Students and module from the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) and Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine (TTUSVM) successful Amarillo teamed up Saturday to assistance those successful request astatine their One Health Clinic.
The Guyon Saunders Resource Center was filled with adjuvant hands to supply aesculapian attraction for individuals, arsenic good arsenic their pets.
“We person students present to assistance capable retired paperwork, making that 1 little obstruction that could forestall them from coming inside,” said Dr. Shanna James, Adjunct Professor astatine TTUHSC. Multiple schools gathered from wrong the university, including Pharmacy, Nursing, Medicine, and Physical Therapy.
“We person each gathered present to mingle and get to cognize however we tin enactment unneurotic professionally and collaboratively,” said Alec Thammaraksa, a pupil caregiver astatine TTUHSC. “I americium an Amarillo native, and this hits location for me. We privation to get radical unneurotic to assistance amended them and get them the aesculapian attraction that they need, each portion making a affirmative interaction connected the community."
One Health Clinic students and module gathered to supply flu vaccines arsenic good arsenic humor unit and humor glucose checks, making it casual for patients to person the attraction they need. After these were recorded, a aesculapian and nursing pupil evaluated the results to assistance get the diligent to the adjacent measurement for their aesculapian needs.
“We cognize that their animals are their companions, truthful we wanted to marque definite we instrumentality attraction of them and their pets. This besides gets america prepared for the future, due to the fact that we volition beryllium moving connected these individuals aboriginal on. This lawsuit has fixed america vulnerability to a assemblage that we volition spot successful a infirmary setting. They’re a precise delicate population. This has not lone humbled us, but has helped america larn however to speech and attack them,” said Taylor Keith, a level 2 nursing pupil astatine the accepted BSN programme astatine Texas Tech.
The doors were unfastened from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., with nutrient and drinks provided for those who stopped by. No coagulated dates person been acceptable up, but plans for much events similar these are anticipated successful the future.
“Getting to marque a quality successful our surrounding assemblage is 1 of the champion parts. Two months ago, we came up with (the) idea, and present we’re present and making a difference,” said Colton Buttgen, a 2nd twelvemonth TTUSVM student.
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