Case Study 2 - Slide 9

Sickle cell patients are vulnerable to infections, so it's crucial for them to take preventive measures. As a future PA, the speaker believes it's important to practice prevention, like handwashing and avoiding sick individuals, to protect their own health and prevent spreading germs to patients. The benefit to healthcare is being able to properly treat sickle cell patients with additional conditions by understanding their overall health and emphasizing the importance of prevention. Discussion. What did you learn? I learned that sickle cell patients are immunocompromised and are often susceptible to other infections. Therefore, it is important for these patients to take preventative methods for their safety. How will this help you? As a future PA, I think it is very important to use preventative methods every day, such as hand washing and avoiding sick people. They are very important to keep myself not sick and to also not spread germs to my patients. What are the benefits to healthcare? The benefit to healthcare is being able to treat sickle cell disease patients who often will come in with other conditions. Therefore, it is important to understand the full picture of the patient and treat all their problems, as well as how easy and important preventative methods are.