Wright State hosts future aviators for hands-on flight camp

More than 40 high school students from around the country learn about aviation, health care, and engineering at Air Camp at Wright State University.

Campers visited various classes in the School of Nursing, Kinesiology, andHealth Sciences, and learned how the medical field is tied to aviation.

“They’re experiencing working with a human patient simulator,”said Marlene Stuber, director of simulation in the School of Nursing,Kinesiology, and Health Sciences.

Campers received a certificate for completing a Stop the Bleed course, which taught them how to pack a wound and apply a tourniquet. The students also learned how to use personal protective equipment and assess the early signs of a stroke on the patient simulator.

“It’s fun so it doesn’t feel like you’re doing work even though you’re learning a lot”

Students also attended a workshop on rocket design.

“It’s fun so it doesn’t feel like you’re doing work even though you’re learning a lot,” said Sarah O’Connell, a junior at Centerville High School who participated in Air Camp. Air Camp is a hands-on educational adventure in aviation and aeronautics. Campers learn about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics using aviation and aerospace as the base for learning. Since 2006, Air Camp has helped young people achieve their potential, develop critical-thinking and problem-solving skills, and pursue education and future careers in STEM-related fields, aviation, and aeronautics. “We are just hoping that students develop some new passions and some new interests that can carry them through college,” said Tim Carey, flight leader for Air Camp.