Spinal Cord Injury Awareness

 

Spaulding NERSCIC Model System Educates Children about the Spine and SCI Prevention

 

Researchers and clinicians from the Spaulding New England Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center Model System (SNERSCIC)  participated in the Harvard-Kent Elementary School Health Fair in Charlestown, MA along with Spaulding’s Burn and Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems.  

 

The SNERSCIC team educated children about the functional anatomy of the vertebral column by building models of the spine using edible items for the spinal cord, vertebrae, discs, and spinal nerves.   Children also learned about ways to avoid spinal cord injuries in their daily activities.  Spaulding’s SCI, Burn, and TBI Model Systems have participated in the event for the past five years.