Surgeons' Dispatch from Cange, Haiti

Abstract

Accompagnateurs are trained to administer medications, monitor patients for complications or adverse reactions to medications, answer questions about medical conditions, and help patients seek medical care.5 These workers will need to be trained in diagnosing and monitoring complications of surgery and in administering basic wound care, and PIH and ZL will have to make a long-term commitment to "accompanying" patients who received injuries necessitating surgery.