VHHS Health Science

Thank you Michelle and @CBS_42 for highlighting our amazing students and the value of our Sports Medicine Pathway ⛑💪🏼 #handsonlearning #careertech @VHHSRebels @1rebelathletics @VestaviaCTE @alabamahosa

VHHS HOSA members gave their Saturday morning to lend a helping hand at Love In Action food bank. I am so proud of these kiddos for serving their community. My ❤️ is full! ❤️💙❤️💙 @vhcschools

And the winners of the 1st Annual Pumkin Pathology Project are… CS#3 (Chicken Pox), CS#8 (Grave’s Disease), CS#12 (Strabismus), CS#16 Raynaud’s Phenomenon, CS#21 (Emesis), CS#23 (Warts), and CS#25 (Hirsutism) @vhhsrebels @vhcschools

1st Annual Therapeutic Services Pumpkin Pathology. Can you solve the medical mysteries that have flooded our clinic? Come read the case studies and admire our pumpkins to find out. @vhcschools @vhhsrebels

Thank you Dr. Miller, Cara, and Yvonne for speaking to us about service dogs and introducing us to Arrow. Additionally, thank you to Arrow for demonstrating of some of the amazing things he is trained to do! @vhhsrebels @nchpad

Thank you to Dr. LaToya Bishop, Multicultural Educator, from Legacy of Hope (AL Organ and Tissue Donation Alliance) for speaking to our FHS and TS students today! @vhhsrebels

Thank you Dr. Yalamanchili for speaking to our FHS and TS students today about the field of child and adolescent psychiatry! @vhhsrebels

Nurses use swaddling to provide comfort to infants by recreating the womb, which helps calm newborns, prevent the Moro or startle reflex, and promote sleep. #FutureMedicalProfessionals @vhhsrebels

FMP Therapeutic Services classes are studying human growth and development. Today we discussed when and how to introduce solid foods and things to avoid when introducing solid foods to infants. Formative assessment on the taste of baby food 👍🏼👎🏼…Let’ 👀. @vhcschools

Today Foundations of Health Science students practiced donning and doffing PPE. Great job everybody! @vhhsrebels

TS students are learning to micropipette. Micropipettes are essential tools in labs, enabling precise measurement and transfers of small volumes of liquid. They are crucial for various scientific applications like cell cultures, molecular biology, and drug research. @vhhsrebels

Foundations of Health Science students practicing the proper technique for doffing gloves and learning about PPE. Stay tuned, more fun with PPE posts coming soon! @vhhsrebels

New places (classroom locations) and new faces in the Health Science Department! Coach P is now in room A039, Coach Hudson is in room A245, and Dr. Farnham (our new face) is in room A041!

That’s a wrap on these students’ freshman year! I have loved teaching and getting to know you all this year and I look forward to teaching you again in the future! ❤️💙❤️💙

Today the Future Medical Professionals program received the Rebel Innovation Grant to purchase 3D pens that can be used to prototype and visualize concepts in education. I’m so excited for the future of this program! @vhcschools @VHHSFC

111 students at the FC were trained in AHA BLS and 66 chose to go further and get their certification! BLS focuses on life-saving techniques used to address emergencies like cardiac arrest, respiratory distress, and obstructed airways. @VHHSFC @vhcschools

FHS students participated in Stop the Bleed training so they can recognize and control life-threatening bleeding until professional help arrives. @vhcschools @VHHSFC