Brian Hurley

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NCCU Medical/Dental Brigade December 2013 Panama



Brian's Message

My name is Brian Hurley Vice President of the NCCU chapter of Global Medical Brigades. We have started our planning and preparation for the big brigade to Panama this upcoming November. This is an exciting opportunity to get involved and give back to those less fortunate, and provide services and supplies they might otherwise never receive. It is our goal to gather medical supplies, as well as information on health and development to distribute to the community. This is done through the hard work of our brigade team and the generous donations we receive from our community here in North Carolina and the US in general. I certainly can't wait to continue to work hard towards having a successful trip. Any donation helps our cause and if you would like more information or pictures once we return please feel free to contact me!
Thanks for being an important part of our mission,
-Brian Hurley

Volunteer Activity Description

Medical Brigade volunteers will set up temporary clinics in pre-identified communities in Eastern Panama to provide healthcare where access is limited. Each community receives a brigade every 3-4 months. Students on the brigade are given the opportunity to shadow licensed health care professionals while learning about local Panamanian culture. A typical Medical/Dental Brigade clinic consists of six stations: Intake, Triage, Consultation, Dental, Charla (health education), and Pharmacy. Electronic patient records are collected during the brigade to ensure patient follow-up as well as to monitor overall community health trends. Between brigades, the in-country team maintains relationships with the communities to provide follow-up and conduct community health worker training aimed at empowering local leaders to perpetuate a consistent level of health care. For every student who volunteers on a Global Medical Brigade, sixty patients can see a doctor who otherwise would not be able to.

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