High school students showed their competency and skills in taking vitals from faculty and staff volunteers as part of an assessment test on Friday, March 5 held in the Multi-Purpose Room. The students are in a year-long “Practical Health and Medicine” class that is part of a Health and Medicine high school concentration.
Faculty member Celine Melody observed the students as they took temperatures and pulses, checked blood pressure, respiratory rates, and pulse-02.
Melody said the 14 students in the class all passed their assessment tests and have been showing steady progress since the class got underway in September. She said a number of the students are planning to pursue a career in the medical profession, especially nursing, and this class gives them insight and important hands-on experience into the field.
