State Leadership Conference Recap and National Qualifiers

2016-2017 Nevada HOSA State Leadership Conference was held in Reno on March 19th through March 22nd. The conference was held in The Nugget, and students showed off their skills at competitions at TMCC and REMSA. Forty-three Elko High Health Science students attened state this year from Elko High School. The following students competed in these categories:

Medical Assisting- Ashley Bourke, Bailee Guenin, Amber Hetland, Jasmine LeGrand, & Kaylee Talamantes

Physical Therapy- Evan Bell, Perry Stewart, & Haley Velasco

Biomedical Laboratory Science- Phoebe Fagoga

Health Career Display- Gaby Gonzalez and Daisy Uribe

Medical Spelling- Alise Hulford

Forensic Medicine- Taylor Avery & Eder Lujan, Kacie Bell & Juan Rodriguez, Raini Jonson & Genna Peterson, Emerald Amponsah & Izi Silva-Castro, Kinnady Lostra & Angelique Martinez, and Zoee Rivas & Amy Silva

Nursing Assisting- Kylie Martin, Kaprice Rowland, & Alondra Talamantes

Job Seeking Skills- Skylar Williams

EMT- Lauren Dimick & Arizona Webb, Anna Miklovic & Joseph Roloson

CPR & First Aid- Haylee Napoles & Perla Salas, Harriet MacNevin & Chloe Overlie, Kylee Kinzie & Amy Rigby

HOSA Bowl- Sydney Allen, Kira Ballinger, Tristan Fordin, & Quaid Williams

Health Career Photography- Angel Magna

While at state three students also ran for HOSA State Officer, which were: Kinnady Lostra, Kaprice Rowland and Alondra Talamantes.

At state there were educational Symposiums to attend that provided interesting facts and information.

While in Reno, Elko High School state participants went to a chapter dinner at the Cheesecake Factory and had group bonding at the Fly High Trampoline Park.

The following qualified for Nationals in Orlando, FL June 21-26:

Forensic medicine- Taylor Avery & Eder Lujan, Kacie Bell & Juan Rodriguez

Medical Spelling- Alise Hulford

EMT- Lauren Dimick & Arizona Webb

Medical Assisting- Ashley Bourke

CPR & First Aid- HAylee Napoles & Perla Salas

HOSA Bowl- Alondra Talamantes, Kira Ballinger, Kaprice Rowland, & Quaid Williams

Health Career Issues- Kaprice Rowland & Juan Rodriquez

HOSA Happenings- Evan Bell

Chapter Reflections- Angelique Martinez

National Service Project- Kinnady Lostra

State Leadership Conference 2017

Editorial-

With the State Leadership Competition being right around the corner, HOSA members are hurriedly preparing in every way possible. A grand total of 46 students will be competing at the SLC in Reno, NV, where we will be staying at The Nugget. Events our chapter is competing in include; everyone taking the Healthcare Issues Exam, 1 member in Biomedical Laboratory Science, 4 teams in CPR and First Aid, 2 teams in EMT, 6 teams in Forensic Medicine, 1 team in HOSA Bowl, 1 team in Health Career Display, 1 member in Job Seeking Skills, 5 member in Medical Assisting, 1 member in Health Career Photography, 1 member in Medical Spelling, 3 members in Nursing Assisting, and finally 4 members in Physical Therapy. As a whole group, our chapter will be showcasing our involvement in Chapter Reflection, HOSA Happenings, and our National Service Project. All members will also participate in the social and networking aspects of the State Leadership Competition by being a member of Courtesy Corp. and interacting in Educational Symposiums. Throughout this year of HOSA we should acknowledge our members for many hours dedicated to volunteer service and fundraising for the National Alliance of Mental Illness. Our HOSA Chapter will make the most out of the 2017 State Leadership Competition starting March 20th and retuning March 22nd. We are all excited to create new experiences, new friendships, and new memories. Wishing good luck to all, and we hope to see you there!

