Basic Techniques in Measuring Blood Pressure
Theme: "Kuhag BP sa Saktong Pamaagi"
Previously, the team has spent their
first few days identifying hypertensive subjects in the community. On the 13th
of April, volunteers and participants of the First Aid training last October
2014 came back together and attended the Blood Pressure Training conducted by
the team entitled Basic Techniques in Measuring Blood Pressure, with the theme:
“Kuhag BP sa Saktong Pamaagi”.
The mini-seminar started at 9AM.
Fourteen volunteers and new recruits attended. The training was headed by Apple
Mae Roullo and assisted by the members of the team. The content of the training
included the parts of the sphygmomanometer and stethoscope, instructing the
patient not to smoke, not to drink stimulants, and rest prior to blood pressure
measuring, identification of the brachial and radial arteries, measuring the
exact level of pressure to be pumped, and proper measuring of blood pressure.
Eight
sphygmomanometers and stethoscopes were lent by the group members for practice
purposes. Each participant was partnered with another participant or student
doctor and took turns in acting as the patient and BP taker. The participants
were given a good 40 minutes to practice all of the steps. After 40 minutes,
everybody took a 15-minute recess, with foods and drinks provided by the
student doctors. Afterwards, a final demonstration was done by Doc Apple prior
to the graded examination of the participants.
The
team members acted as the examiners, observing each step of the blood pressure
taking process of each participant. Each step was graded as either Done or Not
Done with a total score of 15. Most of the participants have performed well: 12
out of 14 have scored 15 out of 15.
The
training concluded with delegation of roles to each volunteers as Hypertensive
Patrollers for each district in the barangay. The following are the patrollers
for each district:
District 1 – Adelfa Soriño
District 2 – Jenepher Dausan
District 3 – Jorah Mae Puntanar
District 4 – Felix Villanueva
District 5 – Novie Jane Tanudra
District 6 – Warlyn Tanudra
On
Wednesday, April 15th, during the community assembly, the team
presented the Hypertensive Patrollers to the people and bequeathed to barangay
captain, Hon. Alberto Callao 5 sphygmomanometers and stethoscopes. Team Goin
and the people of the community of Goin give their greatest gratitude to the
Ateneo de Zamboanga University – School of Medicine and Dr. Amelyn S.
Ulanghutan for sponsoring the BP apparatuses. This activity would not have been
possible without their unconditional help.
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