Health Center
Welcome to the CHS Health Center
The Carmel High School nurses are Althea Albritton, Patty Antle and Kandyce Hardie. Althea is the Freshman Center nurse and Patty and Kandyce work in the Main Health Center.
Althea graduated from Old Dominion University with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Louisiana State University Medical Center with a Master’s Degree in Psychiatric Nursing and Nursing Management. During her career, she has worked as a staff nurse, as a nursing supervisor/manager, as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in psychiatric nursing, in nursing education and as a nursing administrator. She recently retired as a Navy Captain from the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps, following a 31 year distinguished career in both the U.S. Air Force Nurse Corps and U.S. Navy Nurse Corps.
Patty graduated from Indiana University with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She was a staff nurse at a variety of hospitals throughout the country for 18 years before joining Carmel Clay Schools in 1996. She is the Nurse Coordinator for the CCS district.
Kandyce graduated from Ball State University with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She worked at Indiana’s only Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center at Riley Hospital for 5 years and was involved with the Indiana Organ Procurement Organization. She is a certified provider of Basic Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course, and Trauma Nursing Core Course.
The Carmel High School Main Health Center phone number is (317) 571-5916 and the fax number is (317) 571-4056.
The Freshman Center Health Centers phone number is (317) 571-4624 and the fax number is (317) 571-4625.
Health Center hours are from 7:00 A.M. until 3:30 P.M. each school day.
Article in AtCarmel Magazine: Carmel High School’s Front Line to Health
Carmel High School educates a whopping 4,500 students each year from grades nine through twelve. Wow, that’s the size of a small town – think of the town of Cicero just north of here in Hamilton County with just under 4,400 residents. While most small towns have a few family doctors in the area, Carmel HS has three nurses on staff. So how does a school this big deal with the day to day operations of possibly hundreds of patients each day?
Wash Your Hands
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, keeping hands clean is one of the most important ways to prevent the spread of infection and illness.
When washing hands with soap and water:
1. Wet your hands with warm water.
2. Apply a generous amount of soap.
3. Rub your hands together for 20 seconds.
4. Rinse your hands.
5. Dry your hands with a paper towel.
6. Use the paper towel to turn off the faucet and open the door.
If soap and clean water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand rub to clean your hands. Alcohol-based hand rubs significantly reduce the number of germs on skin and are fast-acting.
When using an alcohol-based hand sanitizer:
1. Apply product to the palm of one hand.
2. Rub hands together.
3. Rub the product over all surfaces of hands and fingers until hands are dry.
Always wash your hands after using the bathroom, after changing diapers, after cleaning the toilet, after handling anything soiled with stool and before eating and preparing food.
