Skowhegan Area High School juniors Norie Tibbetts, center left, and Katie Kelso, center right, laugh Thursday as they hold a monitor that reads the chest compressions they gave to a mannequin during a presentation by Redington-Fairview General Hospital during a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Career Exploration event at the school. About 100 juniors from the school participated in the event, which also featured presentations by the environmental remediation company ECT2, Franklin Memorial Hospital, Sheridan Construction Corp., Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Cianbro Corp. construction, ReVision Energy, TimberHP by GO Lab and the Maine Water Co.

Jolene Luce with Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington demonstrates how to use a tourniquet Thursday during a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Career Exploration event at Skowhegan Area High School in Skowhegan. About 100 juniors from the school participated in the event, which also featured presentations by the environmental remediation company ECT2, Redington-Fairview General Hospital, Sheridan Construction Corp., Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Cianbro Corp. construction, ReVision Energy, TimberHP by GO Lab and the Maine Water Co.

Presenter Jessica Vaillancourt, a registered nurse with Redington-Fairview General Hospital, holds an instrument used to remove surgical staples Thursday during a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Career Exploration event at Skowhegan Area High School in Skowhegan. About 100 juniors from the school participated in the event, which also featured presentations by the environmental remediation company ECT2, Franklin Memorial Hospital, Sheridan Construction Corp., Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Cianbro Corp. construction, ReVision Energy, TimberHP by GO Lab and the Maine Water Co.

Skowhegan Area High School juniors are shown with an anatomical model Thursday during a presentation by Redington-Fairview General Hospital as part of a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Career Exploration event at the school. A variety of internal organs were removed from the model during the presentation. About 100 juniors from the school participated in the event, which also featured presentations by the environmental remediation company ECT2, Franklin Memorial and Redington-Fairview General hospitals, Sheridan Construction Corp., Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Cianbro Corp. construction, ReVision Energy, TimberHP by GO Lab and the Maine Water Co.

Skowhegan Area High School junior Katie Kelso practices chest compressions on a mannequin Thursday as fellow junior Norie Tibbetts prepares to take her turn during a presentation by Redington-Fairview General Hospital that focused on life-saving techniques. The presentation was part of a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Career Exploration event at the school. About 100 juniors from the school participated in the event, which also featured presentations by the environmental remediation company ECT2, Franklin Memorial Hospital, Sheridan Construction Corp., Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Cianbro Corp. construction, ReVision Energy, TimberHP by GO Lab and the Maine Water Co.

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