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Saving Lives through Burn Care Training in El Salvador

October 19, 2012 // Read More

From the Field:Hospital Bloom San Salvador, El Salvador
Written by: Dana Doan

Physicians for Peace (PFP) originally began its work at Hospital Nacional de Niños Benjamin Bloom (Hospital Bloom), in El Salvador in 2007. Dr. Patricia Calderon, the director of Plastic Surgery at Hospital Bloom requested PFP’s assistance for specific burn topics to further enhance her multi-disciplinary medical team. The educational training she requested focused on enhanced burn care for nurses, therapists and physicians on the acute burn unit. Each day of the mission, the PFP team of...

Capacity Building at Work

October 18, 2012 // Read More

Prosthetic Training, Amputee Care, Dominican Republic

From the Field: Universidad Católica, Santo Domingo
Written by: Homer Babbitt

Note: Physicians for Peace designed its Walking Free program to educate and train prosthetic, orthotic, and rehabilitation providers in underserved regions. The project assists both government and nongovernment entities to enhance their established prosthetic and orthotic (P&O) rehabilitation centers. This week our team is in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Physicians for Peace staff member Homer Babbitt describes his experience with us in his own words…

I traveled...

Patient Walks on New Prosthetic Limb

October 16, 2012 // Read More

From the Field: Universidad Católica, Santo Domingo
Written by: Homer Babbitt

On day two...

Burn Care Mission Successful in El Salvador

October 10, 2012 // Read More

From the Field: Bloom Hospital, El Salvador
Written by: Kristin Koch, MS, OTRL

Note:Physicians for Peace has been working in El Salvador since 2007, training in country surgeons, nurses and therapists. The purpose of this mission is to focus on enhanced burn care by nurses, therapists and physicians. International Medical Educator, Kristin Koch shares her experience with us:

The second day at Bloom Children’s Hospital in El Salvador was filled with success after success. After a typical El Salvadorian breakfast, Sarah and I hit the ground running! We attended the...

Doctor and Nurse Team Working in Malawi to Help Babies Breathe

October 9, 2012 // Read More

From the Field: Mwandama, Malawi
Written by: Chris Behling

Note: Bonnie Dattel, MD and Diana Behling, MJ, BSN, RN, a doctor and nurse team from Norfolk, VA have arrived in Mwandama, Malawi to teach the local healthcare community neonatal resuscitation techniques aimed at building capabilities among birth attendants. The outreach builds on those efforts by introducing Helping Babies Breathe, an award-winning program released by the American Academy of Pediatrics in 2011 and tailored for underserved areas, where high-tech resources are limited or nonexistent. Helping Babies...