17 June 2009

Our future health care workers




SCRUBS Camp 2009, Charleston, SC

The kids appear to be having a good time but I am wiped out. Twenty four teenagers can drive me to my couch in the evening. Today was Physical Therapy, Imaging/Radiology, EMS and Surgical Careers. They let them intubate the mannequin, ride in the ambulance and use the bovie cauterizing machine in the OR.

No worries. Those are beef kidneys the students are suturing.

8 comments:

Lowell said...

Nothing like hands-on learning!

Pixel Peeper said...

I'm so glad you mentioned they were beef kidneys...

I'd be on the couch, too!

joan said...

Jacob - I want to make sure it doesn't feel like school.

Pixel - Thought I'd best mention that!

Marcheline said...

No worries - unless you happen to be a cow!

Anonymous said...

Interesting that they are wearing masks when working with the cow kidneys but not gloves. I think I would do the opposite......
Bob

Charlestonjoan said...

They didn't have to wear the masks, they just wanted to.

Anonymous said...

I'd wear a mask that way if some random person tries to sue me my identity is covered. Hey you, hand me a scalpel would ya.

Charlestonjoan said...

Exactly. That's why I made them wear their name tags on the outside.