T-1 day until the marathon teaching starts!

 

We are happy to welcome Dr. Syeda Hasan, also Bangladeshi and  an ER doc at Beth Israel! While we have never met in person before today her being here highlights the power of social media! Since we have so many people in common she noticed the facebook post when a dear friend shared it one day. She reached out and asked what the project was all about, and she said "you know I've been looking for something like this to do". It was one of the best things to hear someone say that about something you've poured so much time and effort into and I thought ok maybe next time she can come and be a part of this but she cleared a few weeks of her schedule and booked her trip to come to Bangladesh. 

So we embark tomorrow on our first training session with varying levels of anxiety and excitement. AFTER ICU rounds today at Dhaka Medical the two critical care anesthesiologists who are championing this project with us had at least four cases they wanted to immediately use the ultrasound for.

1. A boy with a suspected pneumothorax but an unclear CXR

2. A questionable diagnosis of heart failure

3. Possible fetal Demise and wanting to assess for movement or a heartbeat

4. A patient with fever of unknown origin and unclear diagnosis of the etiology  

After tomorrow hopefully all of those types of questions can be answered. 👍 

As for the rest of the month we are booked solid!!

2/8-2/9: Workshop at Dhaka Medical College Hospital

2/11-2/12: workshop at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital

2/14-2/15: workshop at Sylhet Medical College and Hospital

2/18-2/19: workshop at Bangabhandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University 

2/20: one day session at the international center for diarrheal disease, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B)

2/22-2/23:  workshop at BIRDEM

2/25-2/26: workshop at Dhaka Medical College Hospital

These sessions in total will help train up to 100 physicians!!!!!!!!