Medical Explorer can change lives

Medical Explorer Josh Dickerson, left, holds the head of a patient being placed onto a stretcher in 2005 at the corner of Nicholson Drive and Bob Pettit Boulevard. Medical Explorer Brian Lawson, second to far right, helps stabilize the woman’s legs while paramedics with East Baton Rouge Parish Emergency Medical Services, Richard Naquin, second to far left, and Will Warren, middle, support her back. Medical Explorer Amanda Blackwell, center, watches as well as an unidentified man, far right. The Medical Explorer program is run by EMS and provides teenagers with hands-on experience.