In 2016, CAMTA’s team of 90 volunteers – medical professionals and lay people – changed the lives of 69 Ecuadoreans and their families. We performed 35 procedures on 31 children and did 43 hip replacements for 38 adults. Five of those adults had BOTH hips replaced and walked out of the hospital a few days later!
We are happy to say that ALL of our patients were discharged before we left Quito that year. This doesn’t always happen. Patients who have surgery late in Week Two often need to be cared for for a day or two by Dr. Manuel Ordoñez and the very competent staff at Un Canto a la Vida Hospital. Quito’s Dr. Ordoñez saw or heard from all of our patients shortly after the CAMTA team left Ecuador in March 2016 and all was well with everyone!
It’s not all surgery. Four of our CAMTA surgeons and a resident presented at the Second Annual Tierra Nueva Foundation Conference on Orthopedics and Traumatology. Their talks were well received by local doctors, orthopedic residents and physiotherapists in attendance. We are already planning for the Third Conference in 2017.
We taught CPR to local nurses and nursing students, reviewing the basics of adult and child CPR, the Heimlich maneuver and the use of an AED (automated external defibrillator).
CAMTA physiotherapists met with Ecuadorian physiotherapists and, with assistance from translators, discussed commonalities and differences between physiotherapy diagnostic and assessment protocols between the two countries. Future presentations, shadowing and information sharing will continue to build a collaborative relationship between the CAMTA and the Tierra Nueva physiotherapists.
And, as always, CAMTA ward nurses found ample opportunities throughout the Mission to share knowledge on the care of post-op orthopedic patients.
2016 Team Members:
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Adam Petriw | Translator |
| Adela Sandigo Gross | RN Ward Adult |
| Alessandra Gessner | Physician – Family Practice |
| Alexandra Tapia | Translator |
| Aline Pourbaix Young | Administration |
| Alyssa Chappell | RN Ward Pediatric |
| Anika Boulay | Student – General |
| April Olsen | Student – General |
| Ashlee Dobbe | Physician – Orthopedic Surgeon – Pediatric |
| Barb Moreau | Administration |
| Bazilia Da Silva | Physiotherapist |
| Beverly Runka | RN Recovery Room Pediatric |
| Blair Gallant | Respiratory Therapist |
| Brian Iniguez & Cybil Stephens | Other |
| Carolyn Hui | Physician – Anesthesiologist – Adult |
| Carolyn Perry | Lay Person |
| Cathy Moreau | Lay Person |
| Cathy Hutchinson | RN Operating Room Adult |
| Christine Lai | RN Operating Room Pediatric |
| Dan Bruha | Lay Person |
| Dana Deverdenne | RN Recovery Room Pediatric |
| Daniel Lefebvre | Lay Person |
| Deb Chalupa | RN Ward Adult |
| Dianne Cortez | RN Ward Pediatric |
| Don Dick | Physician – Orthopedic Surgeon – Pediatric |
| Donna Brown | RN Operating Room Pediatric |
| Donna Gray | Lay Person |
| Edward Masson | Physician – Orthopedic Surgeon – Adult |
| Emily Coggles | Physiotherapist |
| Erica Graves | RN Ward Adult |
| Faisal Kassam | RN Recovery Room Adult |
| Florian Rudolph | Physician – Anesthesiologist – Pediatric |
| Francisco Gallardo | Translator |
| Glenn Day | Respiratory Therapist |
| Greg Zinter | Information Technologist/Patient Admitting Clerk |
| Heather Perl | RN Operating Room Adult |
| Ian Stefanuk | Student General |
| In Memory of Consuelo Alvarez | Translator |
| Jackie Wiebe | Administration |
| Jacqueline Bron | Translator |
| Jalal Nanji | Resident – Anesthesia |
| James Jarvis | Physician – Orthopedic Surgeon – Pediatric |
| Jenna So | RN Operating Room Adult |
| Jim Raso | Information Technologist/Patient Admitting Clerk |
| Joanne Montgomery | Physiotherapist |
| Judith Chaffee | RN Ward Adult |
| Julianna Deutscher | Communications Mission Blogger |
| Julie Cadrin | RN Ward Pediatric |
| Justine Ferguson | Physiotherapy Assistant |
| Karen Calhoun | Lay Person |
| Kathy Bonitz | RN Operating Room Adult |
| Kayla Strickland | RN Ward Adult |
| Kristen Redhead | Physiotherapist |
| Lisa Bleackley | RN Ward Adult |
| Mairi Gordon | RN Recovery Room Adult |
| Marc Moreau | Physician – Orthopedic Surgeon – Pediatric |
| Mary Hurlburt | Physician – Family Practice |
| Masaru Yukawa | Physician – Anesthesiologist – Adult |
| Matthew Moreau | Travel Person/Logistics |
| Megan Howlett | Student – General |
| Megan Cashin | Physician – Orthopedic Surgeon – Pediatric |
| Melisa Martin | RN Ward Adult |
| Michele Derbyshire | RN Operating Room Pediatric |
| Michelle Lord | RN Operating Room Adult |
| Nayef Dajim | Resident – Orthopedics |
| Neil Saran | Physician – Orthopedic Surgeon – Pediatric |
| Norah Matthies | Resident – Orthopedics |
| Pamela Potter | Lay Person |
| Paul Moreau | Physician – Orthopedic Surgeon – Adult |
| Paul Leung | Physician – Orthopedic Surgeon – Adult |
| Pauline Worsfold | RN Recovery Room Adult |
| Peggy Prodor | Lay Person |
| Rachel Oates | Physiotherapist |
| Rebecca Gray | Translator |
| Ricardo Rodas | RN Operating Room Adult |
| Robert Potter | Lay Person |
| Robert Seal | Physician – Anesthesiologist – Pediatric |
| Ryan Paul | Resident – Orthopedics |
| Ryan Wright | Physician – Family Practice |
| Saifee Rashiq | Physician – Anesthesiologist – Adult |
| Saison Demitor | O.R. Technician |
| Sammy Ruiz | Translator/Logistics |
| Savanna Rudland | RN Operating Room Adult |
| Sebastian Rodriguez-Elizalde | Physician – Orthopedic Surgeon – Adult |
| Shannon Powell | RN Ward Pediatric |
| Simone La Guerre | RN Recovery Room Adult |
| Stephanie Stacey | Physician – Family Practice |
| Tegan McGraw | RN Ward Pediatric |
| Timothy Kostamo | Physician – Orthopedic Surgeon – Adult |
| Timothy Smith | Translator |
| Toby Cubitt | Translator |
| Wendy Read | Lay Person |