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Show i' " " : '' '', ' .... " ' f ; ,; J ; V 4N Clayton Allred, EMT instructor from Cedar City, taught Rapid Extrication, removing someone safely from a vehicle while stabilizing their spine, ESCALANTE New Emergency Emer-gency Medical Technicians who have been taking classes in Escalante Esca-lante will finish their training with testing on May 22. The final state testing will be on June 5. to EMT students last weekend in Escalante. The students are in the final days of classes and will take the state test in June. EMT Students Finish Classes On May 22 The EMT's have been taking the classes since Mar. 25. Dennis Moser, director of the Area Health Education Center, assisted others in forming the classes because there were so few First Responders and EMT's in the EscalanteBouiuer area. Students have learned basic first aid care, how to run an Automatic External Difibrilator (AED), splinting, bandaging, pediatric care, and trauma and medical care for patients. They spent countless hours, every Friday night and Saturday, Sat-urday, reading and passing off the skills needed to become an EMT from instructors Clayton and Vickie Allred, Cedar City. Also helping with the class were Vema Goetz-inger, Goetz-inger, Tom Mansell, Cindi Steed, Ray Gardner, Stan Stowe, Jim Bowman, and Linda Crawford. Those participating in the class are Peter Bensen, Kevin Eastman, Donna Owen, Ora Keel, Toriann Clapp, Bob Cochran, and Stacy Davis, all of Boulder; Elaine Cot-tam, Cot-tam, Nancy Porter, Laurie Smith, Don Porter, Linda Haycock, Donnie Randall, Cathy MacFarlane, Nicole Spencer, Sam Winkler, Amie Christensen, Mindy Munson, Lisa Rollins, and Tami Magleby, all of Escalante. Those businesses who sponsored spon-sored the class are Dennis Moser, AHEC; Garfield County, Garfield Memorial Hospital Foundation Board, Garkane Power, Turn About Ranch, Utah Forest Products, Griffins Grif-fins Merc, Serenidad Gallery, Pon-derosa Pon-derosa Restaurant, Boulder Town, Hiilis Store, escalante City, Escalante Esca-lante higii school, and First Secu-rity Secu-rity Bank. V |