This year we held a Mini MASH at our hospital! MASH stands for Medical Applications of Science for Health! This year our students were Esmeralda Medina, Mylisha Thomas, Dylan Vaca, Kamryn Jones, Shakiya Edwards, Winter Manues and Katie Henson.
Our students were able to esperience all the different opportunities that working in the medical field can hold from the lab to surgery! The students were also able to visit with Air Evac, Hospice Nurses, Law Enforcement and Water Rescue!!! They learned all different skills such as casting and suturing! All of the students had a blast and we look forward to doing this again next year!!!
We would like to thank all of our volunteers that helped make this years MASH Program a success!
*State Trooper Markeith Neal came and spoke with the MASH students about DWI and driving under the influence
*Desha County Sheriff Mitch Grant came and spoke with the students on drinking and driving and safety
*Nathan O'Fallon- Arkansas Rural Partnership- came and spoke to students about scholarship opportunities
*Polyanna Elton with Hospice Home Care came and spoke with the students about hospice and end of life care
*Gerald Curtis from ARORA came and spoke to the students about organ and tissue donation
*James Ogden and crew with Pafford Air one landed to show students the helicopter and spoke about means of flight travel
*Bonita Williams from DMH lab did lab cultures- students swabbed various objects and checked their petri dishes a couples of days later to see what bacteria grew
*Students were able to shadow at Progressive Dental
*Tim and the LV Fire Department and Arkansas Game and Fish took the students on a water rescue mission
*Dr. Sarah Franklin worked with students and taught them how to cast the forearm
*Derek White CNP sutured pig feet with the students
*Abbie Nutt taught students how to insert IVs
*MedSurg Nursing let the students shadow with them
*Students were able to watch a c-section be performed
*DMH lab did blood typing with the students and allowed the students to shadow
*Nelson Ballard CRNA spoke with students about anesthesia and surgery
*Karen Donaldson spoke with the students about HIPPA and social media
*Shepps, The Cotton Blossom, Big Banjo, The Owl Pizza- all donated lunch to the students
*HHS - Delta Memorial Cafeteria donated breakfast to our students
