On his first shift in the intensive care unit at UPMC Hamot — Day One of a 10-week internship — Grant Oishi, a nursing student at Penn State Behrend, saw the worst of the work ahead: He helped care for a patient who no longer had brain activity, and whose organs would soon be removed by transplant teams.
Volunteers from the Erie Regional Medical Reserve Corps were recently commended for their efforts, which included assisting the Erie County Department of Health with COVID-19 testing and vaccination clinics, packaging PPE kits for businesses, providing medical screenings and more.