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OUR PEOPLE,<br />
OUR MISSION<br />
Global Health<br />
<strong>eMagazine</strong><br />
<strong>December</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />
Perspective<br />
Highlights<br />
Welcome<br />
Congratulations<br />
Article of the Month<br />
Home Away From Home<br />
Written by Ali Sedeghi, MD<br />
Reflections<br />
Senior student at American University of the Caribbean<br />
As the weeks have quickly passed since my arrival at the dormitory, there have<br />
been many perks to calling this place my “home away from home” during my stay.<br />
My neighbors, all senior residents in various fields, have provided me support<br />
both socially and professionally. Last night I got a knock on my door around<br />
4 AM. One of my neighbors who lives down the hall from me asked if I wanted<br />
to scrub in with him on a trauma case that had been brought in. A young man<br />
presented to the hospital’s emergency department after having been involved<br />
in a road traffic accident. He was thrown off his moped when he collided with<br />
another vehicle as he crossed the divider.<br />
Video of the Month<br />
Ebola in Uganda<br />
Decolonization<br />
Innovation and Technology<br />
Among the Letters<br />
Nursing Division<br />
Art to Remind Us of Who<br />
We Can Be<br />
Reflections<br />
Our Beautiful Planet<br />
Upcoming Grand Rounds<br />
New Publication<br />
Global Health Family<br />
Calendar<br />
Photo Gallery<br />
Resources<br />
The sale of alcohol is prohibited in this district, yet I have lost track of the number<br />
of trauma cases that have come in with patients operating vehicles while under<br />
the influence. I threw on a shirt, grabbed my white coat, followed a step or two<br />
behind my neighbor trying to wake myself up before we entered the hospital.<br />
Extensive road rash and some large open wounds occupied the right side of<br />
the man’s face, but remarkably that was the extent of the damage. The patient<br />
was not transported to the operating room. Instead, we spent the next couple<br />
of hours cleaning and suturing him back together. As the task was coming to an<br />
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