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Oswego Health hosts MASH Camp to show students health-care careers

Oswego Health recently hosted its yearly MASH Camp for students entering the eighth and ninth grades. The two-day camp exposes youths to health-care careers. Pictured with the students as they assist with a spinal immobilization is Menter Ambulance paramedic Vincent Hughes. The students from left are Mikala Sheffield, Oswego; Zoe Lisk, Oswego; Miguel Gonzales; Javier Gonzales (on the board); Megan McCarey, Oswego; Ayla Cowley, Mexico, and Briella Drake, Mexico. (PHOTO CREDIT: Oswego Health)

OSWEGO — Staff from Oswego Health shared their everyday skills, from suturing to CPR and life-saving techniques, with students entering the eighth and ninth grades as part of facility’s summertime MASH Camp. The camp, also known as Medical Academy of Science and Health, is a two-day experience that exposes the youths to careers in the […]

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The camp, also known as Medical Academy of Science and Health, is a two-day experience that exposes the youths to careers in the health-care field, according to an Oswego Health news release. This year’s camp was held Aug. 1 and Aug. 2 with hands-on rotations in the Oswego Hospital laboratory and medical imaging department, as well as demonstrations by Menter Ambulance and Life Net of New York, which landed one of its helicopters near the Oswego state campus.

Ayla Cowley, of Mexico, said she enjoyed getting to know her fellow campers and having the opportunity to interact with Oswego Health physicians, per the release. Her career aspirations include becoming a pediatric oncologist.

Oswego Health’s Dawn Smith and Karen Divens coordinated this year’s MASH Camp program. “The kids were great this year, very interested in our rotations and I think they not only had fun, but learned a lot too,” Smith said in the release.

The Central New York Area Health Education Center (CNYAHEC) coordinated the MASH Camp and the Oswego Health Auxiliary provided funding for this year’s camp. Menter Ambulance and Oswego Health’s and Risk Management Department supported the purchase of the take-home CPR kits, allowing the students to teach family members and friends this important skill.

Journal Staff