Central Mississippi EMTS Graduation
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- Oct 23, 2024
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JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Newly graduated paramedics were pinned and received their diplomas Tuesday.
Some even received an award for specific accomplishments during their training.
Graduates say they have been eager to serve their community and were happy to answer the call for this training.
“Ever since I’ve gotten my degree in mass communication journalism, I’ve always kind of wanted to do something in the medical field, but I’ve just been putting it off and doing other things for years,” Marquise Slator, a graduate, said. “It’s been God’s blessing that it just fell in my lap.”
Loved ones rallied around the graduates to commemorate the moment.
Paramedic school is rigorous, and all students have to maintain a ‘B’ average in order to graduate.
EMS instructor Malcolm Robinson said, “I tell my students at the beginning of class, you know, specific doctors do specific things for us. We have to know a little bit about everything. So we may have, you know, somebody who’s having chest pain in the morning, and we may deliver a baby in the afternoon.”
One benefit of taking the EMT training course at the Central Mississippi AMR center is the earn-and-learn program, where students get paid to get their certification.
“I was at a certain community college, and I was about to join their program and spend thousands of dollars to get my certification. At the end of the meeting, she told me about this program where it’s free, [and] I would be able to get a stipend and get my certification,” Slator said.
The Central Mississippi AMR school offers paramedic courses throughout the year, and they encourage those who are interested in becoming an EMT to throw their hat in the ring with the men and women who help save lives in our community.
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