ZIP Advertisement When a call for a doctor on a flight went unanswered, two medical students stepped in to help Share Updated: 7:31 PM PDT Jun 28, 2021 WDSU Digital Team When a call for a doctor on a flight went unanswered, two medical students stepped in to help Share Updated: 7:31 PM PDT Jun 28, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript DAMAGELLA. HE KDIN OF REMINDS YOU WHY THEY CHALLENGE US THE WAY THAT THEY DO IT’S YOU KNOW, SO WE WLILE B ABLE TO RESPOND IN EMERGENT SITUATIONS LIKE THIS. HARD WKOR IS PAYING OFF FOR TWO LOCAL LSU MEDICAL STUDENTS WHO ARE ABLE TO PUT SOME OF THEIR TRAINING TO USE WHILE FLYING TO GREECE WE WERE ABLE TO CATCH UP WITH THEWO T YOUNG LADIES. IT’S AN INTERVIEW. YOU’LL SEE ONLY ON SIX TONIGHT LAUREN MCNAIRIS AND HEATHER DUPLESSIS. THEY’RE BOTH ENTERING THEIR SECOND YEAR OF MEDICAL SCHOOL AND BEFORE THE COURSEWORK GETS TOO HECTIC. THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE A VACATION TO GREECE. WELL ALL THE FLIGHT FROM NEW ORLEANS TO JFK A WOMAN COLLAPSED FLIGHT ATTENDANTS BEGAN CALLING OUT FOR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS. AND WNHE THERE WAS NO RESPONSE THE TWO YOUNG LADIES LEAPED TO HELP TURNS OUTHE T FEMALE PASSENGER WAS DIABETIC AND HADN’T EATEN FOR A WHIL E.AN WDE GOT IN CONTACT WITH THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS ON GROUND. THEY ASKED US TO TAKE HER BLOOD PRESSURE HER PULSE AND SOME OTHER VITALS AS WELL, INCLUDING HER GLUCOSE LEVELS. AND SO WE REALIZED THAT WE DID ANALYZE THE SITUATION CORRECTLY AND WE WERE JUST REALLY GRATEFUL THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HELP HER IN THE SITUATN.IO AND THAT PHOTO SHARED ONLINE BY THE LSU HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER HAS RECEIVED ATTENTION FROM ALL OVER THE SCHOOL AND THEIR FAMILIES, OF COURSE EXTREMELY PROUD OF THEM MCNARYUS WANTS TO EVENTUALLY FOCUS ON CAROLDIOGY HEART HEALTH AND NUTRITION DUPLESSIS HAS GOALS TO BECOME AN