Monday, October 17, 2011

Ewa-Framingham Heart Study


















Ewa was educated as a physician in her native country of Poland and added sonography to her resume when she and her husband emigrated to Canada. When he moved to Boston to take a job, Ewa found the perfect place with the well-known Framingham Heart Study. So it is no surprise she was a leader in understanding that exercise, rest, and family and balance in life is important on these trips-a message many of us need to hear--and often!

Although the Sonosite was a new machine to her, she quickly adapted to obtain the best images possible. For an outsider (me a non-sonograher) I had no ideal the importance of size of the chest (Rwandan school children are almost all very, very thin) and the size of the transducer and how machines might over-read---and the challenge this presents. So by the end of the first few days, I could tell what the deep sighs were meaning from the team. For a while I thought every child in Rwanda hadtricuspid regurgitation.....


Consistent through-out this team (and why they were selected), each took great pride in every single study. No corners cut--ever. Ewa certainly fit this mold. It is also no surprise that she immediately offered to help moving forward with education with physicians and potential sonographers in the future.

As always, Josh Goldberg, snapped these photos and more found on Facebook with permission from the students.

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