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Members from the Class of 2006 Masters of
Nurse Anesthesia Program left on Sunday morning September 12
for Biloxi, Mississippi, they are to return on Sunday,
September 19th: Pam Ozalak, Robin Hodge, Richard Wilson, Mandi
Denise, Erica Kelly, Heather Houston, Benita Branyon, and
Philip Hampton.
These students are volunteering a week of their time and
nursing skills to relieve greatly overworked members of the
nursing staff at Biloxi Regional Medical Center. The nursing
staff at this hospital have been working around the clock
since Katrina hit. Some did not even leave the hospital there
for 7 - 10 days. This hospital typically sees about 75 - 100
patients a day, the week after Katrina, they saw 800 - 900
patients a day.
Our students were very fortunate to be able to raise funds
for their travel; the staff nurse anesthetists at Palmetto
Health Richland and the members of the South Carolina
Association of Nurse Anesthetists were able to raise a
substantial amount of money in order to fund their trip. We
are all very thankful for their donations and support.
2005 School of Medicine Alumni Award Winner:
Herb Poole with Dean Faulkner and Cockie
South Carolina Association of Nurse
Anesthetists
2005 meeting in Hilton Head -
link to site
American
Association of Nurse Anesthetist
Annual Meetings - AANA link
During the opening session of the 70th AANA Annual meeting in
Boston 2003, our students appeared in this photo from the conference news
magazine. Our students are encouraged to attend this meeting and several
attended in Seattle 2004 and Washington, DC 2005.
 Please send suggestions for news items or report any
inaccuracies to buggy@sc.edu
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