Wichita Primary Care - Family Doctor
2230 N Ridge Rd Wichita KS 67205
May 24, 2021 - August 13, 2021
Total Volunteer Hours: 104 hours
Dr. Heidi Larison, DO
Crystal Grimes, PA
Tasks, Skills and Observations
Tasks
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Faxed medical documents to various medical facilities
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Sanitized exam rooms after a patient's visit
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Restocked exam rooms at the end of the work day
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Answered phone calls & relaying messages to the respective physicians
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Prepared exam rooms for the various exams to occure
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Roomed patients for the doctors and physician assistants
Skills
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Procured patients vitals: temperature, weight, pulse ox, heart rate andd manual blood pressure
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Evaluated patient history and reason for their visit that day
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Performed EKG on patients
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Deliver Dexamethasone and Rosephin injections to necessary patients
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Administered breathing treatments to patients
* all of these skills were practiced under supervision and from the direction of a certified physician and physician assistant
Observations
When I had down time in the office, Dr. Larison and physician assistant Crystal Grimes let me shadow them in the exam room with their patients.
Various doctor-patient interactions I got to observe included language barrier communication, breaking information down for children and young adults to understand, and working with patients not willing to do the doctor recommended therapy, medication, etc.
A couple of neat patient interactions I had was watching staples be removed from a patient's scalp, botox injections, listening to a mechanical valve, and getting to see appendicitis rebound tenderness in person.
Women's Summer Weights Program - Andale High School
700 Rush Avenue, Andale, KS 67001
May 31 - August 5, 2021, 2023
Monday - Thursdays, 5:45 - 6:50 a.m.
Tyler Ryan
P.E. & Weights Coach
Head Track & Field Coach
Assistant Football Coach
Dylan Schmidt
Head Weights Coach
Head Football Coach
Looking back on my own high school lifting and training experiences, there was so much I was doing wrong and overall uneducated about. Through college athletics and the training/nutrition support staff I had at my disposal, information I had learned thus far in my Kinesiology classes, and from coach/training professionals in the industry I felt confident in my ability to bring something to this lifting program and these female athletes.
I approached this opportunity with the intention of using different coaching styles with different athletes depending on how they respond and also providing corrective exercise technique work when necessary. Preventative injury care is important to me, so I wanted to convey that to my young female athletes that yes we want to work hard, but not at the expense of injuring ourselves due to incorrect technique and not addressing weaknesses.
Tasks
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Instructed & demonstrated warm-up routine every morning
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Demonstrated exercise technique for various olympic and accessory lifts
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Familiarized the freshmen athletes on the weight room set-up, various locations of equpiment and workout routine
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Observed athletes throughout their workout: pointed out adjustments to make for improved technique and to reduce injury
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Motivated and affirmed athletes ability to finish a set of reps
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End of workout nutrition, sleep, hydration and recovery reminders to aid the training their doing
