On August 25, the training center of the Popular Civic Board of Guayaquil and our strategic ally of Continuing Education of the UHemisferios, FODEP, will be conducting a medical brigade for the prevention of diseases and conditions typical of this time of year. The brigadistas will attend free of charge to the residents of the commune of San Pablo in Santa Elena.
The students of the training center will visit this sector as part of the community work program in the training of Nursing, Pharmacy and Nursery Assistants from 09h00 to approximately 15h00. Each brigade has three doctors located in three tents who expect to attend an average of 150 patients per tent during that day.
Among the conditions to be treated during this work are: Respiratory diseases, digestive or dermal problems, which will be treated appropriately for each case. Likewise, medications will be completely free of charge. If a patient presents a complex condition to be treated, he/she will be referred to the corresponding health center for treatment.
Once the brigade is over, the auxiliary nursing students will perform a practice of injectology and fluvial IV cannulation, where two boats will be used for the development of this practice.
Student roles during the brigade:
Pharmacy Assistants:
- Drug inventory
- Stock control of medicines and other products
- Distribution of medicines and guidance to patients on the correct use of these medicines
- To provide information on the different pharmaceutical forms and routes of administration of medicines
Nursing Assistants:
- Complete medical records
- Taking vital signs (pulse, temperature, heart rate, blood pressure)
- Take the patient to the tent with the corresponding physician.
- Assist the physician in the administration of drugs.
- Assist the physician in wound healing.
Nursery Assistants:
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- Monitoring of children attending the brigade
- Painted faces
- Theater play
- Fine and gross motor skills
