Emily Heffner

Charlottesville, VA

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Helping others, traveling, meeting new people, new experiences

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End Date: Jan 10, 2015 12:00 AM
Volunteer Activity Message

Medical Brigade volunteers will set up temporary clinics in pre-identified communities 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 Honduran 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.

Volunteer Goals

Program Goal: $0.00 / Airfare Goal: $0.00

[Org. Admin] Erika Amador donated $-154

Saying "Transfer to general donation"

Jan 02, 2015 12:32 PM

Susan Heffner donated $718

Dec 19, 2014 11:11 AM

Susan Heffner donated $800

Oct 26, 2014 03:35 PM

Susan Heffner donated $250

Oct 20, 2014 05:35 PM

91% Complete (success)
$1,614.00

of $1,768.00

in donations needed to reach the Initiative Goal


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66% Complete (success)
20

of 30

volunteers needed to reach the Initiative Goal