{"id":4602,"date":"2025-06-24T10:18:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T14:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.virginiahealthcareers.org\/blue-ridge\/?p=4602"},"modified":"2025-08-14T15:24:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T19:24:41","slug":"local-teenagers-learn-medical-skills-at-camp-carilion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.virginiahealthcareers.org\/blue-ridge\/local-teenagers-learn-medical-skills-at-camp-carilion\/","title":{"rendered":"Local teenagers learn medical skills at Camp Carilion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsls.com\/news\/local\/2025\/06\/13\/local-teenagers-learn-medical-skills-at-camp-carilion\">https:\/\/www.wsls.com\/news\/local\/2025\/06\/13\/local-teenagers-learn-medical-skills-at-camp-carilion<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cave Spring High School 9th grader Katie Sempek is diving into the world of healthcare this summer. Instead of spending Friday at the pool or out with her friends, she was learning how to run an IV at Roanoke Memorial Hospital as part of Camp Carilion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo I\u2019m going to put on the tourniquet really tight,\u201d Sempek said, demonstrating her newfound skills on a human arm simulation along with the other campers. \u201c We\u2019ll have to find a vein.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sempek has always aspired to be a nurse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Camp Carilion is designed for rising 9th through 12th graders who have a genuine interest in health professions. \u201cIt\u2019s a very good learning opportunity. I\u2019m learning a lot,\u201d Sempek said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students explore over 60 different health professions during the camp. Sempek shared her experiences. \u201cI learned how to suture, so I did the surgeon\u2019s knot, and we did CPR. We looked at the Lucas machine, and then I learned to put an IV in and a trauma IV, which is like the really big needle,\u201d Sempek said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Camp Carilion Director Karri Proctor said it\u2019s a joy to prepare the next generation of healthcare providers. \u201cRunning this camp is one of the most rewarding parts of my job, and I love that we do this for our community and students who truly have a desire to work in a highly needed area of profession,\u201d Proctor said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The camp aims to teach valuable medical skills to local teenagers, hoping to create a full-circle moment by bringing these students back as employees in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cTwo years ago, I received an email from a mother of a camper who came through our camp years ago,\u201d Proctor recalled. \u201cShe told me that he loved camp so much and was thanking us yet again for the camp he went through and told us that he had just been hired as a paramedic for Carilion. 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