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Zachary Self
Jul 9, 2023
Ambu = Uber to Vision Restoration
A confession: inappropriate (as deemed by me) use of ambulance services is a long standing pet peeve of mine. When patients present to...
Zachary Self
Jul 2, 2023
We are ALL VOLUNTEERS
In the most recent monthly meeting with our team in Guatemala, we spent a portion of our time together exploring ideas from Seth Godin's...
Zachary Self
Jun 25, 2023
Coca-Colonization and the Double-Edged Sword of Malnutrition
While researching relevant statistics regarding healthcare in Guatemala to put together our concept note, I came across an interesting...
Zachary Self
Jun 18, 2023
Broken Hearts (Echo blog series- Case 3)
Case 3: Broken Lungs + Broken Heart A year or two after our center opened, a young male patient presented with chronic cough,...
Zachary Self
Jun 5, 2023
ll, NOT =
A couple of weeks ago a female patient in her late twenties presented for care. She had a chief complaint of left sided weakness for the...
Zachary Self
May 28, 2023
In Memoriam: Lanterns & Legacy
The latter part of May each year our family lights and releases sky lanterns. We do so to honor the life and memory of our daughter,...
Zachary Self
May 26, 2023
The One Pager
In recent months, as we have intensified our fundraising efforts in order to grow our local team and expand our patient census and...
Zachary Self
May 14, 2023
'Tis the Gift to be Simple...
On this Mother's Day weekend, it seems fitting to pause and appreciate the gift of being blessed with an amazing mother. Sandy Self, my...
Zachary Self
May 4, 2023
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY APQ!!
May 4th marks EIGHT YEARS since we opened our doors and started seeing patients at our health center in rural Guatemala! Here's a rundown...
Zachary Self
May 3, 2023
Roadside Makeover Update
In a prior post at the start of the year we shared plans for a Roadside Makeover. As outlined in the prior post, the hope is that the...
Zachary Self
Apr 14, 2023
Broken Hearts (Echo blog series- Case 2)
Case 2: "I would like to buy a valve, please." A thirtysomething year old female presented to our center with complaints of shortness of...
Zachary Self
Apr 9, 2023
Easter Baskets & Health Inequities
Easter, the holiday, rightfully evokes many positive emotions and feelings: love, joy, and hope to name a few. Easter baskets, however,...
Zachary Self
Mar 26, 2023
Broken Hearts (new blog series)
Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) is integral to the care we provide at our center in rural Guatemala. We incorporate POCUS as an...
Zachary Self
Mar 19, 2023
Diabetic Destruction
This past week a middle-aged female from a neighboring community presented with a chief complaint of facial swelling. Upon evaluation,...
Zachary Self
Mar 12, 2023
Light Multipliers
"The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." ~John 1:5 Living in rural Guatemala, we are blessed to have...
Zachary Self
Feb 25, 2023
LANGUAGE = ACCESS
Our targeted patient population hails from isolated rural communities with limited access to high quality healthcare. This population is...
Zachary Self
Feb 19, 2023
Now open Saturdays.
"And so it begins" ~King Theoden in Lord of the Rings movie "The Twin Towers" Earlier this month we made modest, but not insignificant,...
Zachary Self
Feb 12, 2023
HALOs & chainsaws
Immediately upon completion of training a physician begins a careerlong battle against skill decay. Gone are the days of medical school...
Zachary Self
Feb 5, 2023
Serving? Or, being served?
This past week one of the patient's I saw in clinic gave me pause. Our patient is a 46 year old gentleman with known HIV/AIDS as well as...
Zachary Self
Jan 28, 2023
AMBU ON-SITE!
Several posts back, we discussed our excitement regarding the addition of an ambulance to our health center in rural Guatemala. This...
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