Pintern presentations Tuesday at Sheridan Opera House
For the past decade, the Pinhead Institute’s Pinternship program has been one of Sarah Holbrooke’s passions.
Haley Brackett- surgery in israel- week 6
This week I learned how to read an x-ray. I can identify each organ. I learned the difference between an x-ray, ct, and many different tests. I learned about what chemo is and how to do patient exams. I saw an orthopedic surgery where they had to sew wire through the bone to close it. […]
Haley Brackett- surgery in israel- week 5
This week I got a taste for different specialties like general. I saw two hernia repairs one endoscopic and one open. A closed procedure is sometimes preferable but it depends on the severity of the tear. The open hernia repair was much worse it had way more tears and they removed the entire lining and […]
Haley Brackett- surgery in israel- week 4
This week was very informative. I learned a lot, like how to read a Coronary angiogram. This is where a catheter is inserted into a major artery and threaded through the vessels to the heart. A dye is inserted and x-ray machines can see the flow of the heart. I was able to see a […]