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As for specific issues, one patient came with a bump on the back of his neck and inflamed lymph nodes. Dr. Kasula told the patient that this was MRSA. Dr. Kasula explained that the lymph nodes were swollen because they were fighting an infection that showed that the nodes were working properly. In order to fix the problem the patient was told to use a cream for their skin in order to stop scratching and a specific ointment to help the bump.

Another patient had a night cough and vomiting. This was a sign of asthma. Dr. Kasula did, however, still prescribe something for the vomiting.

The last patient had a wart on their finger. Dr. Kasula used a freezing technique in order to fix it. I set a timer for one minute and Dr. Kasula froze the wart with a tool. Dr. Kasula advised the patient to use drops or an ointment in order to prevent the wart from getting bigger and allow it to heal.

After visiting patients Dr. Kasula charted everything. He showed me how the computer system worked and I saw all of the boxes that needed to be checked in order to complete the chart.

One patient had a scratchy throat and a cough. Dr. Kasula recommended that the patient take a strep test. The nurse showed me how to prepare a strep test. I helped prepare the strep test by grabbing a tube, putting four drops of solution in the tube and putting a cotton swab on the tray. I watched the nurse swab the back of the patients throat and she explained that you move the swab in circular motions in order to do the test. Once the swabbing was done, the cotton swab was put into the tube and a timer was set. The patient ended up not having strep throat, but rather just a viral infection.

I also saw Dr. Kasula give a COVID test. This was done outside in order to avoid any spread. Dr. Kasula used a swab and put it up the patient’s nostril in order to test. The test was then sent out and a computer system would alert Dr. Kasula with the results.

A different patient had severe abdominal pain. Dr. Kasula pressed on the patient’s stomach and assessed what kind of pain this was. Dr. Kasula decided that it could be possible appendicitis therefore he sent the patient to the emergency room in order to get it looked at further.