Yesterday we had the first day of our free health clinic. It took place at a community building in the indigenous community of Zapaton, a few miles from Mastatal.
The clinic is a chance for students to offer some of their new skills to the amazing people in this area, and also where they begin understanding service from a health care perspective. EMTs are trained to serve, whether that is a child with a fever or a victim of a car accident. The responsibilities of an EMT are significant, and real-life opportunities such as this clinic give our students an invaluable opportunity to prepare for those responsibilities while helping people in need.
Mothers show up with their children, grandmothers with their grandkids, high school students arrive after school is out. Under the guidance of our medical director, Dr. Greg Moore, students get to assess a wide range of patients and complaints.
It's a great learning experience, one that we never forget.
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