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 EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE
Two medical helicopters landed at EMCC’s Golden Triangle campus Sept. 30 – one from North Mississippi Medical Center Care Flight, the other from UMC Air Care of Meridian. Their crews gave EMCC students from the EMT-Basic program, and volunteer firefighters from Clay County, tours of the aircraft and discussed how emergency care changes in an airlift situation. One of the crew members of the UMC Air Care helicopter was Sam Marshall of West Point, an adjunct EMCC instructor who teaches EMT-Basic classes. Program director John McBryde of EMCC schedules visits like these every year to give his students a hands-on look at the profession they’ve chosen. n More: Daily Times Leader, 10-4-09 edition
n More: Photo gallery, helicopter arrival
n More: EMCC health care programs
EMCC Health
Care Programs
EMT-Paramedic:
Available at EMCC’s Golden Triangle campus in Mayhew. Classroom instruction and hands-on
experience enable graduates to respond to medical emergency calls. Students learn to evaluate
the nature of emergencies, take action to reduce medical hazards, transport patients, and serve
as technical assistants to hospital emergency room personnel. Two-year associate’s degree
program. For more information, call John McBryde at (662) 243-2689. Licensed Practical Nursing:
Available at EMCC’s Golden Triangle campus in Mayhew. Students receive instruction
in areas such as basic nursing skills,nutrition, anatomy and physiology, pharmacology,
maternal child nursing, emotional and mental illness and medical-surgical nursing.
Affiliated hospitals and health care agencies provide clinical experience. One-year
vocational certificate program. Graduates are eligible to take a national certification
exam. For more information, call Pat Clowers at (662) 243-1998.
Health Care Assitant:
Available at EMCC’s Scooba campus. The Health Care Assistant program prepares students
to help provide health care as certified nursing assistants, long-term care aides or home health
aides in the Mississippi health care industry. Graduates of the one-semester program become
certified health care assistants. For more information, call Jennifer Jackson at (662) 476-5103. .
Associate Degree Nursing:
Available at EMCC’s Golden Triangle campus starting in January 2010. For more information,
call Pat Clowers at (662) 243-1998.
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