Elisa Pabon

Carnegie Mellon University

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Carnegie Mellon Medical/Water Brigade Honduras'14



Elisa's Message

Hi! I will be volunteering in Honduras this upcoming Spring Break on a hybrid Medical and Water Brigade. I will be working closely with licensed medical professionals to provide quality health initiatives to a community that otherwise has limited access to health care. Volunteers 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 receives a physician consultation, public health talk, and prescribed medicines as well as have access to PAP smears, prostate exams and restorative dental care as necessary. Children, in addition, receive teeth cleaning, a fluoride treatment, and vitamins necessary for proper growth and development. Volunteers 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.

Volunteer Activity Description

Volunteers will spend 10 days in rural Honduras running a mobile medical clinic and constructing a sustainable water project to bring clean water into the homes of community members.

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