Jay Tew recently returned to Haiti for a fourth rotation as lead clinician at Klinik Hanger. The next several blog posts are reflections from Jay about his most recent trip.
May 29, 2012
Today the Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB) brings a van load of patients from Port-au-Prince. We see mostly adjustments of below– and above–knee amputee patients with a few new castings, just like a normal orthotics & prosthetics clinic.
We finish up our humeral fracture orthosis and go to hospital to fit the patient. Joel took charge of this case. We modified and he independently did the rest of the orthosis. I feel confident he will be able to handle the next one on his own. Everything went very well with the fitting; the patient is stabilized and in more comfort than before.
About Jay Tew, CP
- Hanger Ivan R. Sabel Foundation
- Deschapelles, Haiti
- Jaw Tew is a Hanger Clinic practice manager and recipient of the Hanger Excellence Award for Clinical Leadership. Additionally, Tew was awarded the Louisiana Distinguished Civilian Service Award, the Louisiana National Guard’s highest civilian Medal of Honor for his service to wounded soldiers returning from the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Jay volunteered to serve a three-month term at HAS as lead prosthetist for the Coalition's patient care delivery. He arrived February 22, 2010 and lead the team that fit 350+ amputees with prosthetic limbs and orthotic braces before his rotation ended May 31, 2010. He has since served several other terms as lead prosthetist at the clinic in Haiti.
