C.A. Dean, LifeFlight and Maine EMS at GHS Career Day

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    GREENVILLE — Maine’s first and only mobile training program normally is on the road delivering hands-on emergency medical education to healthcare providers.
    The Human Patient Simulator (HPS) brings training to hospital providers and local emergency medical service crews who might not otherwise have access to frequent professional development.

    This year, LifeFlight of Maine will provide staff and equipment free of charge for the Greenville school system’s annual career day on Friday, April 18.
    This hands-on training will provide students and any interested community members with a glimpse of what it’s like to work in the emergency healthcare field.
    Greenville Consolidated School’s Jobs for Maine Graduate students have been organizing a school wide career day for the past several years in an effort to help expose students and community members to a wide variety of career opportunities.
    This year, in conjunction with Charles A. Dean Memorial Hospital’s Emergency department and Maine EMS Human Patient Simulator program, students will be offered a unique opportunity to learn about their bodies and the many roles of healthcare.
    The program is built around a state-of-the-art, high-fidelity mannequin trainer, most commonly used in medical schools.
    The simulator is able to replicate a wide variety of very realistic patient illnesses and injuries.
    The simulator is so sophisticated and versatile that it blinks, speaks, breathes and even has a heartbeat and pulse. It also accurately mirrors human response to CPR, intravenous medications, intubation, ventilation and catheterization.
    The staff at C.A. Dean, with assistance from LifeFlight of Maine, has created life-like, age-specific scenarios for the Greenville students in grades K -12 that will allow them the opportunity to learn new skills while experiencing the thrill of being an emergency healthcare provider.
    The hope is that by providing students with this hands-on interactive opportunity they may discover an interest and subsequently pursue a career in the healthcare field, and eventually become our healthcare leaders of the future.