Honduras Feb 8 -15/2014
WHEN
Feb 8 2014 - Feb 15 2014
WHERE
Tegucigalpa, HN
COST
$2,020.00
Mission Focuses: Work alongside Honduran surgeons, surgical residents, anesthesiologists, operating room nurses and other hopital staff to offer training in surgical procedures that allow them to advance their skills and provide and increased level of care after the team departs.
Medical Content: ENT surgery
Team Leader: Chris Perry, DO, who has led several ENT surgical specialty trips to Honduras teaming with Operation New Life.
More trip details: Teams usually arrive in Tegucigalpa on Friday afternoon, travel to the mountainous countryside to view and experience village life, a Christian after school program and then on to the hotel. Saturdays are spent evaluating patients with the Honduran surgeons, selecting the candidates for surgery the following week. Some team members may spend Saturday preparing the necessary equipment and supplies for the surgical cases that will begin on Monday. Sunday is a day of rest, Church, and sight-seeing. Some enjoy shopping for souvenirs while the patients receive pre-operative laboratory testing and medical evaluation prior to surgery. Surgery then takes place at both Hospital Escuela and Hospital San Felipe from Monday through Friday.
A typical day starts with breakfast at the hotel at about 6:00 am, team devotions at 6:45, then departure for the hospital at about 7:30. Surgery is often planned from 8:00 am to about 5:00 pm, though cases may run late as is common anywhere surgery is performed! The team returns to the hotel sometime between 6:00 and 8:00 pm, has dinner together, and a team sharing meeting most evenings.
The team then returns to the United States on Saturday, tired, but spiritually rejuvenated and with a newly developed love of the Honduran people. The common question on return is "when can we come back?"
Global Health Outreach
P.O. Box 7500 • Bristol TN 37621
Phone: 888-230-2637
Fax: 423-764-1417
Medical Content: ENT surgery
Team Leader: Chris Perry, DO, who has led several ENT surgical specialty trips to Honduras teaming with Operation New Life.
More trip details: Teams usually arrive in Tegucigalpa on Friday afternoon, travel to the mountainous countryside to view and experience village life, a Christian after school program and then on to the hotel. Saturdays are spent evaluating patients with the Honduran surgeons, selecting the candidates for surgery the following week. Some team members may spend Saturday preparing the necessary equipment and supplies for the surgical cases that will begin on Monday. Sunday is a day of rest, Church, and sight-seeing. Some enjoy shopping for souvenirs while the patients receive pre-operative laboratory testing and medical evaluation prior to surgery. Surgery then takes place at both Hospital Escuela and Hospital San Felipe from Monday through Friday.
A typical day starts with breakfast at the hotel at about 6:00 am, team devotions at 6:45, then departure for the hospital at about 7:30. Surgery is often planned from 8:00 am to about 5:00 pm, though cases may run late as is common anywhere surgery is performed! The team returns to the hotel sometime between 6:00 and 8:00 pm, has dinner together, and a team sharing meeting most evenings.
The team then returns to the United States on Saturday, tired, but spiritually rejuvenated and with a newly developed love of the Honduran people. The common question on return is "when can we come back?"
Global Health Outreach
P.O. Box 7500 • Bristol TN 37621
Phone: 888-230-2637
Fax: 423-764-1417
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Financial
Total cost
$2,020.00
Milestones
| $150.00 | Application fee Due 11/6/2013 | |
| $600.00 | Airfare fee (approximate) Due 12/19/2013 | |
| $1,270.00 | Project fee Due 1/22/2014 |
Requirements
Prerequisites
- Important Note! The expiration date on your valid passport MUST be 6 months beyond the return date of your trip. It may take 3 to 6 months to receive a passport from your local passport office; therefore, you may consider obtaining your passport via g3visas at www.g3visas.com.
- Must have experience serving people
- Some foreign language skill is greatly appreciated
- Vaccinations
Responsibilities
- Attending morning and evening team meetings, including devotions
- Serving in the capacity of position on team and/or at direction of the team leader
Restrictions
- ENT Surgical Specialty Trip
- Team members must have previous ENT surgical experience
Preparation
- Complete passport if not already
- Complete required forms and fax 423-764-1417 or scan and email to [email protected]
- Talk with family
- Start fundraising
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