Three Rivers Community Hospital Youth Volunteer Program

Program Information

•Coordinator: Linda Lamoreau •Program Creation: 1996, approx. 12 years ago •Currently has 40 students enrolled in over a dozen different areas.

•Volunteers help out at special events, and are invited to attend many hospital and community functions.

Program Information

•Provides valuable hands-on experience into the medical field of the student’s choice.

•Great opportunity to earn volunteer hours.

•Exposes students to a real life hospital environment with an emphasis on learning.

The Starting Line

Along with your application, we require: Students must be 14 to 18 years old –2 letters of recommendation (one from a teacher) –A “B” and above grade average (3.0).

–Commitment to 8 hours per month for at least 6 months of volunteer service.

After the Wait

I call you for an interview Be sure to dress well! Your permanent name badge picture will be taken.

The Interview

Formal Interview (no jeans ) Covers important information in a 40 page handbook.

Interview takes 2 hours.

•Confidentiality •Rules and Regulations •Values •Emergency Procedure •Department Placing

All YVP Members dress in a uniform during volunteer duty and activities.

Uniform

•Name Badge •Shirt (provided) •Blue Dress Pants •Belt

The Handbook

The Handbook Contains: •Rules •Meeting Dates •Information •Policies •Requirements

Departments

Cardiopulmonary Royale Gardens Transport Team Emergency Room Youth Volunteer Program Rehabilitation Imaging Facilities Surgery Retired Sr. Volunteer Program Nutritional Services Nursing Obstetrics / Family Birth Center

Average Salaries

-Occupation • Registered Nurse -Wages $32.91/hr • Radiology Tech (3) • CT Tech $34.04/hr $29.14/hr • Physical Therapist $34.49/hr • Respiratory Therapist $25.00/hr • Radiation Therapist • Ultrasound Tech $29.77/hr $29.30/hr • Pharmacist $51.63/hr • Medical Technologist $29.44/hr -Department Nursing Imaging Imaging Rehab RT Imaging Imaging Pharmacy Nursing

Advantages of the Program

• Find out if this is what you are interested in • Youth Volunteer Program gives three scholarships each year • Letters of recommendations for colleges and scholarships • We have hired between 60-65 students because of their experience • At Asante we have Career Development to place students

TRCH is a relatively new hospital

Our hospital features state of the art equipment

Cardiopulmonary

Office Manager Skills Or Make Rounds with a Respiratory Therapist With permission, you can watch EKG’s and other tests being performed

Imaging is one of the most popular departments, and is full of interesting challenges and information

Imaging

This is a Computerized Tomography (CT scan) machine.   

Post Anesthesia Care Unit Observe Complex Surgical Procedures!

Emergency Department

The emergency department is more about observing procedures but still has plenty of hands-on activity.

** MUST BE 16 YEARS OLD **

Family Birth Center

Nursing Departments

Pre-OP/ Post-OP Medical-Surgical Orthopedics

Royale Gardens

Royale Gardens Health & Rehabilitation Center.

Doing activities with residents

R.etired and S.enior V.olunteer P.rogram.

Students learn a variety of office skills, and work on special functions.

R.S.V.P.

Rehabilitation Department

Youth Volunteer Program

The final department is our own Youth Volunteer Program.

•Collect data.

•Organize events.

This program teaches office skills.

Time Card

Mickey Mouse

SCHOOL: Mouseketeer University Age: 15

2008 H o u r s C l a i m e d H o u r s ( e x : 5 : 0 0 p - 6 : 3 0 p ) D a y

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 2 0 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 2 7 2 8 2 9 3 0 3 1 Department: Nursing Day: Monday Mentor: Minnie Mouse

• ER – Followed the doctors around, accommodated the patients, showed the trainee how to strip, clean and make a bed. We had an infant come in who was having chest and breathing problems; several adults with minor problems, a gentlemen who was lucky to be alive as the back of his skull had been smashed into his brain, plus several old people who just fell down.

• Imaging- There have been a lot of infants that we have had to x-ray recently. We did a couple today of their chests. Today I also ran films for a lot of shoulders. Ken showed me a CT scan of a young adult who got in a quad accident and fractured his skull in numerous places.

• PACU- There weren’t as many morning surgeries for me to assist in preparing. This morning I only received five patients instead of the usual seven to eight. I was put on phone duty which was fun. When the phone rang I would say, “Recovery, this is Ashley.” I felt so important. While I waited for the last patient to arrive before I would have to leave for school I cleaned and set up the blood pressure cuffs that were used last night. Getting up a 3:30 am however, is not so much fun in order to volunteer at 6am, but I enjoy my department. • Nursing- Today was a very interesting day to say the least. On our floor we had a middle aged Hispanic woman who got into a car accident and was drug on the ground about 50 feet. She came in with her right hand completely torn up and in shreds. The doctor ending up amputating ¾ of her hand. I got to see pictures of the hand before she had her surgery. It was crazy! 

Special Events

•Disaster drills •Hospital events •Fundraisers-Relay for Life •Community events-AART

•Mandatory •Once a month •Hour totals •Awards –Scholarships •Announcements •Guest Speaker •Refreshments

YVP Meetings

In Closing

The YVP is a great opportunity for those interested in the medical field. This concludes this presentation. If you’re interested, please contact Linda Lamoreau for more information.

955-5417