Volunteer Photos from USNS Byrd

Project HOPE volunteers Stephen Creasy and Alla Marks sort medications onboard the USNS Byrd before setting up pharmacy clinics in remote Kiribati.

Pharmacy in The Soloman Islands

Steve and I have adapted to the requirements of setting up, working and retrograding a site very quickly.

We have also made an effort to use our skills to enhance patient care. Steve has taken the initiative to discuss patient medications with providers for clarification or substitutions. I have used my certification in administering IM injections to deliver antibiotic injections to patients to enable the nurses to assist providers in seeing more patients.

We had the opportunity to work with Auki pharmacy officers and I donated a Washington Manual to them for reference. I also donated a Lexicomp Drug Handbook to the Navy pharmacy technician who is working with us. The iPod touch Lexicomp program that I am using is an invaluable tool for checking on doses and appropriate therapies.

The phenomenal experience about this mission is the diverse set of personnel-Australian Navy and Air Force, British medical students, Canadian army. On one of the days in Good Samaritan (hospital), we actually did 500 prescriptions!


Thanks for Reading --Alla Marks

Pharmacists Tie Up Work in Soloman Islands

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HOPE Volunteer Alla Marks in the Soloman Islands

Originally uploaded by #PACOM

Alla Marks, a pharmacist from Project HOPE, explains the medication prescribed to a patient during a medical clinic set up during the Pacific Partnership 2009 mission.

The U.S. Navy photo was taken on August 8 and was provided by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (SW/AW) Joshua Valcarcel .

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