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March 18, 2013

Last week, we had a team at the pediatric burn unit of Aproquen in Managua, Nicaragua. Gretchen Carrougher, a nurse from Seattle, and Dr. Lisa Tropez-Arceneaux, a psychologist from New Orleans, began working immediately after their arrival.

Gretchen made a brief presentation on the progress made since her first visit to Nicaragua. The nurses have made tremendous strides in wound care, assessment and management of pain and collaborating with other members of the team. Tatiana (a local psychologist) was also given feedback about her progress and the positive changes that her... read more

Meet Luis - A Three Year Old Burn Victim Smiles Again

January 31, 2013

Written by: Andra Henning, MS, OTR/L, Physicians for Peace International Medical Educator
From the field: Guayaquil, Ecuador

Note: Physicians for Peace began work in Ecuador in 2009 when one of our International Medical Educator was invited by the Junta de Beneficencia to the Luis Vernaza General Hospital to provide neurosurgical services. In January 2011, Physicians for Peace also conducted a site assessment in response to a request for burn care training. The burn unit at the Junta’s Pediatric Hospital (Hospital de Niños Dr. Roberto Gilbert Elizalde) requested training... read more

14 Year Old Jefferson Stands Again

January 30, 2013

Written by: Dr. Terrence Sheehan, Physicians for Peace International Medical Educator
From the field: Guayaquil, Ecuador

Laughter is the Best Medicine

November 8, 2012

From the Field: San Jose, Costa Rica

Written by: Jennifer S. Storch BSN, CCRN, CNRN

Train one to teach many.
Support them in their journey to excellence.
Empower them to continue on and pay it forward.

Medical missions are an incredible way to share ideas and improve practices for everyone involved. Today my colleague Sue and I presented on burn injury patterns and nutrition. The discussion then evolved to discuss seasonal burn injuries, common burn injuries and practices.

I learned from Dr. Siri, and Adrianna and Ann practices that I plan to... read more

Making a Difference in Costa Rica

November 7, 2012

Burn Care, Burn Care Training, Costa Rica

From the Field: Costa Rica

Written by: Jennifer Storch

Hello from the burn care team on location in San Jose Costa Rica. Today was our first day at the pediatric hospital. Dr Siri, the burn surgeon who is our host for this trip informed us that this hospital is the only pediatric specialty hospital in the entire country. In addition to being the only burn unit for the state, the hospital boasts the only tissue bank for the state that Dr. Siri helped start. He took us over to the tissue bank and explained the process.

They have an amazing self contained 12 bed unit.... read more