Medical Brigade

Day 5 

Medical Brigade

 

This was the day I was looking forward to the most. My end goal is to become a Nurse Anesthetist after I get my RN license. Working in healthcare is something I am very passionate about. So being able to have hands-on experience with in a different environment to see how their healthcare is done was very interesting. 

It was a 2 hour bus ride to the location. I did not go to sleep because I was too excited and just wanted to chit chat anyway. We got to the Haitian Betay and were under a tent. There were five different stations: registration, vitals, medical history, doctor, and pharmacy. I started at the vitals station because my job as a patient care technician has given me a lot of experience in this realm. I initially started by taking height and weight. I was very adamant in trying to remember how to say the phrases to direct the patients on what to do. Even though some of the patients only spoke Haitian Creole, I tried my best to utilize my broken Spanish. 

 

I was able to work at all the other stations, except registration. Even though I think I should have taken that opportunity to be a part of all the tables, I am not fluent in Spanish, so I do not think that would be of much benefit. 

 

After the medical brigade was over, Nelsa took us on a tour around the Haitian Betay. She told us the long history between the Haitians and the Dominicans.