Trip Summary

A summary of the trip in numbers....

 21 Pangolins in the care of SVW
11 Individuals with ongoing treatment of wounds (some for multiple wounds)
73 Wound treatments (same animals as above over multiple days)
42 Light therapy sessions 
22 Wound dressings applied
100+  Doses of medication given (oral, injectable, eye drops)
100’s of 1000’s of butterflies seen
2 Snakes seen
More spiders than I want to think about seen
3kg+ of rice consumed 
108 Mosquito bites received (even with all the repellent in the world on!)


Achievements of the trip...

1. To see a pangolin - tick!
2. To make a difference in animal conservation as a veterinary nurse - although on a small number of animals treated the improvement in wound healing with the light therapy was more than I could have hoped for.  Thanks to Danetre to the donation of the machine so it can continue to make a difference!
3. Develop new skills and work outside of my comfort zone and my normal VN role - I can now dress a wound with a sanitary towel and tampon! Working in a different environment and with a species I hadn't previously worked with in itself was a challenge. 
4. Bring new ideas and skills - Thank you to Millpledge and Advancis for the donation of dressing materials.  Cohesive and adhesive dressings were desperately needed and the introduction of medical mauka honey was a new idea and had some amazing results. 
Since I first started speaking to the team at SVW they have employed a VN, starting May 2018. I know this will only strengthen the already incredible veterinary team they have. With Hannah setting the centre up on zims this again will only have a positive impact on their animal records. 
5. Learnt to use chopsticks - Achieved!

A huge thank you to the grant donor and ZSL without the grant and support of the veterinary department this trip would not have been possible. 






Location: Market Harborough LE16, UK

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