DA VINCI
SCIENCE CENTER, LVHHN PRODUCE INTERACTIVE SURGICAL BROADCASTS FOR TEENS
'LIVE FROM LVH' SERIES WILL SHOW LIVE CAESAREAN SECTION BIRTH TO HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS APRIL 3.
The Da Vinci
Science Center's Live From LVH series of interactive video programs
for high school students - produced in partnership with Lehigh Valley Hospital
and Health Network (LVHHN) - will broadcast a live caesarian section on April
3 from 10:15-11:15 a.m.
News media members can photograph all persons in Leonardo's Theatre and portions
of the broadcast as announced. However, recording of the procedure and use
of the patient's name and likeness will be prohibited in compliance with privacy
laws and ethics.
Due to the sensitive nature of this program, news organizations are urged
to coordinate their coverage in advance by calling the Da Vinci Science Center's
public relations office at 484.664.1002, Ext. 112. The procedure - also known
as a C-section - will be performed at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest,
and the interactive broadcast will have LVHHN facilitators in each location.
Supported by a grant from the Dorothy Rider Pool Health Care Trust, the Live
From LVH series exposes high school students to the variety of health
care careers available to them and the seriousness of decisions pertaining
to their health. All patients featured have volunteered for the project, and
many have given pre-recorded interviews for broadcast. There have been three
broadcasts of live C-sections. Both organizations have been pleased with the
response to the Live From LVH series and are exploring ways to continue
it in the future.
While other hospitals and organizations have broadcasted surgeries, including
C-sections, to a variety of audiences, the Live From LVH series is
a rare opportunity because it is produced specifically for high school students
with an emphasis on careers, said Robert A. Fox, the Da Vinci Science Center's
associate director and director of education. "Thanks to our partnership
with Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, the Da Vinci Science Center
has been able to provide a special learning opportunity for high school students
here in our region," Fox said. "Students not only learn vital life
lessons from the patients, they learn that they can become involved in such
exciting work here in the greater Lehigh Valley without necessarily becoming
a doctor or nurse."
About Lehigh
Valley Hospital and Health Network (LVHHN)
A premier academic community hospital, Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network
includes three hospital facilities - two in Allentown and one in Bethlehem,
Penna. - and Lehigh Valley Health Services, providing home health, hospice,
pharmaceutical and health management services. In 2007, U.S. News &
World Report named Lehigh Valley Hospital one of America's Best Hospitals
for the twelfth straight year. LVHHN's advanced regional resources include
a Level I Trauma Center with added pediatric qualifications, regional Burn
Center as well as kidney and pancreas transplant, perinatal/neonatal, cardiac,
cancer care, and neurology and complex neurosurgery capabilities. LVHHN hospitals
are designated national Magnet hospitals for excellence in nursing. LVH is
one of Pennsylvania's largest teaching hospitals and is a major teaching campus
of Penn State's College of Medicine. The hospital and the Da Vinci Science
Center have also teamed up to create the Mark J. Young M.D. Medical Challenge
area on the Center's exhibit floor.
About Da Vinci Science Center (DSC)
The Da Vinci Science Center is an independent non-profit organization that
promotes hands-on science learning through inquiry, highlights vibrant and
important career opportunities in science available to every young person,
and encourages all people to be curious and creative. The Da Vinci Science
Center's exhibit floor, school and public workshops, outreach initiatives,
and professional development programs for teachers stress the inquiry method.
Utilized by scientists and recognized as the most effective way to earn, the
inquiry method encourages questioning, experimenting actively, observing,
communicating results, and connecting all knowledge.
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