Slideshow: A glimpse at America’s only school for children with respiratory illnesses
All photos by Hannah Leigh Myers. Hear/read her accompanying audio report.
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- The Morgridge Academy campus, within the National Jewish Health hospital, sits right next to offices and labs all dedicated to improving respiratory health.
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- Morgridge Academy student Amadi shows school nurses the results of his daily peak flow lung test before P.E. class.
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- Amadi gets ready to dive into the Morgridge Academy indoor pool as part of physical education classes protected from the poor local air quality.
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- Two Morgridge Academy students check in with nurses for routine lung tests and treatments.
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- Morgridge Academy nurse Kathi Carney explains the form and function of a machine used when students are in respiratory distress.
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- A wheelchair at Morgridge Academy sits ready to rush students to nearby doctors in the case of a breathing emergency.
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- A National Jewish Health doctor studies a young patient’s asthma symptoms in the 1960s before the official opening of the Morgridge Academy.
