VCH spring week 1 GM:

welcome back, committees,

health site refresher
COVID-19 Updates
- Vaccination status - no longer checked
- Masking at our GMs, socials, and other non-healthcare
setting events is now optional (highly recommended!)
- Negative COVID-19 Test before Site/ Health Fairs are STILL
REQUIRED
- Please fill out the contact tracing form if you develop
symptoms AFTER a VCH event
- If you are unable to attend, fill out this form for the Zoom Link
Upcoming Spring Events
Health Fair
Week 5 Sunday, 5/7
Health Site
Week 2 Saturday, 4/15
Week 3 Saturday, 4/22
Week 3 Sunday, 4/23
Week 4 Saturday, 4/29
Week 4 Sunday, 4/30
Week 7 Sunday, 5/21
Banquet
What: Event to celebrate and show
appreciation for our volunteers and
staff members’ efforts in VCH!
When: Sunday, June 4th
Where: LATC Clubhouse
Active membership for at least
one quarter is required to attend!
Active Membership Requirements
Active Membership Requirements for Spring Quarter:

● 1 Health/Special Site OR 2 fundraiser shifts

● Quarterly Health Fair
● Half of the quarter’s general meetings (3 this quarter)
Committee membership could substitute for the Health Site OR Health
Fair requirement, BUT only if you tried but were unable to get a spot at a
HS or HF!

Concerns? Email vchbruins@gmail.com

Test Bank
● Exams and Textbook PDFs
● Graded materials (papers, assignments)
● Diverse course materials, such as:
○ LS 7 Series
○ Chem Series (14 and 30)
○ Asian Am, Biochemistry, Physics, Math
● Rules:
○ Maximum 5 tests per quarter
○ Send in a request using google form (will be in our emails)
○ Must send one item to vchtestbank@gmail.com in order to receive
access
○ Only active members from Fall or Winter will have access
Committees
 Language Development
Thursdays 7-8PM, Weeks 2-6

Goals
Increase language accessibility of VCH materials by:
● Translating resources
● Increasing members’ language fluency in reading,
writing, and speaking

Spring Projects
● Language Workshop/Training
● Committee translations
● Vietnamese Medical Terminology Workshop
 Navigators
Thursdays 6-7PM, Weeks 2-6

Goals:
● Optimize patient experience at Health Fair
● Allow members to be more directly involved in Health
Fair execution
● Provide more opportunities for patient and provider
interaction

Spring Plans:
● Creating Health Fair Layout Poster
● Reviewing Patient Surveys
● Mock HF Run Through
 Nutrition
Wednesdays 5-6PM, Weeks 2-5
Goal
Improve the health of the community by enhancing
knowledge about the importance of nutrition

Spring Projects
● Research and compile information on problems
that elderly face / how nutrition is connected
● Presenting projects at Week 7 GM
● Easy and affordable recipe infographics
 Patient Outreach
Wednesday | Weeks 2-7 | 6:00-6:50 PM
Goals
Cultivate a strong relationship between volunteers
and patients by keeping service recipients
updated on VCH events and community-relevant
topics.
Spring Projects
● Call and text patients to notify them of Week
5 Health Fair + Winter Health Fair Resource
Booklets (Collaboration with PEW)
● Write articles for the Spring Quarter
Newsletter
● Create infographics on issues faced by the
elderly (Collaboration with Nutrition) and
present research at Week 7 GM
 Patient Education and Wellness
Tuesdays 8-9PM, Weeks 2-6

Goals:
● Inform about topics that may disproportionately affect
VCH’s service population
● Educating volunteers to better address the needs of
patients

Spring Projects:
● Cultural responsiveness presentations and case study
videos
● Focusing on culturally relevant topics such as Eastern
vs Western medicine, typical taboos, mental health,
and how to properly address these issues
● Presenting at Week 7 GM!
 HS
Refresher
 What are Health Sites?
Locations:
● Asian Garden Mall in Westminster
● Santa Ana Plaza in Santa Ana
Dates: (10:00 AM - 1:00 PM)
Saturday Sunday

Week 2 Week 2 Saturday, 4/15

Week 3 Week 3 Saturday, 4/22 Week 3 Sunday, 4/23

Week 4 Week 4 Saturday, 4/29 Week 4 Sunday, 4/30

Week 7 Week 7 Sunday, 5/21

Transportation:
● Vans provided from UCLA to our sites; Can also meet us
there if you are able to
 What Do You Need?

VCH Polo ($20) Negative

- Can purchase the COVID test
morning of site or within 7
at office hours! days of site

Long Pants

Face masks are no longer

Closed required for volunteers/
Toed Shoes patients
 General Member
Accountability System
Goal: Improve the experience of both volunteers and patients at events

What is considered a warning: Consequences:

● Arriving more than five minutes late to an
event without contacting a staff member in
a timely manner
● Failing to correctly read/follow
instructions from emails and causing
inconvenience to VCH by either not
showing up at the correct site/time, or
other minor inconveniences
● Repeated failure to respond in a timely
fashion to any Response/Action Required
emails.
● Improper behavior/actions at any
VCH-related events that impede our
operation
● One warning = No immediate
consequence
● Two warnings = Lost priority for one
event
● Three warnings = Lost priority for
sign-ups for the rest of the quarter
*Warnings are cumulative throughout the
year
**You will always be notified if you are being
issued a warning
 Layouts

Registration Table Screenings

 Layouts

Asian Garden Mall Santa Ana Plaza

 Vision
Vision Screenings Refresher:
https://youtu.be/Cyn2c8rucXw
1) Have patient cover one eye with their hand
while reading the letters one row at a time
2) Do the same with the other eye
3) Last correctly identified row accurately
measures their visual acuity.

