Today, students are adding a knot (trucker's hitch) and using it with other knots to set up survival shelters. We also completed our initial instruction on patient assessment, documentation and communication. Tomorrow we have CPR, automated external defibrillator (AED) use, oxygen administration, use of mechanical ventilation and suctioning, in addition to more emergency shelter construction and knot use. Scenarios to date have been local and fairly brief. Extended scenarios start in earnest next week, when students will take the skills learned this week to find and stabilize patients, set up shelters for the night, and plan for prolonged evacuations.
The daily routine here starts with breakfast at 7 am. We typically have eggs, fresh fruit, good Costa Rican coffee with local milk and fresh muffins or pancakes. We then meet across the road in the classroom at 7:50 to practice taking vital signs. Class officially starts at 8 am with a health check-in, questions and answers from previous day's topics and a review of the upcoming schedule. Class runs until noon, with an hour break at lunch, and then stops again at about 5:30- 6:00 pm. Last night, most of the students were involved in a pickup game of ultimate frisbee. There are rumors of another game for this evening. And then there are study sessions after that to prepare for the next day. Hasta manana!
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