If you haven’t registered for the Killingworth Ambulance Association’s upcoming EMT class, don’t worry. You still have time.
You just don’t have much of it.
The course will begin Monday, Aug. 29, at 6 p.m. at the KAA’s Route 81 headquarters and is expected to run approximately three-and-half months. Classes are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6-10 p.m. and five Saturdays from 8 a.m.- 4 p.m. and protective facemasks are not required.
Instruction will include CPR, patient assessment and treatment, with the course led by Mike and Marguerite Haaga. Both are EMTs and KAA board members and have taught the class for over 20 years.
However, the last time they completed an EMT course was in the winter and spring of 2020. Originally scheduled for September, 2019, the class was postponed because of low enrollment and resumed in January of the following year.
Despite extraordinary circumstances that included protective facemasks, social distancing and one student who attended from Idaho via Zoom, the class was a success. Ten individuals participated, and eight became certified EMTs – including six who joined the Killingworth Ambulance Association.
COVID canceled the 2020 fall program, and a shortage of students erased last autumn’s course.
The class is six college credits and highly recommended for persons interested in pursuing medical careers.
“Not only is it a chance to help out the community,” said Marguerite Haaga, “it’s a good step toward something in the science, medical and nursing fields.”
For more information, please contact the Killingworth Ambulance Association at (860) 663-2450.