Community Helpers: Medical And Health Workers

[Music] that's pretty loose isn't it yeah a community has many people who fix things when they break or wear out just this a little bit that look pretty good yeah there are people who fix skateboards there what do you think of that H it's good yeah now you check that and see how you like that people who fix cars people who fix roads there are people who take care of houses and plants and animals up that's but who takes care of you when you're sick or hurt your tonsils are okay right doctors and other medical workers take care of you and everyone else in your community good how's everything out on the farm great well school's gonna be out pretty soon isn't it you gonna be able to play baseball this year yes good just as a car has many different parts to take care of tires lights windshield wipers the engine your body has many different parts eyes nose mouth heart stomach are a few your body is a very complicated machine many doctors take care of all part parts of the body others concentrate on just one part for every part of the body you can think of there's probably a special kind of doctor to take care of it the people in a community need many different kinds of doctors well now how are the kids there are doctors who take care of old people and doctors who take care of children which doctor would you go to how you doing today fine I understand you got a little sore throat there huh right when the children's doctor on my birthday really mhm and do your ears hurt you at all no do You' been running a temperature no no let me take a listen to you but if your children's doctor thought you needed glasses he would send you to an eye doctor which is the clear tissue just in front of the brown part of the eye looks very good okay fine just sit back now please we take a look here sit up towards me now and look at my nose now that's good both eyes this is not going to hurt it's going to harden or if you broke a bone you would go to a bone doctor Chris want to come on back with me yeah doctors see their patients in an office or in a hospital a good night sleep when people need a lot of special Medical Care their doctor will send them to a hospital since people can get sick or hurt at any time a doctor has to be ready to go to the hospital in the middle of a party in the middle of dinner or even in the middle of the night yes this Dr Campbell I'll be right there okay the people in a community know they can depend on their doctors to help them being a doctor means being able to work with all kinds of people who have many different kinds of problems hi Larry hello how you doing better can you tell us where the pain is pressure in the middle of my chest but if doctors had to be with all of their sick patients all of the time they would wear out quickly so doctors have lots of help from other medical workers what other kind of medical worker can you think of right a nurse how are you doing nurses are trained to help patients in many different ways no what have you in Europe been up to you've been watching ATV a person who has to be in the hospital knows there is always a nurse nearby who knows how to help them feel better about ready for some lunch good other nurses assist in operations such as taking out a person's tonsils nurses in an operating room hand the tools to the doctor and work with the other members of the surgical team thank youp is everything all right with Anastasia fine can I have some water please sure Alice knife scissors some people in a community live alone and need help for medical workers visiting nurses help the community they live in by going into the homes of these people to help them do special exercises give them medicine or even cook a meal your toes for me now point out there we are you couldn't do that last week some communities are so small that they don't have a doctor nearby visiting nurs can be helpful to the people in these communities by helping with small problems and showing them how to stay healthy to be any infection in the ears and the eyes are okay yeah you're pretty good I'd say so what about you Catherine did you get any of Christina's cold come here let's check your throat okay yeah okay go ah well you look pretty good too I'd say you all are off healthy how about if I come back next month and check you over again that would be great we enjoy your visit hi a doctor's assistant may also work in communities where the only doctor or hospital is far away a doctor's assistant is trained to take care of all but the most complicated problems and can help people in emergencies the doctor's assistant keeps in touch with a Doctor by telephone you do yourself Lauren oh I fell off an Implement getting ready for spring that right let me take a look at it there for you okay oh I think it'd be all right you put something on it yes we put a little alcohol on it and the bandage around it I don't think he'll need to go to the hospital I think he'll be just fine you feeling okay if this doctor's assistant hadn't been working in this community the Man's family would have had to drive a long way into the city to see a doctor stay off his feet a day or two I think it'd be very advisable but if you have any problems you call us okay right okay how are you Charlotte got a cut a cut finger come here let me see it oh wow you sure do let's put something on it okay let's see what we got here put the Band-Aid on it then we keep it nice and clean they always make it feel better don't they mhm yeah you know it feels better than a Band-Aid Mama's kiss why don't you have a kiss and it'll be all better a that's [Music] when a person is hurt or very sick and needs to go to the hospital as quickly and safely as possible how do you think he or she gets there how you feeling young this bicycle off your legs W you lay down here for me how do you feel fine feel fine you don't hurt anywhere at all just my leg just your leg which leg are we talking about left leg left leg M okay and where does it hurt they often go in an ambulance ambulance attendants and drivers are trained to help people in emergencies and to get them to a hospital quickly and safely other community helpers such as policemen and firemen also have special training so they can help people in emergencies until an ambulance comes okay Jo I'm going on front [Applause] Okay looks like you've ended up with a broken leg and there's nothing else the attendants keep in touch with the doctor at the hospital by radio to make sure they're doing the right things to help the patient hey lmh on Channel 5 they carry medicine and special equipment to help people this is Dwayne F an ambulance driver has to know how to drive safely on a busy City street on a narrow Mountain Road and in all kinds of weather it's the job of every person driving a car to make way for an ambulance found under his bik there are other medical workers in hospitals x-ray technicians take pictures or X-rays of people so the doctor can see broken bones or other problems inside the body xray okay they hurt no x-rays don't hurt okay Marty I'm going to put this underneath your leg now raise it real slow good an x-ray technician knows just how to move people who are hurt and where to put the camera so it will take the best picture okay hold real still there's an emergency room patient what happened to this patient Dave he was jogging and tri fell an x-ray technician took this picture looks to me like can you tell what it is fractor this Fifth metac caral and it looks like it's angulated some to me and another kind of technician in a hospital is a lab technician this lab technician is studying a germ that is making many people in her community sick problem do you think you could come over and take a look at it when she finds out what the germ is doctors in the community will know how to help keep others from getting sick I many Hospital lab technicians also run a blood bank people who are very sick sometimes need extra blood the extra blood comes from healthy people in the community who give it to a hospital you feel okay fine okay can reach over here and keep pressure on this please a healthy person isn't hurt by giving blood because the nurses and lab technicians know just how much to take the blood is frozen so it can be saved until somebody needs it people who are in the hospital or just getting out sometimes have weak muscles and bones or need to learn how to use crutches or a wheelchair chair these Hospital helpers are called physical therapists and are trained to help get muscles and Bones working right again just like this and when you approach the stairs you got that you need to get just a little closer now you're going to push down and take a step up with your good leg there you go now you get to the other side you want to get your toe right over the edge like this okay hang on I'm going to f down okay I got you there you go hey you did it most of us are healthy most of the time but when we are sick we know we can depend on the medical workers in our community to work as a team to give us the best medical care possible whether these people work in a big city or small town their job is the same to help a community get healthy and stay healthy you get back on the basketball court in a few weeks watch out yeah I know that Dr J [Music]