A student works to perfect her interrupted suturing technique before attempting to attach simulated veins.
Medical Interventions students at Westerville Central High School got a chance to play surgeon this past month. As a part of their “How to Prevail When Organs Fail” unit, pupils diagnosed a fictitious patient using her symptoms and lab results. After crafting a treatment plan which ultimately required a live donor kidney transplant, students simulated the transplant process. This included running a reactive antibody panel to see if their patient was a good candidate for a transplant and performing a simulated blood and tissue typing lab to find a donor. The unit culminates with students learning about laparoscopic surgery techniques and honing their skills in a simulated lap box as well as learning how to suture the renal and iliac veins together.
The Medical Interventions course is the third in a series of biomedical health pathway courses offered at the high schools. Students can earn dual enrollment college credit from Sinclair Community College if certain requirements are met. For more information about Medical Interventions, please contact Diana Arko at ArkoD@wcsoh.org .