Keesler claims Golden Bedpan Trophy Published May 27, 2009 By Steve Pivnick 81st Medical Group Public Affairs KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- Keesler Medical Center nurses and medical technicians have brought home the coveted "Golden Bedpan Trophy." For the first time, the 81st Medical Group contingent for the first time took top honors in the annual Scrub Shirt Scramble held May 14 on the Biloxi Town Green in a high-spirited competition that pitted teams from eight medical facilities. According to 2nd Lt. Sara Wallace, 81sts Surgical Operations Squadron, "The Scrub Shirt Scramble is held each year during National Hospital Week. Local area hospitals come together for food, fun and competition. The winner of the event earns bragging rights for the next year and a bronze bedpan." Keesler Medical Center joined Singing River Hospital, Biloxi Regional Medical Center, Grace Healthcare, Memorial Healthcare, Garden Park Hospital, Hancock Medical Center and The Boyington Healthcare Facility in this year's competition. The teams faced off in six events. In the "Driver's Ed Relay,"a male and a female member from each team drove a motorized scooter once around a course. In the "Aim Is the Name of the Game" event, three members from each team tossed five syringes at a score board from a distance of 10 feet. The Wheelchair Relay was a four-member relay race in which one blindfolded member pushed another in a wheelchair. For the Bedpan Shuffle, three members from each team participated. The bedpans were filled with water and an apple was placed in the pan. The participant had to walk with a crutch, carrying the bedpan in one hand. The team with the fullest bedpan won. The Laundry Pitch involved three members from each team tossing a pillow case full of bed clothes into a free-standing laundry hamper from a distance of 15 feet. The "Blow and Go" event involved a team member blowing into a rubber glove, tying it off and running to the next team member. The second team member had to sit on the blownup glove until it broke then blew up another glove and passed it to the third member who finished the race. Points were awarded for each of the events. The team with the most points at the end of the competition won the trophy. In addition to Lieutenant Wallace, Team Keesler members were Col. Cassandra Salvatore, 81st Inpatient Operations Squadron commander; Capt. Jewel Henry, 1st Lts. Aimee McLaurin and Natalie McLendon, and 2nd Lts. Ashley Overlie, Bethany Casper and Mary Peterson, all 81st MSGS; 2nd Lts. Nicole Huch and Carol Walker, 81st IPTS; Staff Sgts. Veronica Hall, Rose Bautista and Mark Bautista, 81st MSGS; Senior Airmen Teara Turner and John Castilleja, 81st MSGS; Airman 1st Class Robert Toth, 81st MSGS; and Airmen Gilbert Helton, 81st Medical Operations Squadron.