As a part of our commitment to ensuring every student graduates career, college and community ready, we recently celebrated the opening of a new, state-of-the-art health care simulation lab housed within Battle Creek Central High School. Here, students in the BCCHS Career Academies Health Care and Nursing pathways can experience hands-on learning with access to the equipment and experience that is typically found in real-life nursing and health care facilities only, including:
- A replica of an ambulance
- Stretchers, tables, and lifts
- “Practice patients” in the form of fully-articulated, high-fidelity medical dummies
Opened in fall 2020, the lab is a state-approved training site for Certified Nursing Assistant and Emergency Medical Technician certification programs, right here at Battle Creek Central High School! Students have access to the equipment and experience that is typically found in real-life nursing and Health Care facilities only, like a replica of an ambulance, stretchers, tables, lifts, and “practice patients” in the form of fully-articulated, high-fidelity medical dummies.
BCCHS Executive Principal Noah Hollander shared, "We are thrilled to be able to offer this state-of-the-art facility right here in Battle Creek Central High School. This lab is the only one of its kind in our region, giving our scholars yet another unique Bearcat Advantage that will support them on their pathways to success after high school."
