OEC is a high school program that teaches junior and senior high school students emergency medical skills. The year-long series of classes cover First Aid, CPR, Responding to Emergencies, First Responder, CPR instructor, and EMT certifications. These classes are available to all students, both those within the district and from outside. Classes are two hours long and build on each other throughout the year. These classes will challenge students, giving them much needed experience if they are headed into the medical world. It is also a great way to test and see if you are interested in the medical field.

OEC is part of Osseo's Health Science Magnet Program. As part of this program, Osseo also offers Human Med science classes, Bioethics, Human Med Health, Certified Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide, and Pharmacy Technician (online).

The OEC program includes unique, intensive opportunities including Fall and Spring camps, State Competition, and providing training and medic coverage for outside groups. For learn all about OEC, please check our About page.

Opportunities In Emergency Health Care (OEC)
OHS, 317 2nd Ave. NW, Osseo, MN 55369
Gary Leafblad, Director
763-391-8519 • leafbladg@district279.org

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Osseo teen lands after-school job with real impact There aren't too many teenagers who can say their after-school job has real world impact, but 17-year-old Allison Vang can say just that.  The Osseo High School senior has parlayed an internship she did last summer with Medtronic into a paid, part-time job with the Fortune 500 company.  "I've been coming in and assisting the scientists or the researchers with their experiments here in the lab or [doing] a lot with organizing data," said Vang. Vang, who has an interest in the medical field, was chosen to do a special paid internship at the medical technology company last summer. After working full-time through the summer months, Allison's mentor and senior principal scientist, Cathy Condie, asked her to stay on during the school year.  Vang works with Condie and a small group of others who are researching and developing a new generation of heart catheter for patients with irregular heartbeats.  "She's incredibly bright in her questions," said Condie about Vang. "Just the presence of a high school student is fun, they bring a different energy to the group, a different perspective, the questions she asks are very insightful and also kind of get us to think differently." It's an incredible opportunity for Vang as well. She hopes to attend the University of Minnesota Twin Cities next fall, and she would like to pursue a career in nursing, though she would like to continue doing research as well.  "I would like to incorporate more of the working directly with patients and the research side of it. I would love to work with both of those," said Vang.  Alexandra Renslo reporting

Have you helped with an event or class? If you were not a student earning lab hours, it is a good chance we offered it as a paid opportunity. Please complete the online timesheet so we know when you worked. If you want to donate your time, there is a place to indicate it on that form. Please allow a couple of weeks for processing of payments.

We need EMTs for each of these shifts. These are paid. Please call or email Gary to sign up:

Friday - Jan 6	Northview Jr	1800-2145
Saturday - Jan 7	Brooklyn Jr	0745-1430
	Brooklyn Jr	1415-2145
	Osseo Sr	1200-2145
	Northview Jr	0745-1430
	Northview Jr	1415-2145
	Park Center Sr	0745-1430
	Park Center Sr	1415-2145
Sunday - Jan 8	Brooklyn Jr	0745-1230
	Brooklyn Jr	1215-1700
	Osseo Sr	0745-1230
	Osseo Sr	1215-1700
	Northview Jr	0745-1230
	Northview Jr	1215-1700
	Park Center Sr	0745-1230
	Park Center Sr	1215-1700