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FARMINGTON The staff of Franklin Memorial Hospital will host Scrub Club activities from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. June 28 and 29 at the University of Maine Farmington Student Center. The camp is designed to introduce participants to a wide variety of careers available in health care and is open to all students who will be entering grades 8-12.
A sampling of careers explored may include: physical therapy, sports medicine, nursing, orthopedics, community health, dentistry, and emergency medical services.
Campers will have the opportunity to participate in hands-on activities and demonstrations such as casting, suturing, first aid, and emergency response to a mock accident. All campers will receive certification in American Heart Association Heartsaver CPR, First Aid, and Stop the Bleed.
Whiteoak students receive emergency training
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Whiteoak High School recently partnered with Adams County Regional Medical Center and Atrium Medical Center to offer students CPR/first aid training and Stop the Bleed training.
These industry recognized credentials will help prepare students for success after high school.
Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED for K-12 Students is a classroom, video-based, instructor-led course that teaches students critical skills needed to respond to and manage a first aid, choking or sudden cardiac arrest emergency in the first few minutes until emergency medical services personnel arrive. Forty-two students spent the day with instructors from Adams County Regional Medical center completing the cognitive and skills evaluations in accordance with the curriculum of the American Heart Association Heartsaver CPR AED Program.