Distance Visual NEW!!

Acuity Near Visual Acuity
1) Taken at 10 feet 1) 16 inches between eye
from chart and chart (may vary)
2) Note that the 2) Have patient hold the
denominator card steady at the
should be doubled correct distance
 Vision - Useful Phrases
How would you translate these phrases?

Do you wear glasses or contacts? Please stand behind this line.

V: [Bác/Cô/Chú] có đeo kiếng hay là V: Xin [bác/cô/chú] đứng sau
kiếng áp tròng không? cái lằn này.
S: ¿Lleva gafas o lentes de contacto? S: Por favor se pare detrás de
esta línea.

Please cover your left/right eye. Please read this line.

V: Xin [bác/cô/chú] che mắt V: Xin [bác/cô/chú] đọc các chữ

trái/phải. trên hàng này.
S: Por favor tápese su ojo S: Por favor lea las letras en
izquierdo/derecho. esta línea.
Hand
Dynamometer
1) Enter the patient's age, weight, and
gender and adjust the handle
2) Have the patient sit straight, hold the
machine with their elbows at 90 degrees,
and press with maximum effort for at least
5 seconds
3) Repeat with the other hand

Results measure the patient's maximum force

achieved using their forearm muscles and
indicates whether their grip strength is weak,
normal, or strong

Hand Dynamometer Refresher:

https://youtu.be/nE-8-YREeSY
 Hand Dynamometer - Useful Phrases
How would you translate these phrases?

Please squeeze the machine as hard as

Hand Grip you can
V: Đo Lực Kế Tay
V: Xin [Bác/Cô/Chú] bóp máy mạnh.
S: Agarre de Mano S: Por favor, aprieta la máquina lo más fuerte
que puedas.

Your hand grip is [weaker than the average/

normal/ stronger than the average]
Left/Right
V: Đo lực tay của [Bác/Cô/Chú] [yếu hơn mức V: Trái / Phải
trung bình/ bình thướng/ mạnh hơn mức trung
V: Đo Lực tay của [Bác/Cô/Chú] [yếu hòn
bình]
mức trung bình/ bình thường/mạnh hơn S: Izquierda / Derecho
S:mức trung bình].
Su agarre manual es [más débil que el
promedio/ normal/ más fuerte que el promedio]
S: ¿Ha comido algo o bebido café hoy?
 BMI
1) Enter in patient’s height, weight, gender
and age
2) Have patient grip the handles with thumbs
pointed upwards and arms extended out

BMI numbers are

categorized into
underweight, normal,
overweight, and obese

Asian BMI Screenings Refresher:

Patients https://youtu.be/oASR9W1kCEk

Non-Asian
Patients
 BMI - Useful Phrases
What is your age?
V: [Bác/Cô/Chú] bao nhiêu
tuổi?
S: ¿Cuántos años tiene?
Please stand on the scale.
V: Xin [bác/cô/chú] đứng lên
cân.
S: ¿Se puede parar en la
escala de peso, por favor?
Please stand up straight.
V: Xin [bác/cô/chú] đứng
thẳng lên.
S: ¿Se puede parar recto,
por favor?
Hold the machine like this.
V: Xin [Bác/cô/chú] cầm máy
như này.
S: Agarre la máquina así,
por favor.
 Hypertension

Must be certified by American Heart Association (AHA) to perform hypertension

screenings at our Health Sites and Health Fair

Spring Hypertension Training Session Dates:

● Week 4 Friday (4/28) 6-8PM
● Week 8 Friday (5/26) 6-8 PM

Location: Neuroscience Research Building 132

Hypertension certification lasts for 2 years, after which you must be recertified.
Training is free ◡̈
Hypertension
1) Ask the patient if they‘ve exercised,
consumed caffeine, or eaten

2) Have patients sit relaxed and one arm

at 90 degrees and palm upwards

3) Place cuff with the gray cord aligned to

the pinky and start the machine

Results indicate blood pressure and heart

rate

Hypertension Refresher:
https://youtu.be/awvue9KSk7s
 Hypertension - Useful Phrases
Have you eaten anything or drank
coffee today?
V: [Bác/Cô/Chú] có ăn sáng hay uống
cà phê chưa?
S: ¿Ha comido algo o bebido café
hoy?
Your numbers are ___ over ___. Let
me write this down for you.
V: Số của [Bác/Cô/Chú] là ___ trên
____. Cho [con/cháu] viết xuống cho
[Bác/Cô/Chú].
S: Sus números son ___ y ____. Lo
escribo para usted.
Please roll up your sleeve.
V: Xin kéo tay áo lên.
S: Arremánguese por favor.
You are at higher risk
for heart disease.
V: [Bác/Cô/Chú] có nguy cơ mắc bệnh tim
cao hơn.
S: Tiene mayor riesgo de enfermedad
cardíaca.