WACC Students Achieve EMT Certification
June 1, 2020 at 9:55 p.m.
WACC Students Achieve EMT Certification
By Staff Report-
After completing 185 classroom hours learning how to care for the sick and injured, Angela Martinez-Ortiz, Florisela Araujo, Abigail Lancaster, Tahya Lybarger, David Phillips, Melissa Deming, Shelby Baker and Bethany Johnson all passed their psychomotor exam to become emergency medical technicians, according to a news release from Warsaw Community Schools.
WACC offers an emergency medical services course to prepare students for a state certification which may lead to a career in emergency medical services. Examples of those careers include emergency medical technician and paramedic, the release states. Theories, techniques and operational aspects of prehospital emergency care, within the scope and responsibility of the basic emergency medical technician, are covered in this course. Leadership skills are developed and community service opportunities are provided.
Course requirements include a total of 32 hours of clinical rotations scheduled in the ER and ambulance. These hours are completed outside of the school classroom time.
WACC extended a special thanks to EMT course instructors Alicia Elder and Ed Ksiezopolski. Their expertise and dedication to the program helped these students achieve this accomplishment and provided outstanding career opportunities for them all, according to the news release.
After completing 185 classroom hours learning how to care for the sick and injured, Angela Martinez-Ortiz, Florisela Araujo, Abigail Lancaster, Tahya Lybarger, David Phillips, Melissa Deming, Shelby Baker and Bethany Johnson all passed their psychomotor exam to become emergency medical technicians, according to a news release from Warsaw Community Schools.
WACC offers an emergency medical services course to prepare students for a state certification which may lead to a career in emergency medical services. Examples of those careers include emergency medical technician and paramedic, the release states. Theories, techniques and operational aspects of prehospital emergency care, within the scope and responsibility of the basic emergency medical technician, are covered in this course. Leadership skills are developed and community service opportunities are provided.
Course requirements include a total of 32 hours of clinical rotations scheduled in the ER and ambulance. These hours are completed outside of the school classroom time.
WACC extended a special thanks to EMT course instructors Alicia Elder and Ed Ksiezopolski. Their expertise and dedication to the program helped these students achieve this accomplishment and provided outstanding career opportunities for them all, according to the news release.
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