| ||||||||||
 
Dr. Ronald P. Rogers CHIROPRACTOR Support for your body's natural healing capabilities 270-384-5554 Click here for details 
  
Columbia Gas Dept. GAS LEAK or GAS SMELL Contact Numbers 24 hrs/ 365 days 270-384-2006 or 9-1-1 Call before you dig 
Visit ColumbiaMagazine's Directory of Churches Addresses, times, phone numbers and more for churches in Adair County Find Great Stuff in ColumbiaMagazine's Classified Ads Antiques, Help Wanted, Autos, Real Estate, Legal Notices, More... 
|
Somerset-Pulaski EMS donates ambulance to SCC Vehicle will help Somerset Community College's EMS-Paramedic program as well as the schools diesel mechanic program. Click on headline for story with photo(s) By Allison Horseman Somerset, KY August 28, 2014 - Somerset-Pulaski County EMS, with support and approval from the City of Somerset, recently donated an ambulance to the Emergency Medical Services (EMS)-Paramedic program at Somerset Community College (SCC). The donation came about as Chief Billy J. Duncan of Somerset-Pulaski County EMS was looking at ways to help the community by addressing the shortage of trained paramedics. With Mayor Eddie Girdler's approval, the city was able to take a truck no longer adequate for emergency response and to donate it to the college. This donation will assist the SCC EMS-Paramedic program as well as the diesel mechanic program. This EMS unit that was donated has served the citizens of Somerset and Pulaski County well. The vehicle was purchased in 2006 and had over 200,000 miles when retired. Tracey Franklin, the EMS-Paramedic program coordinator, said the ambulance will be used for skills training in the program. “It is wonderful to have a realistic setting in which to practice skills,” said Franklin, a long-time paramedic who spent ten years with the Somerset-Pulaski County EMS and now works in the emergency room at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital. “Lab practice is good, but having an ambulance to work in tests how well our students can manipulate their area and care for a patient before they enter the workforce.” Franklin said that adding the element of working in a small space, stopping and starting, moving, turning and other motion-related activities add another component to patient care. Learning to mix medications, start IV drugs and even take a medical history are all things that must be practiced and mastered during training. “This is a grassroots type of program,” said Franklin. “The people in this program have a strong desire to serve their community and donations such as this one from Somerset-Pulaski County EMS will help us train our students so they can be successful in this demanding field.” This is the third ambulance that has been donated to the program. The first two were given from Breathitt County EMS in 2012. “We are extremely grateful for these donations to our program,” said Nancy Powell, dean of Health Sciences at SCC. The SCC EMS Paramedic Program offers an EMS-Paramedic Certificate and also an EMS-Paramedic Associate of Applied Science degree. In order to enter the program, students must be an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). The program is being offered on the SCC Somerset Campus and a program is in the works for the SCC Laurel Campus. Twenty-two students are currently enrolled in the program. - ALLISON HORSEMAN Contact for EMS-Paramedic Program at SCC: contact Tracey Franklin at 6-6-387-3718 or e-mail at tracey.franklin@kctcs.edu. This story was posted on 2014-08-28 13:25:34
Printable: this page is now automatically formatted for printing.
Have comments or corrections for this story? Use our contact form and let us know.
More articles from topic Education:
Camp Casey schedules being sent home to parents Adair Schools request safe school assessment ACHS 2014 improves ACT scores to 18.4 compared 17.8 in 2013 CU Church Relations Council fall meeting held on campus Opening Day for Adair Co. School employees: Aug. 13, 2014 LWC officials expect another record residential enrollment Aug. 8, 2014: Registration deadline for ACT test (Sept. 13, 2014) Alfred Thompson, Casey County, KY (1928-2014) Free or Reduced lunch qualifiers eligible for additional scholarships Leader in Me program at Adair Co. Schools a giant step ahead View even more articles in topic Education |
 
115 Jamestown St. Columbia, KY. 270-384-2496 
  
   
 Provided by the Adair Co Fiscal Court and the Adair Co. Emergency Mgt. Agency 
|
||||||||
|
| ||||||||||
|
Quick Links to Popular Features
Looking for a story or picture? Try our Photo Archive or our Stories Archive for all the information that's appeared on ColumbiaMagazine.com. | ||||||||||
|
Contact us: Columbia Magazine and columbiamagazine.com are published by Linda Waggener and Pen Waggener, PO Box 906, Columbia, KY 42728. Please use our contact page, or send questions about technical issues with this site to webmaster@columbiamagazine.com. All logos and trademarks used on this site are property of their respective owners. All comments remain the property and responsibility of their posters, all articles and photos remain the property of their creators, and all the rest is copyright 1995-Present by Columbia Magazine. Privacy policy: use of this site requires no sharing of information. Voluntarily shared information may be published and made available to the public on this site and/or stored electronically. Anonymous submissions will be subject to additional verification. Cookies are not required to use our site. However, if you have cookies enabled in your web browser, some of our advertisers may use cookies for interest-based advertising across multiple domains. For more information about third-party advertising, visit the NAI web privacy site.
| ||||||||||
