MEDICAL MISSION CAMP

You will spend three days serving at our pop-up medical camps. We may serve anywhere from 100-400 people at each camp. Efficiency and flexibility are vital skills to the success of these camps. Over the years, we have developed a system of stations that each patient travels through to receive care. Read below for a breakdown of each station and where you may be placed to serve.

Registration

At this station we gather each patient’s basic information (name, age, sex and chief complaint) and notate such information on a registration slip. The patient will take this registration slip through each subsequent station where our team will continue to notate information on this slip. This station is primarily run by students and non-medical volunteers with a translator.

Vital Signs/Labs

Here we take the patient’s vital signs, finger-stick glucose and other labs which will be notated on the patient’s registration slip.

Finger-stick glucose checks are completed for all patients by registered nurses and students with previous experience in this skill.

Registered nurses and phlebotomists collect blood samples if ordered by a provider. We provide CBC testing and chemistry profile.

Providers

Here, we review the patient’s chief complaint, give a diagnoses, and recommend a plan of care. This station is primarily for physicians, physician associates and nurse practitioners paired with a physician licensed to practice medicine in India. Students will also have the opportunity to shadow and observe at this station.

EKG/Eye Exam/Dental Exam

These stations are optional according to the needs of each patient. Provider’s can issue a EKG request - this station is primarily run registered nurses. Eye exams and dental exams stations are another place where US based dentists, opthomalogists and students can serve along with dentists and opthamoligists licensed in India.

Triage

Here, you will gather the chief complaint. A chief complaint is a short statement describing the main symptom, problem, or reason why a patient seeks medical care.

Pharmacy

After a patient has received a treatment plan, the patient will be given his/her medications as notated on their registration slip by the provider. Pharmacists, students, and non-medical volunteers primarily serve at this station with a pharmacist licensed in India.

Meaningful Experiences

India is not a backdrop, and we don't treat it like one. Between camps you'll engage in meaningful experiences like sitting down with Youngistaan Foundation to talk about mental health, walk Golconda Fort, take high tea at Falaknuma Palace, and spend a morning at Jasmine's Children's Home giving the health presentations you'll have spent weeks preparing.

The camps are the reason we go. These days are how you get to know the place we go to.

The candidates we are looking for have a heart to serve and desire to immerse themselves into the culture. Meaningful experiences prioritizes deeper cultural immersion, authentic experiences, positive interactions with local communities, going beyond just taking photos to truly understand a place and it’s people.

While these activities differ from year to year, a standing tradition from the start of India Medical Mission has been Family Day! Family Day is a special time where our team visits a children’s home partnered with our organization. We gift each child a care package and you will a health education presentation!