Northwest Practical Nursing Student Jacquelyn Jones Visits With Medical Flight Team

2012 Oct 5

Northwest Mississippi Community College practical nursing student, Jacquelyn Jones of Charleston met with members of the medical flight team Hospital Wing Sept. 24 after they landed on the Senatobia campus. The team visited the students to speak about their professional experiences.

The Hospital Wing is a non-profit air medical transport, which provides inter-hospital transfers as well as emergency scene calls. The Wing has four bases located in Memphis, Oxford, Brownsville, Tenn. and Selmer, Tenn. The crew that visited Northwest was from the Memphis base.

"This visit was beneficial for our students because they were able to learn about this exciting profession as a possible career path," said Jennifer Lance, RN, practical nursing instructor. Lance said that the flight crew, which included Cindy Bailey, RN, Josh Steele, paramedic and Curt Wren, pilot, spoke with students regarding the types of patients they care for including trauma, burn, medical, pediatrics and obstetrics. Students were educated on the required qualifications to work for the Hospital Wing, and were provided time to interact and ask questions with the crew.

"Although many of our students may choose not to become flight nurses, hearing the team's first-hand accounts of their experiences in the field and seeing how the helicopter functions as a medical station will help our students understand the resources that are available to them in the event they will ever need to call a medical flight team," said Davis.

Flight nurses and flight paramedics train once a year at the Med in Memphis to keep their skills in advanced burn, cardiac, medical, neurological, pediatric emergencies and trauma care up to date. Hospital Wing pilots must have 3,000 hours total flight time with 2,000 helicopter hours as a pilot in command.

The Practical Nursing program at Northwest is a 12-month program, which requires a 16 on the ACT and minimum 800 on the NET entrance exam.

For more information about Hospital Wing, visit www.hospitalwing.com. For more information about the Practical Nursing program at Northwest, call 662-562-3370.

Pictured: Students in the Practical Nursing program on the Senatobia campus of Northwest Mississippi Community College were visited by the medical flight team Hospital Wing out of Memphis on Sept. 24. Pictured are (front row, left to right), Pilot Curt Wren, Kesie Mayse of Senatobia, Angela Jackson of Senatobia, Amber Cochran of Harmontown, Vanesa Erwin of Senatobia, Samantha Livingston of Sarah, Lauren Tidwell of Batesville, Talia Jones of Charleston and Jennifer Stogsdill of Senatobia; (second row, left to right) Josh Steele, Flight Paramedic, Takima White of Cleveland, Rickeylor Dixon of Sumner, Lindsey Vick of Hernando, Jaimee Daniels of Coldwater, Shannon Gill of Carthage, Elaine Cox of Olive Branch, Carla Johnson of Senatobia and Jordan Jones of Senatobia; (back row, l-r) Amber Jones of Como, Michelle Hibbler of Sarah, Taylor Gadd of Byhalia, Amber Allison of Holly Springs, McKinley Sutton of Senatobia, Taylor Logan of Hernando, Flight Nurse Cindy Bailey, Michael Woolfolk of Senatobia, Tammy Wilson of Byhalia, Jackie Chatman of Oxford, Michael Padron of Senatobia and Adam Patrick of Senatobia. (Photo submitted)