The following is a presentation on Mass Casualty Incidents (MCI) and the mock disaster I participated in. I received training in triage and was lectured on how to navigate different scenarios of disaster medicine. I am happy to have been a part of this experience and receive this training as MCIs will be a part of life and my career moving forward. I hope you enjoy the presentation and feel free to leave comments or reach out to discuss.
We had the privilege of hearing Kerri Barton who is the program coordinator of Harm Reduction Services discuss how Portland, Me is working with the unhoused population to navigate drug use and how the needle exchange program operates. Kerri stated that about 20,000 needles are supplied weekly and that there are about 2,000 unhoused living within Portland. This provides a scale of how large the problem is, and the number of resources required. I have personal experience with this…
Gregory Coote Department of Nursing, University of New England Nursing 353: Adult Health 2 Professor Kemper June 8, 2023 Ostomy Reflection Introduction: An ostomy is a rerouting of stool and creating an alternate exit as the patient is unable to pass excrement out of their rectum. A stoma is created by surgical means, which involves taking a portion of the intestine and outpouching it through the abdomen. The Ostomy bag is attached to the stoma and will collect all…
During my first Clinical I have met a small number of patients as this is the beginning of my journey. Here I would like to discuss a particular one that I had the pleasure of working with recently. As I write I would like to express that specific details are going to be left out. This is because part of the foundation of nursing is care, providing confidentiality and privacy is an important factor. I feel an important way of…
It was the final project I had to do for my bachelor’s degree. I ventured on a research trip to Honduras. The intent was to spend several weeks in the bosco nano, cloud forest, in Cusco national park. I would be assessing the diversity of flora and fauna with a focus on carbon banks. During part of that time I stayed with the family of Maria Meja, a local coffee farmer. I valued the experience of seeing how this very…
