Today Barb and I went to the Mobile Clinic. 2-3 x a week the sage Femme with students and CNM's go to one of the villages to do a prenatal clinic. The day started hot...very hot, very sunny...whats new in Haiti?
We got to the clinic which began under the shade of a mango tree. About 30 woman sat talking to each other in varying stages of pregnancy. the students began by talking about danger signs of labor, than about hygiene. Then the patient went 2x2 into the little room used for the clinic...tis very small room had 2 Sage Femme, 2 students, Barb and I and 2 patients plus our interpreter......in no time I was in a major sweat. The Students weighed and took blood pressure, the sage Femme took the medical hx and information, then with the students we measured tummies listened to heart tones and did Leopolds for position...then the patients got a months worth of PN vitamins, Folic Acid and Fe. along with malaria meds....all in all very efficient. Barb got overheated and went outside. It took about 4 hours to see 29 pts. Barb sat with the waiting women who all were "Grangou" (hungry) and fed them all the food we had left.
After the clinic Barb got very hot and dizzy and did not feel well. We took her home and gave her lots to drink as well as cool cloths....she had heat exhaustion...by my calculation it must have been about 110 degrees in that little room
I do not like heat...
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