Medical Mavericks

The Medical Mavericks Workshop at college on Tuesday the 10th of January was so much fun and a great way to start the new school year! The company came into school to set up different medical stations to let students try different tools and activities while learning various healthcare pathways.

I had the opportunity to have 2 ultrasounds: one I did myself of my heart, having to be careful to use the £2000 ultrasound machine (yikes) and have cold cold ultrasound gel up my ribs which was very entertaining and I managed to get my friend to film it for me, as it's not every day you get the chance to see your own heart in action! 

The other ultrasound was done by one of the members of staff at Medical Mavericks on my wrist, where I discovered I have no more growth plates (meaning I've reached my full growth capacity at 5"5 tall😆) which was fascinating to discover, I didn't even know it was possible to tell when your bones have stopped growing! 

Wrist Ultrasound

wrist growth plates missing

I also had a photo of my eye taken showing "tiger stripes" which are only present with Asian heritage apparently, which was done using similar equipment to those at an opticians when they need to analyse your eye. I wonder which bit indicates my poor eye sight...

Photo of my eye!

We also had the chance for other activities within the hour and a half session to draw blood from a fake arm using a needle- even though the fake veins were larger than normal it was still quite hard to do without puncturing the patient! 

You could also measure blood pressure, wear eye disease goggles (such as tunnel vision), explore different career options, have an ECG printed and have several respiratory tests (I have a lung age of 1, yayyy!) [by the way apparently the photo of the tar jar is what collects in your lungs if you smoke 10 cigarettes for a year so please don't smoke]. 

Everything was incredible I'm so happy to have been able to partake in it so thank you to my college and Medical Mavericks☺️ 

Check out Medical Mavericks (located in Wolverhampton) here

The Tar Jar

ECG set up

ECG print

Drawing Blood!