-Gaby Gonzalez, Treasurer

Online Testing

In December we took our Regional online qualification tests for Health Science and Knowledge testing events.  A few of our members took multiple tests while most members took one. The tests that were picked by our HOSA members for Regionals were Behavioral Health, Biomedical Debate, CPR/First Aid, Dental Science, Dental Terminology, Forensic Medicine, Medical Law and Ethics, Human Growth and Development, and Transcultural Health Care Knowledge tests as well as Medical Assisting, Medical Math, Medical Spelling, Medical Terminology, Nursing Assisting, Sports Medicine, and Veterinary Science. Each test was pretty lengthy with 40 questions or more. These were sort of like pretests because we didn’t know which events we wanted to compete in at State yet, but over all they went pretty well for everyone. We also took State qualifying tests in January for members who wanted to compete in those events. The results helped us decide which events would be best for us to continue studying and practicing our skills for to compete in at SLC. In the State qualifying tests we had two people qualify in the top to attend SLC, Juan Rodriquez in Transcultural Healthcare and Alise Hulford in Medical Spelling. 66 members also took the Healthcare Issues exam. We will be attending SLC in Reno in March to use our studying and practicing skills for competition. We will also find out the results of the Healthcare Issues Test.

National Service Project

This year's HOSA National Service Project is the National Alliance on Mental Illness. The Elko chapter raised $498 towards the cause through fundraising during HOSA Week and basketball games. We held a chicken drop where students could purchase a square on a numbered board to guess where the chicken would poop. We also had 50/50 raffles at the basketball games along with other small fundraisers throughout the year.
-Kacie Bell

Polar Plunge

Elko HOSA teamed up to jump into ice cold water and raise money for Special Olympics. Together our chapter raised over $560 towards the Nevada Special Olympics. On February 11, 2017 our members jumped into the freezing waters of the Elko Pool. It was a great experience to come together as a chapter and raise money toward a good cause. Members who participated were: Madi Harris, Juan Rodriguez, Kaprice Rolland, Jordan Pollard, Kacie Bell, Alondra Talamantes, Alec Wall, Alise Hulford, and advisor Hilary Kohntopp.

Giving Tree

The holidays are a time with many opportunities for our HOSA chapter to do things for the community. This year we partnered with our school's student council and participated in an annual project called The Giving Tree. The Giving Tree is an event where names of students in need from the local elementary and intermediate schools are collected. The names are then written on ornaments and people are able to rally together in purchasing these children gifts. Elko HOSA adopted 7 children and we assigned items for each of our members to bring from the children's wants and needs. The event took place throughout the month of December and we wrapped the gifts and turned them in to be delivered by Christmas to go under their trees at home. 
-Kacie Bell

Bodybuilder Injects Coconut Oil, Damages Arm Muscle

The pressure in todays society to look great is rising and one gentle men went as far as to inject himself with coconut oil in attempts to increase the size and definition of him arm. Rachel Reltner released on December 1^st an article about an amateur body builder form the United Kingdom who took extreme and dangerous measures for enhance him physical appearance.

            The body builder also used steroids in addition to the coconut oil for increase his muscle definition. The coconut oil lead to the development of cyst inside of the gentlemen’s arm muscles revealed by an ultrasound. While the gentle men also ruptured a tendon from the steroids. After these finding the doctor suspected the man was injecting himself and the man admitted to using coconut oil.

            The mans doctor also pointed out how “alarmingly, this practice, used for the short-term enhancement of muscular appearance, seems to come at a significant cost.” Practices such as injecting oneself with coconut oil may be common due to the fact that they are inexpensive but they are also extremely dangerous and potentially life-threatening. No one should take dangerous measures just to make themselves look better. Everyone should put their health first by not only being healthy physically but also having healthy practices in every aspect of life.

-Daisy Uribe

 http://www.livescience.com/57062-bodybuilder-coconut-oil.html