AFC Urgent Care is inviting preschool and kids groups to learn about first aid and doctors’ visits. Recently, a group of 60 preschoolers from Maritime Odyssey Preschool visited the urgent care clinic for a “Ted E. Bear Urgent Care event.”
“The kids bring in their teddy bears or stuffed animals and go through all the stations with our ‘teddy bear clinicians’ to get treated for their bumps and bruises. We have fun with the kids while they learn that going to the doctor is not scary,” explains Janet Nazarian, director of marketing and community relations for AFC.
A class from Wilton’s Community Nursery School visited AFC Urgent Care last October with their teachers, Megan Scullin-Zaca and Meaghan Donovan, as part of a unit teaching about helpers in the community.
“We did a version where we have a teddy bear named ‘Teddy’ as the patient, so the kids could see what happens from check-in to check-out. They saw our nurse, Viv, first to assess Teddy’s ailment, and then they saw our radiologist technologist, Dani, and got to learn about x-rays, which they were the most excited to see,” Nazarian says. “We gave them copies of a Teddy Bear x-ray they could take with them. Then Dr. Tony Bhatnagar took them to the procedure room, where they learned about stitches and splints.”
Any groups interested in setting up a similar event can contact Nazarian at 203.845.9100 or via email.