{"id":3709,"date":"2018-07-14T20:06:42","date_gmt":"2018-07-14T20:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/?p=3709"},"modified":"2018-07-16T14:45:57","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T14:45:57","slug":"how-are-your-skills-at-landmine-injuries-angola-day-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/2018\/07\/14\/how-are-your-skills-at-landmine-injuries-angola-day-10\/","title":{"rendered":"How Are Your Skills At Landmine Injuries? &#8211; Angola Day 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/Landmine-Injuries.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3710\" src=\"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/Landmine-Injuries.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/Landmine-Injuries.jpg 530w, https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/Landmine-Injuries-278x300.jpg 278w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What special skills are required of healthcare professionals who serve the most vulnerable people? The answer depends upon that particular needs of those people. Angola&#8217;s civil war, 1976 to 2002, was marked by famine that afflicted 2 million people. We who served in that era established re-nutrition centers for the profoundly malnourished. Osteomyelitis (bone infection) was also extremely common. One of the first surgical skills I learned was how to extract infected bone.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The gorilla tactics that characterized Angola&#8217;s war were also accompanied by seeding of landmines. Even today, <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-monitor.org\/en-gb\/reports\/2016\/angola\/mine-action.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">32,000 acres of confirmed minefields<\/a> have yet to be cleared, and another 88,000 acres of suspected landmines still exist. During the war years, some 80,000 people &#8211; mostly civilians &#8211; were killed or injured by these hideous ordinances. And no surprise, even today people in Angola continue to lose legs and lives to land mines.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>How are your skills with landmine injuries? Critical care and surgical skills are essential. But for these victims so are rehabilitation, prosthetic, and re-socialization skills. How can you increase your capacity to care for these people? Publications like this booklet, which we keep here at CEML Hospital, provide a grounding. Better yet, come out and work alongside us day-by-day. As you serve, you will also learn the unique skills essential to aid those must vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; What special skills are required of healthcare professionals who serve the most vulnerable people? The answer depends upon that particular needs of those people. Angola&#8217;s civil war, 1976 to 2002, was marked by famine that afflicted 2 million people. We who served in that era established re-nutrition centers for the profoundly malnourished. 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