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Clinical operations

There are over 60 friendly and competent Pika Wiya staff at four locations. There's a clinic for you at Dartmouth Street in Port Augusta, at Davenport Community via Port Augusta with Clinics and staff at both Copley and Nepabunna Communities. Funding to provide many programs - both clinical and in health education, has been obtained.

   
   

Our Health Workers are the first point of contact when you visit the clinics.

The Health Workers can screen you and check:

  • temperature and respiration
  • blood pressure
  • blood sugar levels
  • urine analysis
  • measure  weight and height
  • assist with stitches
  • take a brief history about why clients come to be screened
  • help as interpreters
  • change dressings
  • do advocacy work
  • remove plasters
  • do peak flow reading
  • make home visits
 

The staff have been actively involved in medication management training, which will enable them to be conversant with the distribution and handling of medications. It is intended that Aboriginal Health Workers will acquire the skills necessary to effectively monitor a client's medication regime and talk to clients about their medication and how it helps prevent illness.

As well as attending training in medication management, the staff are also continually upgrading skills and knowledge by attending T.A.F.E. to complete Primary Health Care Certificates or by attending other groups / sessions. An example of this would be the attendance of 8 workers at the Arthritis Foundation, - Train the Trainer Course earlier this year in March (2002).

Health Workers are one of the most important resources the Service has because they:

  • know their community (that's you!) 
  • help maintain family ties
  • know the unwritten cultural protocols
  • advocate and interpret
  • don't just stop work at 5:00pm
  • act as 24-hour role models in our communities

Transport Service

Pika Wiya provides transport to clients. If public transport is not available, the Service will provide it to and from the clinic or specialist appointments. The "okay" for this transport has to be given first by a Clinic Supervisor by telephoning the Clinic to be visited.
 

   
 
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