SOUTHERN Highlands Christian School students will help to bring basic medical services to remote villages in the Solomon Islands next month.
A group of Year 11 students will spend a week assisting at clinics in the Solomon Island as part of the school’s community outreach program.
The students have been brushing up their first aid and medical hygiene knowledge with the help of registered nurse Lynn Marie Hick.
Teacher Narelle Spargo said the students would help with simple procedures such as wound care and delousing children.
“These are very remote villages that don’t have access to a clinic,” Mrs Spargo said.
“Even the smallest mosquito bite can become infected in no time.”
Student Jess Cleary said all those travelling to the Solomons have Senior First Aid Certificates and two have advanced training from St John Ambulance.
The students’ trip to the village will involve a two-day flight to Honiara followed by a four-hour truck ride. They will live in huts in the village, taking their own food because food is expensive in the Solomon Islands.
Teacher Geoff Peet, who will accompany the team, said the distance to the nearest town meant villagers who needed medical help faced a long and expensive trip to a clinic.
For the full story see the Southern Highland News, Monday, September 8
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