Kids embrace teddy bear clinic at Las Vegas hospital — VIDEO

Las Vegas Review-Journal

7 years ago

Sofia Ruiz, 5, from left, with her mother, Liz, and Daniela Sebastian, 6, her sister Natalia, and their mother, Joanna, take part in the Teddy Bear Clinic at Centennial Hills Hospital in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Erik_Verduzco

Jennifer Rivera, clinical system coordinator in the operating room, left, teaches Sierra Kreps, 4, how to check the heartbeat of her stuffed animal during the Teddy Bear Clinic at Centennial Hills Hospital in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Erik_Verduzco

A digital X-ray image of a stuffed animal during a Teddy Bear Clinic at Centennial Hills Hospital in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Erik_Verduzco

Dianna Schulte, 6, of Las Vegas during the Teddy Bear Clinic at Centennial Hills Hospital in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Erik_Verduzco

Elizabeth Downing, 9, with her stuffed animal after getting bandaged during the Teddy Bear Clinic at Centennial Hills Hospital in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Erik_Verduzco

Parents and their children attend the Teddy Bear Clinic at Centennial Hills Hospital in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Erik_Verduzco

Chris Silva, right, makes a sound through a stethoscope while Morgyn Saunders, 4, listens on the other end during the Teddy Bear Clinic at Centennial Hills Hospital in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017. Silva’s friend Shawna Newton looks on. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Erik_Verduzco

Joshua Cater, 5, of Las Vegas checks the heartbeat of his teddy bear during the Teddy Bear Clinic at Centennial Hills Hospital in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Erik_Verduzco

Melanie Bangle, paramedic with Community Ambulance, shows Noah Collins, 11, left, and his brother Logan, 5, the inside of an ambulance during the Teddy Bear Clinic at Centennial Hills Hospital in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Erik_Verduzco

Parents and their children attend the Teddy Bear Clinic at Centennial Hills Hospital in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Erik_Verduzco

Melinda Borsuk-Pollard, a student nurse at Roseman University of Health Sciences, fits a diaper to the teddy bear of Natalya, 2, with her mother, Laura Gross, during the Teddy Bear Clinic at Centennial Hills Hospital in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Erik_Verduzco

Centennial Hills Hospital on Wednesday hosted the Teddy Bear Clinic, an event designed to help younger kids know what to expect when they visit the hospital.

Over 600 people attended the event.