LEWISTON — Three of Maine’s four heart centers, including Central Maine Medical Center, have surpassed the national average in a key measurement known as “door-to-balloon” time. The balloon is an emergency angioplasty, the heart-saving procedure that slides a tiny balloon-tipped tube into an artery and restores blood flow. If it’s done quickly enough, permanent damage […]
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CMMC education courses this fall
LEWISTON — The Central Maine Medical Center College of Nursing and Health Professions will offer several general education courses during its fall session. Human anatomy and physiology I: This four-credit class runs Aug. 29 through Dec. 16. Lecture on Mondays from 2 to 5 p.m. Laboratory on Wednesdays from 2:30 to 5 p.m. (Overflow lab […]
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Radiologic technology students graduate
LEWISTON — The Clark F. Miller School of Radiologic Technology at Central Maine Medical Center College of Nursing & Health Professions recently graduated 21 radiologic technology students. At its 67th commencement exercises, the School of Radiologic Technology graduated students who have completed the school’s accredited 22-month course that emphasizes classroom and clinical training. Students completed […]
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CMCC nursing school welcomes students, adds site
The Central Maine Medical Center College of Nursing and Health Professions recently welcomed 74 students to the nursing class of 2013. The students will attend classes on the Lewiston campus and at sites in Bridgton, Farmington, Machias and Rumford. The Machias site, which is new this year, has eight students. The group includes two medical […]
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CMMC offering wellness, fitness programs
LEWISTON — Central Maine Medical Center’s Wellness Solutions is offering the following programs beginning July 25. Ballroom Dance Review Workshop: A one-time-only advanced beginner workshop to brush up and review some foxtrot, waltz and swing steps. The class is intended for those who have had solid beginner’s work in these dances and are comfortable with […]
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Radiology students earn awards
LEWISTON — Six students from the Clark F. Miller School of Radiologic Technology at Central Maine Medical Center College of Nursing and Health Professions won academic awards at the annual meeting of the Maine Society of Radiologic Technologists. Laura Trimboli of South Berwick, a junior radiography student, won first place and $300 in the MSRT […]
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CMMC graduates 51 nursing students
LEWISTON — The Central Maine Medical Center College of Nursing and Health Professions recently graduated 51 nursing students in a ceremony at the Franco-American Heritage Center. Having successfully completed the CMMC College of Nursing’s two-year registered nursing education program, the graduates were awarded associate degrees in the applied science of nursing. A number of graduating […]
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Health students honored
LEWISTON — A number of graduating students at the Central Maine Medical Center College of Nursing and Health Professions as well as practicing nurses at CMMC have been recognized with Mentor Recognition and Staff Choice awards. The award programs were designed to foster a mentoring relationship between nursing students and practicing nurses that enhances the […]