Barton Community College will offer an Emergency Medical Training course this fall at Salina Fire Department Station No. 3.
The class will meet from 6 to 10 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, Aug. 19 through Dec. 12.
Students will learn how to handle traumatic, medical and psychological emergencies in the pre-hospital setting. They will receive 12 credit hours, which include eight hours of emergency medical training, one hour of training in EMT-Defibrillation, one hour of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and two hours of hazardous materials training. Upon successful completion of the course, students will be eligible for state certification as emergency medical technicians.
Preregistration is recommended, but not required. For more information or to pre-enroll in a course, contact Barton's Emergency Services Education Junction City site coordinator Terry Kiser, (785) 238-8550, or e-mail kisert@bartonccc.edu.
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