of the canes we donated and he could not have been more appreciative! It was heartwarming to see our donations put to good use. We were also able to see a patient with a case of severe rheumatoid arthritis. It was challenging to plan a treatment for her but we ended up doing well. We also left many standardized outcome measures for the PTs to utilize. They do not have anything like this and are eager to implement them.
We all went on a tour of Rurre’s hospital after the day at the rehab center. The hospital was nothing like I have ever seen before. They had limited impatient beds and overall recourses. We were able to see the different hospital departments, each were only one room in total. There is one room for surgery and another for labor/delivery. The conditions of the building were poor and they are trying to improve them. There was no sense of patient confidentiality due to the close quarters and open floor plan.
We learned that they receive government aid and recently got a shipment of formula for babies and the elderly that should last about two months. Seeing the hospital made me realize that there is even more need for PTs in this area. They do not have funding to have any PTs in the hospital. Future service trips should try to focus on spending some time in the inpatient setting teaching hospital staff about inpatient PT and how they can implement some of it.