{"id":479,"date":"2015-12-02T10:57:38","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T15:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toh.masm.ca\/en\/?p=479"},"modified":"2021-02-17T11:40:55","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T16:40:55","slug":"working-abroad-reinvigorated-respiratory-therapist-for-her-work-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/uncategorized\/working-abroad-reinvigorated-respiratory-therapist-for-her-work-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Working abroad reinvigorated respiratory therapist for her work here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-center\"><em>Andria Darlington educated nurse anesthetists on Ukerewe Island in Tanzania about airway management and resuscitation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Picture a remote African island with a single hospital serving about 300,000 people. That\u2019s where Respiratory Therapist Andria Darlington worked on a project called Improving Maternal and Infant Care. It was a challenging, rewarding and eye-opening experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy participation is my very modest attempt to share first-world knowledge, experiences and resources with those who otherwise don\u2019t have access \u2013 to bridge the gap in some very small way,\u201d said Darlington. \u201cThe hope was to do it in a culturally sensitive and sustainable way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Andria Darlington\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U56qal8SLBY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Darlington mentored nurse anesthetists on Ukerewe Island in Lake Victoria in Tanzania with a goal to improve cesarean-section outcomes. At Nansio District Hospital, she educated staff in areas such as anesthesia, airway management, resuscitation, critical thinking, monitoring, and general operating room protocols.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are too many preventable deaths of the young in places such as Ukerewe,\u201d said Darlington. \u201cThey die because they are a woman, because they are pregnant, or because of the part of the world they happen to be born in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Catherine Attie, project lead and a physician at The Ottawa Hospital, recruited Darlington after she responded to a RACE (Rapid Assessment of Critical Events) call for an obstetric patient here at the hospital. Together with the Canada Africa Community Health Alliance and the Ukerewe District Health Council, the project was underway and partly funded by Canada\u2019s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Development.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-480 size-full img-responsive\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/JE-Oct-28-Andria-Darlington-2-with-children.jpg\" alt=\"JE Oct 28 Andria Darlington #2 with children\" width=\"336\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/JE-Oct-28-Andria-Darlington-2-with-children.jpg 336w, https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/JE-Oct-28-Andria-Darlington-2-with-children-280x300.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-center\"><em>Andria Darlington looks forward to new experiences. \u201cWorking abroad was an invigorating change. It allowed me to step away from the ordinary and reaffirm my passion for helping those in need.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Darlington now realizes how fortunate we are for the funds, supplies and staff training here at our hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeeing those who have insufficient resources and the impact that has on lives has left a lasting impression,\u201d she said. \u201cA fraction of our resources can make a tremendous difference in low-resource areas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Returning from such a rich experience, Darlington brought a new perspective back to Ottawa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel part of a global community,\u201d she said. \u201cI feel compassion for the plight of others, regardless of class, culture, or creed and I am sensitive to the health disparities that exist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Seeing the effects of her work abroad has inspired Darlington to continue volunteering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI returned feeling connected to the world around me, motivated by a hope to make a difference, and positive that change can be possible even when it seems extremely challenging.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andria Darlington educated nurse anesthetists on Ukerewe Island in Tanzania about airway management and resuscitation. Picture a remote African island with a single hospital serving about 300,000 people. That\u2019s where Respiratory Therapist Andria Darlington worked on a project called Improving Maternal and Infant Care. It was a challenging, rewarding and eye-opening experience. \u201cMy participation is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}