I'm so glad I went to Yuba City with clinic today. I know how to take blood pressure, and check heart rate, respiration rate and blood glucose now! Seeing the memorial outside and the stage set up in the church was very moving. I wish we got to see the play because the little light show they gave us made the story seem really realistic. I was placed for registration for most of the time, but I got to take blood pressure, check heartrate and respiration on our last patient! He ended up donating $100 to the clinic!!!!!
the authentic looking cot (can we use flash inside a church???)
the names of the soldiers who've served
our tent
We left Davis around 7am to get to Yuba City at 8. Had a little tour of the memorial. Then, we set up our stuff and the new volunteers got trained. During the mission we saw 16 patients, 3 were pediatrics. Local news reporters came by and filmed and interviewed us. We took a few group pictures, cleaned up and left around 3pm.
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Edit: Here's the news article. I think they should have interviewed one of the coordinators instead of the volunteers because a lot of us are new to clinic. The reporter wrote down that I was a 3rd year biochemistry major when she was interviewing me...why does it say I'm a medical student? lol..
