01182013 Videos

Here are videos from today's draws in the lab.

01182013 First Aid

Here are some stills from our last day of First Aid training.

01182013 FOBT

Here are some detailed shots of the FOBT specimen holders and Miss Terrell giving an in-service about FOBT testing!

01172013 Class Picture -- Which one's best?

Here are the photos I took for the class picture.. Post a comment to vote for your favorite!

01172013 Bed and Breakfast?!?

I'm sure you've all heard of a bed and breakfast, but how about a "bed and lunch?" That's what I encountered as I headed toward our classroom today during the lunch hour. The first photo looks fairly innocent... Then the perspective changes and backs away to reveal four students enjoying lunch on a hospital bed in the hallway! I think that their lunches must have at least rivaled hospital food for taste, but where else but a school corridor would you find this atmosphere?

01172013 New Coffee Break Sponsor!

There has been a favorable trend developing in the phlebotomy classroom recently.... Coffee Break Sponsors that bring dozens of fresh doughnuts to share! Today it was Jamilla, with heart-shaped doughnuts and some that were reminiscent of Portland's world-famous Voodoo Doughnuts with bits of sweetened cereal on top! I guess this means that we should start running lipid panels, GTTs and HGB A1C (lavender tube, but chemistry department, right?) tests to monitor our health and vital signs, but who can resist a doughnut (or two), or, better still, half a doughnut? I know that I can't. I have been forsaking my brown-bag lunch of fresh fruit this week in favor of fresh doughnuts!

Thank you Jamilla!
     It was an awesome way to start the day. I recommend a whole doughnut to any phleb that has felt faint in the lab!

01172013 Lab Videos

Here are videos of most of this morning's "early bird" draws before CPR practice.

01172013 Lab Stills

Here are some stills from the lab this morning when we worked on dorsal draws using the butterfly.

01162013 CPR Stills

Here are some stills that I took during CPR practice today. Enjoy!
Remember: You can print these if you see any that you like!

01162013 CPR Video

Here are some videos of you guys learning CPR.

01162013 Renata sponsors another coffee break!

Apparently, it really IS better to give than receive. Today Renata treated the class to more doughnuts before CPR! A good source of energy before our first big day of CPR and First Aid. Thank you Renata!

01162013 Pre-CPR Blood Draws

Today we had early-bird draws during the I-BEST hour. Here are 20 videos from this morning's session.

01142013 Lab Videos

Here are the videos from our lab practice on Monday.