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LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine is bringing a high-fidelity human patient simulator. This life-size mannequin blinks, breathes and responds as a human patient would. Faculty, staff and student volunteers will help the K-12 students hear heart and lung sounds as they interact with their “patient.”  The kids will learn about what’s inside the body as LSU Health medical students show and explain the function of human anatomical specimens.

 LSU Health nursing faculty and students will demonstrate how I.V. drip bags are set up and used.

Cardiopulmonary Science faculty and students from LSU Health New Orleans School of Allied Health Professions will demonstrate negative pressure and positive pressure breathing using an enclosed pig lung within a Plexiglas box model. Students will have the opportunity to place an oral endotracheal tube in a mannequin head and then provide positive pressure breathing with a resuscitation AMBU bag.

Faculty and students from LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health will teach participants about healthy eating. They’ll set up a MyPlate display where the kids can design their own healthy meals by applying food cut-outs onto their plates.

LSU Health New Orleans outreach efforts include working with K-12 students year-round. LSU Health New Orleans’ pipeline programs not only build upon their interest in science, but also show young people the sophisticated resources available at a university right here at home.