The Truman Institute, along with the American Heart Association, is putting on a Basic Life Support class, designed to help people recognize and respond to several life-threatening emergencies, provide CPR, use an AED, and relieve choking in a safe, timely manner. The certification you receive on completion of this course is good for two years with the American Heart Association.
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Cameron Jadali, senior Exercise Science major/pre-PT, completed his field experience this summer at Global Therapy Group, a non-profit group in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Here is what Cameron had to say about his experience:
“I found out about Global Therapy Group through my mother, an occupational therapist of 20+ years. She was contacted by a past co-worker who was one of the founding members of Global Therapy Group. I was asked if I wanted to be a part of the team and couldn’t turn down an opportunity like this. My main duties at the Haitian clinic included, manual stimulation of muscles, application of pain relieving electronic stimulation, providing long term exercise prescriptions, cleaning supplies, giving therapeutic massages, and recording patient data. My work experience as a certified personal trainer of 2 years and knowledge learned in Exercise Science courses aided me with my work. I think this experience was so different from many of the other Exercise Science students and so special for me because I got to engage in hands on work. During all of my physical therapy observations hours in the U.S., laws prohibit non licensed physical therapists from touching the patients and thus makes observation hours somewhat repetitive and boring. This trip to Haiti let me interact with patients in a way not possible in may other settings. My experience has strengthened my resolve to be a physical therapist and will help me in my future endeavors. Below is a link to Global Therapy Group’s website. I would strongly recommend this experience to anyone interested in Physical/Occupational therapy.” – Cameron Jadali
http://globaltherapygroup.org/Welcome.html
