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National Flight Nurse Academy


 

Summer Camp 2005

Preparing to take critical care from the bedside to the roadside

The National Flight Nurse Academy at Case Western Reserve University held its third annual "summer camp" at the University's Squire Valleevue Farm from August 15th through the 19th. Nurses from as far as Arizona, New Mexico, Idaho, Florida, Texas, New York, District of Columbia and Taiwan, as well as advanced practice nurses, physicians, pilots, firefighters and paramedics participated in this training expercise designed to prepare teams to provide critical care services in unstructured environments such as those that follow natural and technologic disasters.

Collaborating with Case and the MetroHealth System to put on this year's Summer Camp were the Auburn Volunteer Fire Department and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.