11 November 2008
Nursing Event Draws Scouts
Posted by admin under: Community Partners .
Sally Voth writing for West Virginia’s nvdaily.com tells us about a hands-on event that sounds like it was a lot of fun for all kinds of Scouts. Some of it is nice, but some of it sounded a little, well, gruesome.
Suturing pig legs, starting IVs, studying X-rays, cradling pseudo-babies, getting inside a medical helicopter, inserting a breathing tube — it was all in a day’s work for hundreds of youngsters who participated in the Come Explore Nursing and Health event Saturday at Winchester Medical Center.
…
The vast array of specialties involved in nursing was on display — operating room, gastrointestinal, forensics, radiology, bariatrics, trauma, neurology, oncology, cardiac care, parish nursing, social work, wound care and home health, to name a few.
…
Learning how to stitch up a pig’s leg was a big hit with many of the children. Physician assistants guided the precision work.
“We have cardiac nurses who are dissecting sheep hearts,” Zerull said.
…
Learning to intubate a patient was fun, for Helen Morrison, 12, but the NICU ambulance topped her list “because I like the little babies.”
Ew! Stitching up pig legs? Sounds great! When are they coming out here?
Update: ScoutSigns notes that Winchester is actually in Virginia, rather than West Virginia. Thanks for keeping us honest!
Possibly Related Posts:- The Importance of Cleanliness
- What in the World is a Woggle?
- Instant ScoutBase!
- New BSA Medicals
- International Postcard Exchange
2 Comments so far...
Scoutsigns Says:
11 November 2008 at 4:28 pm.
Minor correction, Winchester is in Virginia (a good stone’s throw from WV though).
Shows how you can never have too much communication. I never even heard about it, and it is half an hour from my home.
Thanks,
Scoutsigns
admin Says:
11 November 2008 at 4:29 pm.
Hey, thanks! I appreciate the correction.
