The Emergency Medical Technician class at Bedford Science and Technology Center gives students like Joshua Smith hands-on experience for a future career. "I've been around the medical field all my life and my mom is an LPN," said Smith. "I just want to help out in my community and better serve it."
The Emergency Medical Technician class at Bedford Science and Technology Center gives students like Joshua Smith hands-on experience for a future career.
"I've been around the medical field all my life and my mom is an LPN," said Smith. "I just want to help out in my community and better serve it."
Smith's teacher, Jodi Shirey, tries to give her students a realistic idea of what it takes to be an EMT.
One of the most important tools of that trade is an ambulance and now Shirey's students have one to call their own.
"When we put them in the back of an Ambulance, they're confined just like they are going to work in the real world and that's important," said Shirey.
The ambulance was donated by the Big Island Emergency Crew.
"I knew they had a vehicle that they were going to replace and I expressed interest to them," Shirey said.
The vehicle was built in 1998. It's old for emergency work but Shirey says it's in perfect shape for instructional use.