Medical Students who Responded to In-Flight Emergency Honored
Leslie Capo, Director of Information Services
LSU Health New Orleans second-year medical students Heather Duplessis and Lauren Bagneris were honored by the Louisiana State Legislature and Mayor LaToya Cantrell during new LSU President William Tate IV's first visit to LSU Health New Orleans. The event took place on July 16, 2021, in the Simulation Center at the Isidore Cohn, MD Student Learning Center.
Senators Joseph Bouie (D-District 3) and Jimmy Harris (D-District 4) presented a resolution from the Louisiana State Legislature commending the students for putting their LSU Health Medical education to use to assist a passenger with a medical emergency aboard an airplane. Mayor Cantrell recognized and congratulated the students on behalf of the City of New Orleans.
Dr. Larry Hollier, LSU Health New Orleans Chancellor, and LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine Dean Dr. Steve Nelson, and LSU President Dr. William Tate IV also made remarks.
The stop on the campus tour afforded President Tate an opportunity to see some of the most advanced new-era simulation technology available in the United States.
LSU Health New Orleans pioneered simulation-based medical education 20 years ago and has remained one of the nation's top patient simulation education centers ever since. Two floors with about 30,000 square feet provide a large array of both high fidelity and low fidelity simulation equipment to support innovative, multidisciplinary and inter-professional education of health care students and professionals. The Learning Center houses multiple simulation suites and state-of-the-art audio-visual technology within the Isidore Cohn, Jr. MD Student Learning Center and the Russell C. Klein MD Center for Advanced Practice. The Centers are also an integral part of LSU Health New Orleans' pipeline programs attracting high school students to careers in the health professions right here at home.
Fox News also reported the story: https://www.foxnews.com/travel/med-students-rescue-passenger-mid-flight-medical-emergency
