Hospital to Host Summer Health Careers Exploration Camp

Openings remain for June camp

 

Farmington, Maine¾

 

Openings remain for Franklin Memorial Hospital’s Summer Scrub Club Camp taking place June 23–26 from 9 a.m.–3 p.m. at Franklin Memorial Hospital. The camp is designed to introduce participants to a wide variety of careers available in health care and is open to all students who will be entering grades 7-12.

 

A sampling of careers explored may include: physical therapy and sports medicine, nursing, pharmacy, radiology, anesthesiology, cardiopulmonary, orthopedics, medical lab science, mental health counseling, and emergency medical services.

 

Campers will have the opportunity to participate in unique hands-on activities and demonstrations such as casting, suturing, prostheses, lab analysis, and emergency response to a mock accident. All campers will receive certification in Heartsaver CPR.

 

For more information or to register, please contact Devon Frechette in the Education Department at 778-2451 or e-mail, dfrechette@fchn.org