The Nationwide EMS Academy and South Louisiana Neighborhood Faculty lately celebrated the twentieth anniversary of their partnership in EMS training and profession improvement. In 2003, Acadian Ambulance and SLCC established the Nationwide EMS Academy with the assistance of U.S. Sen. John Breaux.
The Nationwide EMS Academy and Acadian Ambulance have provided academic and employment alternatives to greater than 20,000 folks over the previous 20 years, in line with a launch from the corporate. Now expanded with 14 campuses throughout Louisiana, Texas, and Tennessee, the Nationwide EMS Academy’s EMT and Paramedic packages have the next move fee than the nationwide common, and the varsity presently educates three p.c of all EMTs and paramedics within the nation, in line with the corporate’s assertion.
SLCC employees, Acadian Ambulance management, and Nationwide EMS Academy crew members had been joined lately by native elected officers and friends, and highschool college students from across the area visited the Nationwide EMS Academy’s campus on North College Avenue in Lafayette. College students had been invited to an open home to see what a day within the lifetime of an EMS pupil entails. Acadian’s fleet, together with an ambulance, ambulance bus, excessive water rescue automobile, Air Med helicopter, and different assets, had been on show, permitting friends a close-up view. College students additionally received to find out about Acadian’s Explorer program, part of the Scouting Explorers program.
“The well being and way forward for hundreds are a direct results of the connection we have a good time right this moment,” stated Acadian Firms Chairman & CEO Richard Zuschlag. “The Nationwide EMS Academy’s success is paramount to Acadian’s skill to reply to our communities that we’re blessed to serve and shield. I can not overstate how proud I’m of our employees, and the employees of SLCC, who collectively present academic and employment alternatives for many who select to work within the discipline of EMS.”
SLCC Chancellor Dr. Vincent June stated, “This partnership exemplifies the spirit of collaboration, innovation, and neighborhood service that defines SLCC and the mission of enriching and reworking lives day by day. It’s a testomony to what we will obtain once we come along with a shared imaginative and prescient for a more healthy and safer neighborhood. The success tales of our graduates who’ve gone on to turn into devoted emergency medical professionals, is a testomony to the standard of training and coaching that’s offered via this partnership.”
To study extra about Nationwide EMS Academy’s coaching packages, go to BecomeAMedic.com.
