Occupational Health

Occupational health offers a wide range of services, from orthopedics to psychiatry. Employers and employees benefit from these services offered by Jeuslyn Chandler, MD, and Brenda Poythress, NP, at Brunswick Medical in Brunswick, Georgia. To learn more about occupational health services available, call the office or request an appointment online today. 

What is occupational health?

Occupational health focuses on the health, safety, and productivity of workers while preventing and managing occupational illness and injury. 

The occupational health services at Brunswick Medical work with employers, regulators, insurance companies, public health officials, and patients. 

How do patients benefit from occupational health services? 

Occupational health includes occupational therapy, which helps patients regain the ability to do activities that are important to their daily lives. For people with chronic disease, this may include dressing, bathing, pet care, and cooking. 

Your occupational therapist works with you to determine your goals and then develops a customized plan to help you achieve these goals. Brunswick Medical works with your employer and family to put your plan into practice. 

Your tailored treatment plan includes recommendations for ways to increase the safety and ease of daily activity at work and home. This may include installing grab bars, stair lifts, adding lever handles to doors, or lowering desk or counter heights. 

Brunswick Medical also provides:

• Evaluation, treatment, and management of injuries that happen at work
• Consultations on toxic exposures
• Physical therapy
• Health psychology services and pain management

You also benefit from screening tests for hearing, your heart, and pulmonary function. These may be ordered by your employer. On-site X-ray services and lab testing are also available. You can walk in to get quick, quality service for your needs.

How do employers benefit from occupational health services?

The certified occupational medicine staff at Brunswick Medical works closely with your organization to individually meet your specific needs. 

As an employer, you can work with Brunswick Medical to schedule for your employees: 

• Pre- and post-employment physicals
• Department of Transportation (DOT) physicals 
• Impairment ratings for employment injuries
• Fit for duty exams
• Job-specific ergonomic analysis
• Tuberculosis skin testing
• Flu vaccines 

Brunswick Medical can also do drug testing, breath alcohol testing, and urine testing as required by an employer. Employees can also walk in or schedule appointments for quick service.

Call Brunswick Medical to find out how you can benefit from the occupational health services. You may also request an appointment online or simply walk in to receive the services you need.