LAUNCH Camp 2024

On July 8, CNBN members spent the day at LAUNCH camp. Established in 2017, Leaders and Adolescents Uniting to Navigate Careers in Healthcare, Inc. (LAUNCH) is a non-profit organization aimed at increasing diversity in healthcare professions by educating youth (1st - 12th grade). Specifically, LAUNCH Camp encourages interest in pursuing a career in healthcare by actively engaging students in 1st - 12th grade. Students are exposed to fun and attention-grabbing activities directly from healthcare professionals. Learning about various healthcare profession choices allows students to gain access to a larger realm of career choices and to decide their personal best career path.

Each year Dr. Kendra Broussard DNP, Founder & President, hosts approximately 150 students representing K-12th grade. Members of the CNBN were tasked with teaching CPR to a small group of six and seven year olds. Basic tasks included identifying an unconscious patient, ensuring scene safety, activating 9-1-1, and beginning chest compressions. To make it fun, our VP Antonio Golden sang “Staying Alive” to demonstrate the rate of compressions. This brought a chuckle from the students and onlookers, but it worked! Students exhibited remarkable understanding by effectively demonstrating the correct rate and other key concepts.

President Emeritus Dr. Nash-Teachey, President Rainge, and Member T. Miller were on hand to assist.

VP at front of class-a   
VP teaching chest compressions-a   

Beulah with Kids doing CPR-a   
Boy taking pulse-a  

Casandra & Tracy   
VP & mannikin

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