SLIDE SHOW: Area high school students explore medical field at annual SKYCTC Future Healthcare Heroes Camp
Published 12:09 pm Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Freshmen and sophomores from Hart County High School read vitals on dummy patients in the nursing simulation lab during the annual Future Healthcare Heroes Camp at Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. The annual camp allows over a hundred area high school students interested in the healthcare field to try out hands-on experiences in all of SKYCTC’s healthcare training programs. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
SKYCTC Clinical Instructor Blake Brown shows Warren Central High School freshman Keaunae Christon how to intubate a medical dummy in the respiratory therapy lab during the annual Future Healthcare Heroes Camp at Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. The annual camp allows over a hundred area high school students interested in the healthcare field to try out hands-on experiences in all of SKYCTC’s healthcare training programs. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
SKYCTC Surgical Technology Program Coordinator and Instructor BJ Chandler shows a group of freshmen and sophomores from Greenwood High School the placenta of a pregnant medical dummy in the surgical technology lab during the annual Future Healthcare Heroes Camp at Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. The annual camp allows over a hundred area high school students interested in the healthcare field to try out hands-on experiences in all of SKYCTC’s healthcare training programs. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Freshmen and sophomores from Hart County High School piece together a skeleton medical figure in the biology lab during the annual Future Healthcare Heroes Camp at Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. The annual camp allows over a hundred area high school students interested in the healthcare field to try out hands-on experiences in all of SKYCTC’s healthcare training programs. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Freshmen and sophomores from Warren East High School test out pH levels on samples of urine in the microbiology lab during the annual Future Healthcare Heroes Camp at Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. The annual camp allows over a hundred area high school students interested in the healthcare field to try out hands-on experiences in all of SKYCTC’s healthcare training programs. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Freshmen and sophomores from Hart County High School read vitals on dummy patients in the nursing simulation lab during the annual Future Healthcare Heroes Camp at Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. The annual camp allows over a hundred area high school students interested in the healthcare field to try out hands-on experiences in all of SKYCTC’s healthcare training programs. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Freshmen and sophomores from Greenwood High School handle various surgical tools in the surgical technology lab during the annual Future Healthcare Heroes Camp at Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. The annual camp allows over a hundred area high school students interested in the healthcare field to try out hands-on experiences in all of SKYCTC’s healthcare training programs. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Freshmen and sophomores from Greenwood High School test out scrubbing in for a surgery in the surgical technology lab during the annual Future Healthcare Heroes Camp at Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. The annual camp allows over a hundred area high school students interested in the healthcare field to try out hands-on experiences in all of SKYCTC’s healthcare training programs. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
SKYCTC Respiratory Care Program Professor Ken McKenney shows Warren Central High School freshman Christine SienTawi how to perform CPR on a medical dummy in the respiratory therapy lab during the annual Future Healthcare Heroes Camp at Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. The annual camp allows over a hundred area high school students interested in the healthcare field to try out hands-on experiences in all of SKYCTC’s healthcare training programs. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Freshmen and sophomores from Warren East High School test out pH levels on samples of urine in the microbiology lab during the annual Future Healthcare Heroes Camp at Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. The annual camp allows over a hundred area high school students interested in the healthcare field to try out hands-on experiences in all of SKYCTC’s healthcare training programs. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Freshmen and sophomores from Warren East High School test out pH levels on samples of urine in the microbiology lab during the annual Future Healthcare Heroes Camp at Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. The annual camp allows over a hundred area high school students interested in the healthcare field to try out hands-on experiences in all of SKYCTC’s healthcare training programs. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Freshmen and sophomores from Hart County High School read vitals on dummy patients in the nursing simulation lab during the annual Future Healthcare Heroes Camp at Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. The annual camp allows over a hundred area high school students interested in the healthcare field to try out hands-on experiences in all of SKYCTC’s healthcare training programs. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Freshmen and sophomores from Hart County High School read vitals on dummy patients in the nursing simulation lab during the annual Future Healthcare Heroes Camp at Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. The annual camp allows over a hundred area high school students interested in the healthcare field to try out hands-on experiences in all of SKYCTC’s healthcare training programs. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Freshmen and sophomores from Greenwood High School play a game of Operation in the surgical technology lab during the annual Future Healthcare Heroes Camp at Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. The annual camp allows over a hundred area high school students interested in the healthcare field to try out hands-on experiences in all of SKYCTC’s healthcare training programs. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Freshmen and sophomores from Hart County High School piece together a skeleton medical figure in the biology lab during the annual Future Healthcare Heroes Camp at Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. The annual camp allows over a hundred area high school students interested in the healthcare field to try out hands-on experiences in all of SKYCTC’s healthcare training programs. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Over a hundred freshmen and sophomores from area high schools who are interested in the healthcare field tried out hands-on experiences in each of Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College’s healthcare training programs during the annual Future Healthcare Heroes Camp at SKYCTC on Wednesday, March 12, 2025.
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