Twelve new paramedics will be joining the ranks of life-saving professionals soon. Receiving their diplomas on June 8 at the Ventura Theatre from the School of Prehospital and Emergency Medicine were:
· Garet Blake
· Daniel Bleicher
· Andrew Guzzard
· Justin Johnson
· Patrick McCandle
· Luke Mitchell
· Thomas O’Connor
· Bryce Owen
· David Parigan
· Jeremy Rennie
· Jeremy Schenck
· Colin Tams
The Class of 2007 had two valedictorians, Thomas O’Connor and Luke Mitchell. Five of the graduates received an associate’s degree in addition to completing the Paramedic program. Daniel Bleicher was the recipient of the Benjamin Tanner Scholarship, awarded annually in honor of a member of an earlier class who was killed in an automobile accident.
The Ventura College School of Prehospital and Emergency Medicine is the only fully accredited paramedic training program in the county– training Emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and paramedics (highest level of EMT certification), who provide urgent care in any location or while transporting patients in ambulances or helicopters. As first responders in the delivery of emergency services, these men and women apply life-saving medical techniques to the injured.
For more information on the program, visit: http://academic.venturacollege.edu/smelton/healthsci/
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