Local high schoolers get hands-on with health care and journalism at Lipscomb's summer camps this week
Students in the Lipscomb-HCA/TriStar Health Care Academy put their skills to the test this week in a mock hiking accident scene that concluded with an Air Evac Lifeteam helicopter landing in the quad outside of the Burton Health Sciences building to help the mock patients.
Thirteen participants at Lipscomb-THSPA Journalism Camp, also occurring on campus this week, were working in groups to produce three separate stories about the Health Care Academy, as well as serving as fake patients for the future health care providers to practice on.
The Health Care Academy is an annual summer program that introduces students to a variety of health science professions related to pharmacy, nursing, nutrition and exercise science. Students gain hands-on experience and receive instruction in CPR, basic first aid, use of an EKG and AED, and non-invasive measurements such as blood pressure and pulse rate.
As part of the experience, the 23 participants were able to visit TriStar Summit Medical Center on Monday, June 8. Corrina McGee, a rising junior at Memphis Central High School, said they were able to tour everything from the blood bank to the emergency room to the surgery lab.