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Local and Regional EMS News
to get storage space for the
equipment.
High school students
compete in EMS
competition
High school seniors from the
Academy of Science and Tech-
nology of the Ysleta ISD in El
Paso competed in the Area 4
Health Occupations Students of
America (HOSA) competition
in Amarillo in January. The
students are enrolled in an
EMT-B course offered at the
academy through El Paso Com-
munity College and will test
for state certification in May.
The following El Paso students
received awards in EMS cate-
gories:
Emergency Medical Technician
Alfred Gunter & David
Molina - 1st place
Hilda Garcia & June Duron -
3rd place
Harmony Bingham & Fran
McDaniels - 4th place
Medical Spelling
Johanna Bopp - 1st place
First Aid/CPR
Blanca Vasquez & Justin
Davis - 5th place
Extemporaneous Health Display
Justin Davis - 5th place
Creative Problem Solving
Blanca Vasquez, Johanna
Bopp, Alfred Gunter, & David
Molina - 5th placeI
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Fire and EMS personnel extricate EMT Joy Wolfe during a class in Falestine. Trinity
EMS, Palestine EMS, Palestine Fire Department and EMT students participated in
the class.Students placing first through
third place are eligible to compete
in the statewide HOSA competi-
tion. The Academy of Science
and Technology will be sponsor-
ing 21 students in the state com-
petition.
Extrication and landing
zone classes held in
Palestine
Members of Trinity EMS, Pales-
tine EMS and Palestine Fire De-
partment, and EMT and EMT-I
students from Trinity Valley
College attended an extrication
class and a landing zone class in
last December in Palestine. In-
structed by EMS course coordi-
nator David Pearse and
Palestine Fire Department mem-
bers, the eight-hour extricationclass taught members to re-
move victims from wrecked au-
tomobiles without further
injuring the patient. Flight
crews from Mother Frances
Flight For Life in Tyler instruct-
ed class members on types of
scene information pertinent to
the pilot, and necessary landing
area dimensions.
Denison Fire Department/
EMS receives two
ambulances
Denison Fire Department/EMS
has taken delivery cf two fully-
equipped MICU ambulances.
Texoma Medical Center in Den-
ison purchased the ambulances
for the service in a joint effort
to raise the level of trauma ser-
vice in the community. TheTexas EMS Magazine May/June 1996
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