Williams College athletic trainer Yasmin Wilkinson talks about concussion awareness at Mount Greylock Regional School's Wellness Fair.
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Fresh fruits and vegetables were on the menu at Mount Greylock Regional School on Tuesday afternoon, but not the way you might think.
"This spaghetti squash is standing in for our bladder," explained Michael McGill of Karl Storz Endoscopy as he demonstrated an endoscope for a group of Mount Greylock seniors.
McGill was at the school as part of its Wellness Fair, and the bladder nee squash in question had the endoscope inserted to allow the kids to try their hand at operating the sophisticated fiber-optic device.
One-by-one, the students inserted the scope into a small hole in the side of the hollowed-out squash, looked at a magnified view of the interior on a video monitor and attempted to pick up small beads using the device's forceps.
Across the room, New England Mobile Medical Equipment's John Cavalline was showing a needle filled with argon gas is injected into a patient and into a tumor to freeze the offending mass, a process known as cryoablation.
For purposes of demonstration, Cavalline used orange wedges as stand-ins for cancerous tumors.
Cavalline and McGill were part of a demonstration of high-tech medical devices arranged by Berkshire Health Systems, which was back at Mount Greylock for a second year.
This year, the visit was incorporated into a larger Wellness Fair that included presentations from other BHS personnel and a half-dozen community partners, including Tasha Yoga, Williamstown Physical Therapy, the Brien Center and ZenTree Wellness.
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