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Last week’s survey
asked: What I’ll miss
most about summer
vacation is . . .
More than 250
readers responded.
Sleeping in
Reading what I want
Going to the pool
Extra time with family
Extra time with friends
43.1%
6.3%
15.2%
15.6%
19.8%
WEATHER
TODAY’S NEWS
SPEAK OUT
Attorney General
Stepping Down
K Attorney General Alberto Gonzales yesterday announced his resignation, effective Sept. 17.
Gonzales, 52, gave no reason for
his departure as the country’s top
law enforcement officer. But he
has been the subject of months of
criticism over the firings of nine
U.S. attorneys, who represent the
federal government in court, and
whether he misled Congress about
the nation’s terrorism investigations.
Critics said the firings were motivated by politics. Gonzales’s supporters said calls for his dismissal
were politically motivated as well,
although some Republicans joined
Democrats in seeking his departure.
President Bush, who praised his
THIS WEEK’S TOPIC
A Career in Medicine
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BY JAMIE ROSE — BLOOMBERG NEWS
Alberto Gonzales has had a difficult two years as attorney general.
longtime friend as a man of “decency and principle,” will now
nominate a successor.
Vick Apologizes
K Football star Michael Vick apologized yesterday for participating
in a dogfighting operation, saying
he had made “bad decisions” and
vowing to improve his behavior.
Vick, 27, has been a star quarterback with the Atlanta Falcons
since 2001. He pleaded guilty in
court in Richmond, Virginia, and
faces up to five years in prison.
Sentencing is Dec. 10.
The National Football League
has suspended Vick indefinitely.
TOMORROW:
Sunny. High 88.
Low 72.
ILLUSTRATION BY MARINA KERLOW, 9,
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TRIVIA
THE SECOND LUNAR
ECLIPSE OF 2007 WILL
OCCUR TODAY.
WHAT’S GOING TO
HAPPEN?
Would you like to be in the
medical profession when you
grow up? There are several interesting jobs to choose from.
Of those listed below, which
would be your first choice for a
career?
Go to www.kidspost.com and
select one.
K I’d like to become a:
A. Doctor/nurse
B. EMT (emergency medical
technician)
C. Lab tech
D. Pharmacist
E. Physical therapist
BY BILL WEBSTER — THE WASHINGTON POST
ANSWER: THE MOON WILL
PASS THROUGH EARTH’S
SHADOW.
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Camp Med: A Bloody Good Time
We have come
upon a crime
scene, two victims
down in the plaza.
We check on the
injuries: One
victim has been
stabbed in the
side, the other hit
on the head with a
fist-size rock.
There is lots of
blood. The
emergency
medical
technicians
(EMTs) quickly
put on gloves and
go to work.
PHOTOS BY ANDREA BRUCE — THE WASHINGTON POST
During the one-week Camp Med in Virginia, Bryan Phan, Helen Westergren and Marie O’Shaughnessy take a patient from a mock crime scene to an emergency room.
Camp Med is over for this
year, but next summer there
will be sessions for students
going into grades six through
nine. Applications will be
available in March. Until then,
you can get more information
by contacting program director
Mary Ellen Gannon at
703-558-5964 or mgannon@
virginiahospitalcenter.com.
Arlington’s Will Martin and Andy
Setchell are assigned to the crime team.
In the nearby woods they have found a
suspect (Danecia Johnson, a camper from
North Carolina) and a knife possibly used
on one of the victims. Now they are learning how to preserve evidence; later they
will be transformed into radiologists and
learn how to take X-rays.
Once the victims’ bleeding is controlled
and their conditions are stabilized, they
are taken inside to have their wounds
treated by other campers. Caroline Gomez of Fairfax is learning how to take a
Nursing student Patricia Lavarello, left, tells Saoirse Lucy how to give fluids to a patient.
blood-pressure reading; in the lab, other
campers are learning how to test blood
found on the knife and the rock to see if it
matches that of the victims. (Surprise —
it does!)
Meanwhile, Saoirse Lucy of Fairfax is
monitoring the breathing of the victim
who was hit by the rock. The day before,
Saoirse spent time with a radiologist — a
doctor who studies injury and disease
through the use of X-rays — and now
she’s really interested in that field.
This is one crime story with a happy
ending. The victims recover, the suspect
is forgiven, the evidence is piled up,
and the campers go to lunch.
— Ellen Edwards
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Nurse Joan D. Jones, left, gives instructions to camper Anna Hudock.
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Except this is not work, and it’s not a
real crime scene. This is a camp for rising
sixth- and seventh-graders run by the Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington County.
Camp Med is for kids interested in careers in health care, not just as doctors
and nurses but as EMTs, physical therapists, laboratory and radiology technicians and other jobs.
During the week they’re at Camp Med,
the kids talk with lots of health-care workers about their jobs. They keep a journal
of their experiences and get certified in
giving CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation — it’s the life-saving technique used
on people whose breathing or heartbeat
has stopped because of injury or illness).
Campers spend three days at the hospital and two days at the Northern Virginia
Community College medical education
campus in Springfield. That’s where the
fake crime scene has been set up.
Arlington’s Anna Hudock checks one
victim’s eyes with a penlight as a nurse
watches. Anna says she came to the camp
because she “wanted to help care for people.”
Bryan Phan of Centreville is back for a
second session. He earned his CPR certification last summer but is happy to report
that he hasn’t had to use his skills yet.
Ariana Urcia and other campers learn how to handle blood in a medical lab.