Shown are EMT graduates who attended classes at the College’s Danville location at the Geisinger Danville Campus at the Henry Hood Center for Health Research or at the College’s Pittston Center at the M&T Educational Center, from left, first row: Jessica Petrell, Sugarloaf; Elizabeth Davidson, Millville; Anastasia Lawson, of Wilkes-Barre; Emma Craig, Mountain Top; Brendon Kelly, of Pittston; and Shane Lovenduski, of West Wyoming; Second row: Laurie McGrath, Berwick, class coordinator, Danville EMT, LCCC; Melissa Fosse, Catawissa, instructor, LCCC; Stacey Jones, Watsontown; Mary Wilson-Duganitz, Shamokin; Yvette Helmbold, Mountain Top; Stephen Fish, Scranton, class coordinator, Pittston EMT, LCCC; and Emmett Thomas, Kingston, instructor, Pittston EMT, LCCC; Third row: Brian Fosse, Catawissa, instructor, Danville EMT, LCCC; Juan Marte, Danville; Jared Baucom, Hazle Township; Charles Helmbold, Mountain Top; Kenneth Gilley, West Pittston; and Frank Willis, Mountain Top, instructor, Pittston EMT, LCCC.
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Students in the Luzerne County Community College Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) program from the Mary Gill Carrozza, R.N. School of Nursing and Health Sciences recently completed their coursework.
The students completed a six-credit EMT course which requires participation in a 250-hour lecture, practical, and clinical that teaches basic life support skills. Upon completion, the LCCC EMT students are eligible to take the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) practical and written certification examinations.
For more information about the EMT program, call the LCCC EMS department at the College’s Francis S. and Mary Gill Carrozza, R.N. Health Sciences Center at 570-740-0628 or 800-377-LCCC, extension 7628.
