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SANA in Aabdeh with MSF 26 January 2016

In the aftermath of our coldest storm and near zero temperatures, SANA’s team bundled up and headed back to Aabdeh for a medical/educational mission with MSF.

 

Despite the weather, the clinic was filled with patients waiting to be seen for various conditions. Among them were SANA’s patients who were young mothers and who ranges in age between 16 and 34 years.

 

Accompanying SANA was student midwife Lina Al Morhabi who was most was most eager to put all the theoretical information she had learned on the past 3 weeks into practical use. She systematically scanned the patients, properly holding and manipulating the probe, and adhering to ISUOG’s 6-Step approach. Though many patients were in the early second gestation, she managed to adapt quickly and demonstrate what is needed in those young fetuses.

 

There many patients in need of special medical care for various chronic as well as newly diagnosed conditions and arrangements were immediately made by the able MSF team.

 

And at the end of a rewarding day, the team headed back home to a backdrop of white mountains with snow commencing at 400 meters and thes dates were set for the next visit with MSF.

 

SANA Continues with its 3rd Session at the Lebanese University 21 January 2016

SANA returned to the Lebanese University for its 3rd educational session with the midwifery students. The main topic today was the ISUOG Basic 6 Step Approach to Obstetrical Sonography.

 

The session commenced with MW Student Hibah Moukresh telling her classmates all about her first sonographic experience with SANA this past Tuesday in Kfaribnine and her practical take on the 6 steps. She captured her classmates’ attention and they all seemed quite eager for their hands=on session coming up over the next few weeks.

 

Subsequently the didactic session ensued which proved to be quite interactive with a model baby used for “pseudo” simulation. Video clips were shown and the class had to figure out fetal lie and fetal sidedness. It was a most interesting session for all involved!

 

At the end of the session, the topic for the next session, with the reading assignments, were reviewed…

 

SANA’s Returns to Kfaribnine 19 January 2016

Despite the roaring wind and intense stormy weather, SANA travelled up 1150 meters to the far eastern side of the Dinnieh Mountains, to Kfaribnine to temperatures of 3 degrees and snow flurries filling the air. It was a heavenly mission! Accompanying SANA today was midwifery student Hibah Moukresh.

 

The trip was uplifting with visions of white covering the mountain tops and fog shyly lifting away to reveal the valleys below. The greeting at the Kfaribnine municipality was warm and most welcoming where our patients were all waiting for SANA’s team.

 

SANA’s team commenced by a general discussion and took questions from the patients. Subsequently evluations commenced with detailed histories, workups and sonography. It was trainee Hibah who methodically scanned the patients with SANA’s Reem S. Abu-Rustum. She skillfully applied what she had learned in class and fulfilled the ISUOG 6-Step approach to scanning. At the end of the long day, she was effortlessly carrying out all requirements except for biometrical measurements.

 

Today’s patients ranged in age between 17 to 35 years. Most were in the 3rd to 9th month of pregnancy, 21% were  on theie first pregnancy, 50% were on pregnancy 4 or more and 50% had had no prenatal care or a maximum of 1 prenatal visit thus far. SANA redated 14% of the patients seen.

 

SANA wishes to thank Mr. Abdulwahab Al Sayed for the organization today. SANA also wishes to thank Mr. Dory Mansour and Levant Alie Houses SAL for providing all nutritional supplements today.

 

And at the end of a rewarding day, SANA made plans for the next visit to Kfaribnine and the team headed back home travelling in deep fog down towards home…

 

SANA Continues with its 2nd Session at the Lebanese University 14 January 2016

SANA returned to the Lebanese University for its 2nd educational session with the midwifery students. The main topic today was the basics pertaining to physics and knobology.

 

The midwifery students were quite excited to commence and they were given today’s handouts as well as a couple of hard copies of Abuhamad’s e-book ‘Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology: A Practical Approach’ to use as needed.

 

What was impressive is that word of mouth had spread about the course and two practicing midwives from the community had asked to sit in on the course and joined us today. It was most encouraging for SANA!

 

SANA’s portable probe was on hand today to create a pseudo-simulation setting using sonographic images on the screen and illustrating to the students the probe handling and orientation with respect to the image on the screen. This proved to be quite useful!

 

Most importantly, the ALARA principle and ISUOG’s 6-Step Approach to Obstetrical scanning were discussed and their importance stressed to the students.

 

 

SANA’s First Mission in Bab Al Tabbaneh with MSF 12 January 2016

SANA carried out its first medical mission at a new locale, Bab Al-Tabbaneh, with MSF today.

 

The need was palpable everywhere: from the streets still lined with military tanks to the eyes of the patients who patiently waited to be seen by SANA’s team. Though there has been no recent active fighting, the aftermath of the long periods of turmoil was written everywhere…

 

As usual, the team carried out full prenatal care assessments with sonography on the patients who ranged in age between 16 and 41 years. SANA redated 29% of the patients seen.

 

Several patients required special care and follow up and these were all organized with the help of the MSF team.

 

SANA is eager to increase its presence in the Bab Al Tabbaneh area and looks forward to future mission with MSF at this particular locale…


 
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