Indigenous Health Care

I managed to spend sometimes with paramedical health professionals. During this time I learn the importance of their role in providing healthcare to the patients. I spent a week with community health and during this time I manage to interview several community health workers, especially the Aboriginal and Indigenous Health Workers (AIHW). Besides Longreach they also provide their services to the other nearest township in the district such as Aramac, Winton, Blackaldine, Blackall, and Muttabarra. The services they provide include immunization and vaccination program in school, Indigenous Outreach Programs, diabetic education, maternal and antenatal care, home visits and many others.

Home visits and outreach programs are important for the patient, especially for elderly patient and those with chronic illness. By doing this, patients do not have to travel far and can cut transportation cost, and diverted that money for other health expenses such as medication. On top of that, long distance travel can be really tiring for chronic illness patient and elderly patient, and they might …show more content…
Working in rural areas can be quite challenging. Lack of staff in rural areas sometimes makes it difficult for the clinician to deliver the best care to the patient. Thus, having other allied health care professionals can be really helpful for the doctor. Usually patient came with different background and required different needs of care and experienced different types of illnesses. Therefore they required intervention from multidisciplinary teams such as pathology, radiology, paramedic, speech pathology and others. Most of the allied health professionals are specializing in their own field, hence they know what is the most appropriate care to deliver to the patient and doctors can always refer to them and take their advice for appropriate care of the