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Jessie Jim talks with Karen Brewster on May 31, 2006 in Juneau, Alaska about...
1) Dealing with traumatic accidents and witnessing the death of a patient.
health aide -- assistance\ patient -- difficulty with\ accident\ patient -- stab wound\ patient -- agitated\ blood -- loss of\ blood -- amount of\ treatment -- intravenous (IV)\ IV -- difficulties with\ EMS personnel -- help from\ patient -- calmness\ treatment -- success\ patient -- improvement\ patient -- concerned about\ doctor -- contact with\ patient -- evacuation\ homicide -- story\ Angoon\ case -- difficult\ patient -- death\ helplessness -- feeling of\ case -- emotional impact of\ breath -- last\ last breath -- hearing\ daughter -- health aide\ daughter -- reaction\ daughter -- helping\ treatment -- limited|
2) The emotional impact of traumatic accidents and death, and positive outcomes with patients.
accidents\ trauma -- impact of\ community -- relationship with\ relatives\ friends\ health aide -- traumatic experiences\ health aide -- daughter\ death -- reaction to\ death -- witnessing\ patient -- story\ patient -- pancreatic cancer\ patient -- care of\ doctor -- in-town\ treatment -- IV\ doctor -- assistance from\ patient -- pain\ patient -- death\ health aide -- positive experience\ treatment -- successful\ patient -- saving\ training -- IV\ training -- electrocardiogram (EKG)\ patient -- grateful\ health aides -- appreciation for|
3) Community support of health aides, and changes taking place in the health aide profession.
community -- relationship with\ community -- support from\ support -- importance of\ health aide -- expectations of\ health aide -- blaming\ blaming -- negative effect of\ medical field -- challenges with\ work -- do the best you can\ equipment -- lack of\ lives -- saving\ health aide program -- benefits of\ health aide -- training\ health aides -- new\ new health aides -- learning from\ training -- needs\ training -- improvements|
4) What being a health aide has meant to her, and memories of delivering babies.
health aide -- effect of\ meaning -- personal\ people -- caring for\ people -- helping\ career -- positive\ experience -- positive\ nurse -- becoming\ job -- quitting\ quitting -- wanting to\ job -- good\ baby -- birth\ patient -- improvement\ death -- dealing with\ training -- death\ class -- death and dying\ issues -- personal\ second husband -- death\ difficult time -- dealing with\ recovery -- personal\ family -- support from\ expectations -- meeting\ work -- returning to\ baby -- delivery\ baby delivery -- first experience\ Johnson, Barbara\ delivery -- preparations for\ baby delivery -- memories\ training -- lack of\ doctor -- guidance\ telephone -- in house\ situation -- scary\ gown -- use of\ mother -- anger\ baby delivery -- second experience\ deliveries -- successful\ delivery -- solo\ water breakage -- difficulty\ doctor -- calling\ scissors -- use of|
5) The availability of air transportation for emergency patient evacuation, and her family's involvement in the health aide profession.
baby -- delivery\ placenta -- problem with\ blood -- loss of\ treatment -- intravenous (IV)\ treatment -- before IV's\ IV treatment -- benefit of\ airplanes -- availability of\ patient -- attending to\ patient -- evacuation\ U.S. Coast Guard\ Sitka\ airplane -- waiting for\ patient -- no loss\ health aide -- on-call\ family -- background\ children -- raising\ children -- number of\ family -- balancing\ children -- interests\ health care -- interest in\ daughter -- help from\ Jim, Debbie\ visits --on-call\ visits -- going along\ health aide -- challenges\ health aide -- characteristics of\ daughter -- health aide\ calmness -- importance of|
6) How her family supported her work as a health aide, and the importance of meeting with other health aides to share their experiences.
health aide -- employment\ job -- hardships\ family -- balance\ family -- impact on\ children -- caring for\ husband -- support from\ family -- support from\ children -- missing\ health aide -- becoming\ husband -- reaction\ people -- relationship with\ health aide -- blaming\ job -- quitting\ husband -- encouragement from\ health aides -- peers\ health aides -- sharing\ health aides -- meeting\ health aide forum -- benefits of\ health aide workshop -- Southeast\ Sitka\ workshop -- benefits of|
7) Working for the Indian Health Services (IHS) and the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC), the role of health councils, and the effects on Angoon.
Indian Health Service (IHS) -- employment with\ Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) -- employment with\ agencies -- differences\ IHS -- disadvantages\ SEARHC -- formation of\ SEARHC -- background\ healthcare -- Native\ healthcare -- management of\ Native Regional Health Corporations\ SEARHC -- involvement with\ health councils -- mission of\ health councils -- discontinuation of\ health council -- purpose of\ SEARHC -- medical representative\ Angoon -- population\ Angoon -- changes\ housing -- amount of\ water -- supply\ water -- hauling|
8) How traditional medicine and mid-wife practices were not used when she was a health aide, and training she has an emergency medical technician (EMT).
health aide -- background\ traditional medicine -- practice of\ mid-wife -- use of\ mid-wife -- rarity\ mid-wife -- story of\ traditional medicine -- knowledge of\ knowledge -- lacking\ health aide -- reasons for\ mentors -- memories of\ elder -- influenced by\ emergency medical technician (EMT) -- training\ EMT -- challenges\ EMT -- prerequisites\ EMT -- continuing education|
9) Helping and encouraging young people to become health aides, the role of Dr. Lee Schmidt in improving the health aide pay scale, the importance of teamwork within the health aide field, and changing technology that health aide have to work with.
role model\ inspiration\ heath aides -- advising\ health aides -- encouragement\ health aide -- changes in\ generations -- differences\ life -- easier\ hardship -- handling\ health aide -- becoming\ job -- reason for\ income -- need for\ Schmidt, Dr. Lee\ pay scale -- lobbying for\ health aides -- salary\ salary -- increases\ health aide -- wages\ wages -- low\ Schmidt, Dr. Lee -- role of\ health aide program -- SEARHC\ health aide program -- director\ Gorman, Mark\ supervisors\ Lundgren, Kari\ health aide -- stories\ stories -- funny\ shots -- learning to give\ oranges\ shot -- first giving\ Johnson, Barbara\ shot -- penicillin\ Johnson, Barbara -- missing\ team work -- importance of\ health aides -- supporting each other\ health aides -- changes\ technology\ technology -- difficulties with\ computers\ changes -- negative\ health aides -- elimination of\ physician assistants -- introduction of|
10) The impact of physician assistants working in village clinics, the rewarding part of being a health aide, encouragement to others to become health aides, and the many responsibilities health aides have.
physician assistant -- impact of\ health aides -- number of\ physician assistant -- number of\ physician assistant -- introduction of\ physician assistant -- working with\ challenges -- personal\ supervision -- difficulty with\ health aide -- independent\ direction -- difficulty with\ health aides -- elimination\ physician assistant -- differences\ education -- advanced\ training -- amount of\ practical nurse -- training\ registered nurse -- training\ school -- physician assistant\ family -- not wanting to leave\ health aides -- advice to\ health aides -- need for\ job -- hardship\ job -- rewarding\ job -- duties\ health aide -- roles| |
