Governor's Conference on Aging

Faculty and junior students in the Respiratory Care program provided pulmonary function screenings at the Governor's Conference on Aging on September 14th, and 15th, 2004. Seniors performed a forced expiratory maneuver into a spirometer that measured their air volumes, and flow rates and compared them to normal values for their age, gender, and height. This was a free service to the seniors, and a valuable review for those students who participated. Thanks to Saud Al-Madani, Ross Armstrong, John Ellis, Lawrence Haas, Sarah Heinrich, Andrew Herrmann, Colleen McCleary, Brenda McCoy, Katie Robins and Nik Sirs for participating.

La Buena Salud

Three of our students are participating in La Buena Salud this fall. Please read about their experience:

In participation with La Buena Salud, I've experienced many aspects of Health Services. The program has afforded me the opportunity of working with a diverse group of medical disciplines. As a group, we've attained skills to facilitate health screening for vision, hearing, hypertension and cholesterol problems and procedures for providing medical referrals and follow-ups for treatments. Being a member of a program that provides health services/information to Idaho's farm workers and their families has enlightened my view to the needs of those less fortunate in our community. Working with clients of a different culture while overcoming some language barriers will aid and cultivate my skills in providing health care.
Valerie Johnson