Heather Carrel

Kansas City, Missouri

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Kansas City Medical Brigade Dec 2012 Honduras



Heather's Message

This December I will be spending one week in Honduras helping the community with their medical needs through the Global Medical Brigades. This is an amazing opportunity where I will be able to use the skills that I have already learned as well as learning new skills. The benefit of hands on experience is far greater than learning through the classroom and I expect this experience to be priceless in the amount that I will learn and take away from it.

Please help me to reach my goal of $1,800. Anything helps, prayers and good thoughts are also welcome! Thank you everyone, I look forward to telling you all about this rewarding experience when we get back.

Heather Carrel

Volunteer Activity Description

Volunteers on the Medical and Dental Brigades will be working closely together to provide quality health initiatives to a community that otherwise has limited access to health care. Volunteers will spend three days in a community in order to optimize the amount of time patients are able to spend with the physicians and dentists. Each patient will receive a physician consultation, teeth cleaning and a fluoride treatment as well as have access to pap smears, prostate exams and restorative dental care as necessary. Volunteers will have the opportunity to take patient vitals, obtain patient history and current symptoms, shadow and assist licensed physicians and dentists, participate in preventative education, and fill prescriptions under a licensed pharmacist. Volunteers will become familiar with the prevalent health issues in their community and learn about how to prevent and treat those illnesses. These brigades provide each volunteer with the opportunity to make a tangible impact on a specific community while gaining real life experience in the field of international medicine and dentistry.

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