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LSU Med/Dent Brigades May 2013 Honduras



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Hello everyone! I am a sophomore Biochemistry major as well as the Vice President of Dental Chair for the Global Brigades Medical Chapter at Louisiana State University. This May, I am spending a week in Honduras providing mobile medical clinics to communities with little access to health care. This is my first trip out of the country and I couldn’t be more excited for this experience. With the trip quickly approaching, I am working hard to raise the necessary funds, but also need help from others to make this trip successful. Any donation you make on my behalf would mean the world to me. Feel free to call me, email me, or check out www.globalbrigades.org for more information on what I hope to accomplish on my first ever medical mission trip! Thank you to all of you who help make my dream become a reality.

Volunteer Activity Description

Volunteers on the Medical and Dental Brigades will be working closely together to provide quality health initiatives to a community that otherwise has limited access to health care. Volunteers will 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 will receive a physician consultation, teeth cleaning and a fluoride treatment as well as have access to pap smears, prostate exams and restorative dental care as necessary. Volunteers will 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 and dentistry.

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