Published August 04. 2023 08:19AM
By LOU WHEELAND
Special to The Press
Parkland High School, in partnership with St. Luke’s University Health Network, offered a biomedical symposium for students before the end of the school year. The program was designed to introduce students, interested in careers in the medical field or emergency medical services, how a variety of procedures are performed. Displays included how to administer Narcan to an overdose patient, wound suturing, applying a tourniquet, visiting an ambulance and performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, among a host of other medical activities.
PRESS PHOTOS BY LOU WHEELAND Fayeza Aliou, MD, shows students a prop they will use to replicate injections in human knees. Participants included Ashtyn Cote, Rachel Frank, Julian Kerchner, Gabriela Raineri, MD, Manuel Puente, MD and Daniel Sawarez, MD during the Parkland High School/St. Luke's University Health Network Biomedical Symposium March 12 in the high school gymnasium.
Student Shaaf Mirrani practices injecting an artificial joint at the biomedical symposium.
Student Carla Franco uses a scalpel to access the airway in a mannequin under the direction of Mark Chimielewski, BSN, nurse education specialist, SLUHN, at the Parkland High School/St. Luke's Biomedical Symposium in the high school gymnasium.
Laure Kehr, athletic trainer, SLUHN, introduces students to suturing at the biomedical symposium.
Student Sofia Gonzalez practices suturing during the biomedical symposium.
Student Evan Lan concentrates on his suturing efforts.
Student Amelia Dawson practices applying a tourniquet to the arm of fellow student Sarah Furey at the biomedical symposium.
Parkland High School students toured a St. Luke's University Hospital Advanced Life Support Ambulance at the biomedical symposium. The tour was led by Paramedics Ed Gleason and Charlie Baker. Students included Nahla Yasmin, Aloya Thompson, Madison Roseman, Gigi Leonzi, Kush Shah, Mia Rizzoti, Raneem Yacoub, Addison Winfield and Anderson Zhang.
Students learned CPR in the St. Luke's University Health Network Simulation Laboratory Truck during the biomedical symposium. Taking part were Hafsah Hasher, Aysha Khan, Bassel Kieto, using a bag-mask resuscitator, Emma Granitz, Julian Kelchner, Bella Hogg, Anna Hauff-Belletieri performing CPR, and Abigail Graves.
