17-November-2017 – Paramedic Graduation

Six County Firefighter-EMTs graduated from the Paramedic Program conducted by the Lowcountry Regional EMS Council. The proud students just completed the 15 month long training program and are now cleared to take the National Registry Examination. The competency based paramedic course follows the  National EMS Education Standards and consists of a minimum of 1,100 hours of classroom instruction, laboratory, clinical and field rotations throughout the Lowcountry Region. The students completed training in ECG interpretation, medication administration, pharmacology, anatomy and physiology, trauma and cardiac care, respiratory therapy, child birth, advance cardiac life support and advance level pediatric care. In addition to classroom instruction, the students participated in hundreds of hours of hospital clinical rotations and ambulance field rotations in area hospitals and EMS systems. Chris Dukes received an award for Outstanding Patient Care. Following field internships, the graduated will fill the role of a primary care provider on the County’s Fire-Rescue ambulances. Graduates include, Justin Benton, Chris Dukes, Jennifer Mixon, Michael Sanders, Matt Smart and Will Worrell.