Flight nurse, paramedic visit ABSN site

Ralph Freso

1 year ago

Grand Canyon University Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing students at the West Valley site visited with a flight nurse and flight paramedic from PHI Medical Air Evac Deer Valley who landed via helicopter on Thursday at a parking lot adjacent to Building 71. Students also had a chance to sit in the Air Evac helicopter.

An Air Evac Services A-Star AS 350 helicopter hovers over an empty lot near Building 71 during an event for West Valley ABSN nursing program students to learn about a career as a flight nurse on Nov. 7, 2024.

Flight paramedic Michael Clayton talks to nursing students in front of an Air Evac helicopter about being a flight nurse during an event for West Valley ABSN nursing program students on Nov. 7, 2024.

Second semester nursing student Jessica Donovan checks out the inside of an Air Evac Services A-Star AS 350 helicopter during an event for West Valley ABSN nursing program students to learn about a career as a flight nurse on Nov. 7, 2024.

Nursing students check out an Air Evac Services A-Star AS 350 helicopter during an event for West Valley ABSN nursing program students to learn about a career as a flight nurse on Nov. 7, 2024.

Third semester nursing student Lindsey Di Conti (right) and some of her classmates check out the inside of an Air Evac Services A-Star AS 350 helicopter during an event for West Valley ABSN nursing program students to learn about a career as a flight nurse on Nov. 7, 2024.

Flight nurse Amelia Baldwin talks to nursing students about being a flight nurse during an event for West Valley ABSN nursing program students on Nov. 7, 2024.

Flight paramedic Michael Clayton shows the stretcher used in their Air Evac helicopter during an event for West Valley ABSN nursing program students on Nov. 7, 2024.

Nursing students check out the inside of an Air Evac Services A-Star AS 350 helicopter during an event for West Valley ABSN nursing program students to learn about a career as a flight nurse on Nov. 7, 2024.

Nursing students check out an Air Evac Services A-Star AS 350 helicopter during an event for West Valley ABSN nursing program students to learn about a career as a flight nurse on Nov. 7, 2024.