And so it begins!!!

Yay!  We've had an awesome first week with VIMM and Danville, heading out to take care of patients in the barrios!   We've been also blessed to have Terry Wellman here working in the clinic, organizing and basically saving my hide in every way!  It looks AMAZING!  Thanks Terry!

After a run-through of the clinic today, our NEEDS LIST for the OR/Surgical Groups/Anesthesia is as follows:

4 and 4 1/2 size cuffed ET tubes
sterile towels/gowns/drapes/lap sponges/raytex
20 cc syringes
suction canisters
vented Yankeurs
round canister sodasorbs
CO2 water trap for a DRE Spectra AGS machine
any specialty instruments that you may require
twin size sheets/non sterile patient gowns
any small fleece blankets to keep patients warm
OR hats
Sevoflurane
Ephedrine (dire need)
Decadron (esp for ENT surg)
Size 7 sterile gloves
suction bovies
Avagard scrub soap
Foley bags
gel pads for Debib machine without wires:  3M Reference #2345N
chucks

Please DO NOT bring:
LMAs (any size)
Needles (any size)
IV angiocaths (any size)
staplers
spinal needles
marcaine or lidocaine
Isoflurane
mesh
alcohol swabs
circuits
masks
OR masks
nonsterile tubing
bovie pads

YAY for the OR looking great!

Now, onto the Med Room......  Here are the needed/suggested meds:

Permethryn creams (for scabies)
Antifungal creams (dire need)
albuterol MDI (please do NOT bring neb meds)
Ibuprofen (and lots of it!  :))
Children's cough meds
81 mg ASA (NOT 325 mg dose please)
Enalapril
Lisinopril
Atenolol
HCTZ
Clindamycin
Chewable Amox for kids
Augmentin
Vitamins (adult, children's, prenatals, infant drops)
Lubricating eyedrops (like Visine)
nonsterile gloves
manual BP cuffs (this is an URGENT need)
baggies to put your meds in
labels to put on your meds
Zyrtec/Claritin/Clarinex

Please DO NOT bring: (at this time anyway...:))))))
Bandaids
Lice shampoo
Nebulizer solution
Benadryl
Adult cough medicines
ASA 325 mg
Antidiarrheal meds
Stool softeners
Tums
Fiber
Diabetic lancets or alcohol swabs
tongue depressors
needles
scrubs (unless they are small)
otoscope covers

Thanks so much for everything you are doing!  How amazing it is to see the teams serving God through serving the Dominican people here!

Nik