SAN MIGUEL, El Salvador (NNS) -- The medical team assigned to High Speed Vessel (HSV 2) Swift took a tour of the regional hospital "San Juan De Dios," in San Miguel, El Salvador as part of HSV-Southern Partnership Station 2012 (HSV-SPS 12), Dec. 21.
The visit included a tour of the hospital and a meeting with the regional hospital director, Dr. Jose Manuel Pecheco Paz.
"It is important that you see how our facilities work, so that we may get your take on how we can improve our facility, and so that we may exchange knowledge and all grow from this experience," said Paz.
During the three-week port visit, the medical team visited five other local medical facilities in El Salvador. The medical teams conducted subject matter expert exchanges (SMEEs) with Salvadoran doctors within the same fields. The exchange focused on U.S. Air Force Maj. Brant Lutsi and his expertise as a doctor in gastroenterology and the hospital gastroenterologist Dr. Francisco Cubias Ancheta.
"It was important for me to see how gastroenterologists cope and treat their diseases without the assistance and technology that doctors are used to having in the United States," said Lutsi. "Because of this visit, I will be able to use the techniques I have learned today to improve patient care when resources may be limited during deployments."
The hospital contains 500 beds for patients, and has 7 different departments including emergency care, obstetrics, basic out-patient, surgery, pediatrics, gastroenterology, and nursing. In this hospital there are 300 doctors and 200 nurses.
"This experience was a real eye opener," said U.S. Air Force Maj. Randy Byrd, a registered nurse. "Often when I am working back in the states, I am used to seeing twice as many nurses as doctors, and this visit just goes to show that you can still run a good facility, with direct care and very little resources that we often take for granted."
The medical team's visit to the hospital is one part of the mission during HSV-SPS 12. Service members from each of the armed services are working with the host nation partners, exchanging information regarding veterinary practices, small unit leadership, port security and construction.
Southern Partnership Station is an annual deployment of U.S. ships to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility in the Caribbean and Latin America. The mission's primary goal is information sharing with navies, coast guards and civilians in the region.
U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command and U.S. 4th Fleet (COMUSNAVSO/C4F) supports U.S. Southern Command joint and combined full-spectrum military operations by providing principally sea-based, forward presence to ensure freedom of maneuver in the maritime domain, to foster and sustain cooperative relationships with international partners and to fully exploit the sea as maneuver space in order to enhance regional security and promote peace, stability, and prosperity in the Caribbean, Central and South American regions.
The visit included a tour of the hospital and a meeting with the regional hospital director, Dr. Jose Manuel Pecheco Paz.
"It is important that you see how our facilities work, so that we may get your take on how we can improve our facility, and so that we may exchange knowledge and all grow from this experience," said Paz.
During the three-week port visit, the medical team visited five other local medical facilities in El Salvador. The medical teams conducted subject matter expert exchanges (SMEEs) with Salvadoran doctors within the same fields. The exchange focused on U.S. Air Force Maj. Brant Lutsi and his expertise as a doctor in gastroenterology and the hospital gastroenterologist Dr. Francisco Cubias Ancheta.
"It was important for me to see how gastroenterologists cope and treat their diseases without the assistance and technology that doctors are used to having in the United States," said Lutsi. "Because of this visit, I will be able to use the techniques I have learned today to improve patient care when resources may be limited during deployments."
The hospital contains 500 beds for patients, and has 7 different departments including emergency care, obstetrics, basic out-patient, surgery, pediatrics, gastroenterology, and nursing. In this hospital there are 300 doctors and 200 nurses.
"This experience was a real eye opener," said U.S. Air Force Maj. Randy Byrd, a registered nurse. "Often when I am working back in the states, I am used to seeing twice as many nurses as doctors, and this visit just goes to show that you can still run a good facility, with direct care and very little resources that we often take for granted."
The medical team's visit to the hospital is one part of the mission during HSV-SPS 12. Service members from each of the armed services are working with the host nation partners, exchanging information regarding veterinary practices, small unit leadership, port security and construction.
Southern Partnership Station is an annual deployment of U.S. ships to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility in the Caribbean and Latin America. The mission's primary goal is information sharing with navies, coast guards and civilians in the region.
U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command and U.S. 4th Fleet (COMUSNAVSO/C4F) supports U.S. Southern Command joint and combined full-spectrum military operations by providing principally sea-based, forward presence to ensure freedom of maneuver in the maritime domain, to foster and sustain cooperative relationships with international partners and to fully exploit the sea as maneuver space in order to enhance regional security and promote peace, stability, and prosperity in the Caribbean, Central and South American regions.
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