Penn State Behrend students already have raised $14,000 for this
year’s THON, which begins Feb. 16. To contribute, go to www.thon.org,
click “Donate Now,” and select Behrend as your organization of
choice.
The patient — a young man — is bleeding from his forearm. His pupils are dilated, and his blood pressure is dropping. His student nurse quickly assesses his condition and decides her first priority is to stop the bleeding. She applies pressure to the wound.
With a growth rate of nearly 10 percent annually, sales projected to reach $6.55 billion this year, and an estimated 100,000 jobs, the medical plastics sector in the United States is a flourishing industry.
