Mayo Clinic - Infection Control

Today we visited the Mayo clinic and learned all about the history of surgery and current methods for infection control.

We learned about how science has changed since the 1670's from the first use of pain relieving medication to the use of tourniquets during wartime amputations. We learned about the scientists who influenced these discoveries and how they have helped transform scientific medicine to what it is today.

"For centuries, surgery dealt mainly with wounds of battle or daily life. War is good for surgery science if nothing else."

The accidental discovery of penicillin. 

We watched a video of Dr. Huiras completing a surgery to patch a neck artery and removing an appendix.

Ewww!

We learned about how doctors and nurses keep the operating room sterile during surgery by wearing masks and gowns.

We got to visit a negative pressure room where patients with airborne illness would stay and learned how to set a heart rate monitor based on the patient's baseline data to watch for a heart attack. Something nurses do almost everyday! 

Math in real life?! Say what?!

Thanks Rose!

We learned about how hospitals keep germs at bay and protect their patients by playing a game involving PPE (Personal Protective Equipment).

Winners!

A BIG THANK YOU TO DR. HUIRAS, KELLEE DIXON, ROSE PETERSON, AND ANYONE ELSE AT MAYO CLINIC WHO HELPED PUT THIS TOGETH! WE HAD A BLAST!

Don't forget to check out all of the pictures on the Shutterfly! :)