CTT's with Hannah

Hannah Naisser from Wales, assisting our Surgeon in inserting a Chest Thoracotomy Tube. The Tube is used as drainage if there's a lot of fluid in the pleural space.

Right of Passage

It has been a painful week for us. A lot of poking needles to our bodies. We have been practicing how to properly give medications to the following routes IM ID AND SUBCU. Hans (Philippines) and Hikari (Singapore) were doing it on each other. I taught it to them that way because that's how I learned it when I was in UNI. It also better to practice on each other so that they could relate to pain the patient will feel if we do an injection. 

No pain No gain as what they say!

The Weekend Getaways

Of course, everyone is looking forward to the weekend. It is the time where the magic happens. I have tallied down the best places to spend the weekend.

5. Cebu City- The Queen City of the South. There's a lot of activities you can do here. One of them is walking around a skyscraper.

The Great Exchange

Hannah (Wales) anxious about what's gonna happen. Lucas (France) more than excited. Hugo (Canada) the pressure is on you..

I am the most difficult patient you will ever encounter.

Hugo is teaching Hannah how to properly suture.

We may lack technology here in the Philippines but I am very sure that our skills are sharper than anyone else. I taught them how to do different routes of giving medications and in return Hugo taught us how to suture a laceration.

I just want to give a big shoutout to all the Lefties out there. Yep, we are lefities and we do things differently.

I believe that knowledge is infinite. There is no limit into how much you can learn. I am also learning from you guys.

Summer Shindig

It's summer here in the Philippines. What we usually mean by summer is that school is out. We don't really use the word summer as a season because we are a tropical country which means that we get summer all year round.

With that being said, it means a lot of beach times on weekends. All work and no play makes one sad pony. 

So here's Lucas on one of the weekends here in the Philippines. 

The sunset is always the best!

French Connection

Lucas Soetaert, French guy who loves to cuddle babies and spends most of his time in the NICU. 

Bidding Goodbye to the Swedish Girls

As your days of traveling in the Philippines almost come to an end, allow me to thank you for the month of experience being with you guys. It has been an amazing journey. From our little chitchats in the hospital to our endless talks at barbecue plaza. Have a safe flight back home. Hope to see you soon. @sanneswahn and @kaisasorensen