TEAMWorks China - Monday, November 16, 2015

Monday in a nutshell was a whirlwind..... We're sitting here trying to remember this morning!?

When we arrived at the hospital we all ran in different directions. Julie assessed a little princess with scoliosis and torticollis. She was a spicy thing, but that's nothing new to Julie.

Cassie and Shannon visited the NICU step down unit to see a baby who had been in respiratory distress after birth. She displayed left sided weakness and some positional torticollis. Cassie and Shannon were able to give the treating therapist some pointers and praise her for the good job she was doing thus far.

Afterward, Shannon and Cassie were able to see the 21 year old boy with cerebral palsy. Cassie was able to share some treatment techniques with the treating therapist while getting the boy in quadriped to work on improved trunk stability and strength. He has already made much progress over the past three sessions. Shannon was able to teach two of the PTs how to cast for AFOs. Only one or two therapists almost lost a finger. The boy that was casted for AFO's was very curious and expressed that he was happy and excited!  He got to pick his own design: red straps, yellow foam and motorcycles!

Carmen then taught on Autism and behavior, including treatment strategies such as identifying emotions and PECS. During lab time the therapists showed their playful side.

We broke for lunch at the hospital's version of a Chinese buffet, cafeteria style. Mmmmmmm......

We met with several foreign doctors and discussed several of the patients.  

Shannon then went on the rounds with one of the doctors from the our meeting, we were late getting back for afternoon patients (and Cassie had to go to the bathroom!), so Cassie and Julie decided to climb 15 flights of stairs back to the therapy floor. Whew!!!

We were straight up bombarded with people to see during the afternoon- including, but not limited to, an ex pat's child with sensory/articulation concerns, a teenager with spinal stenosis, several children with cerebral palsy, a child with a de-gloving injury, and a two month old with a history of multiple surgeries and complications.

After that, Shannon taught on wounds and burn care with emphasis on treatment strategies such as splinting, positioning, and wrapping. Julie paired up with a translator to translate the PEDI to assist with providing further standardized testing for kiddos at the hospital.

We may or may not be back at the Yak burger place while writing this blog. It's super yummy!

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