Lutheran Air II Landing At Warsaw Community High School
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Staff Report-
The Flight Paramedic on board is a 2003 WCHS graduate Justin Butts. Butts is a full-time flight crew member on Helicopter N913LH, also known as Lutheran Air II, based out of Wabash, and he is scheduled to speak to the EMT students.
Butts was a member of the National Honor Society, recipient of the Academic Honors Diploma, and received his first EMT-Basic training and certification through the WACC. He always had an interest in the pre-hospital emergency medical field and having the availability of the EMT class at WACC provided him with an ability to explore that field, according to the press release from Warsaw Community Schools. He recalls his first ride-along on the ambulance, his first calls, and his first time really feeling like he found his dream job.
Following graduation, Butts spent time working and volunteering at Multi-Township EMS. He entered into paramedic training at IVY Tech Northeast in January 2004 and graduated in spring 2006. Following his graduation and passing of all state exams, he became a full-time paramedic in the employ of MTEMS for the next seven years.
In 2013, Butts was given the opportunity to combine two of his favorite things, aviation and emergency medicine. Helicopter EMS jobs have tough competition and people from all over the state were applying for a total of four full-time flight positions, the release states. For Butts, getting that phone call was a dream come true.
He is quoted in the press release as stating, “I am fortunate for the training that I have had over the years, and it has all been integral in each step that I needed to make it into a flight program, and it all began at WCHS/WACC.”[[In-content Ad]]
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The Flight Paramedic on board is a 2003 WCHS graduate Justin Butts. Butts is a full-time flight crew member on Helicopter N913LH, also known as Lutheran Air II, based out of Wabash, and he is scheduled to speak to the EMT students.
Butts was a member of the National Honor Society, recipient of the Academic Honors Diploma, and received his first EMT-Basic training and certification through the WACC. He always had an interest in the pre-hospital emergency medical field and having the availability of the EMT class at WACC provided him with an ability to explore that field, according to the press release from Warsaw Community Schools. He recalls his first ride-along on the ambulance, his first calls, and his first time really feeling like he found his dream job.
Following graduation, Butts spent time working and volunteering at Multi-Township EMS. He entered into paramedic training at IVY Tech Northeast in January 2004 and graduated in spring 2006. Following his graduation and passing of all state exams, he became a full-time paramedic in the employ of MTEMS for the next seven years.
In 2013, Butts was given the opportunity to combine two of his favorite things, aviation and emergency medicine. Helicopter EMS jobs have tough competition and people from all over the state were applying for a total of four full-time flight positions, the release states. For Butts, getting that phone call was a dream come true.
He is quoted in the press release as stating, “I am fortunate for the training that I have had over the years, and it has all been integral in each step that I needed to make it into a flight program, and it all began at WCHS/WACC.”[[In-content Ad]]
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