On Friday afternoon, Gamecock Emergency Medical Students collaborated with LifeNet to host an informative event featuring an emergency-medicine lecture and helicopter landing at the Strom Thurmond Wellness and Fitness Center.
GEMS gives students opportunities for clinical experience and general education on emergency medicine. It hosts workshops, lectures and certification programs to prepare members for emergency-medicine work.
Serena Bacher, a flight medic with Air Methods, spoke to a group of 40 students about pediatric trauma in a Strom classroom. Throughout the hour-and-a-half lecture, she explained the differences between pediatric and adult patients, assessment methods, and how to handle specific issues such as drowning…