Rockville High School Students Shadow Ambulance Crews at ASM

Students from Rockville High School (RHS) spent the day "learning by doing" by riding-along with EMTs from the Ambulance Service of Manchester.

As part of an ongoing partnership, seven Rockville Rams learned first-hand whether a career in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is for them. They were assigned to an EMT-Basic or EMT-Paramedic level ambulance, a five-hour experience. During that time they toured the facility, were shown the ambulance and equipment and went on real 911 calls and inter-facility transports. Through this they witnessed the day-to-day activities of an EMT in commercial EMS.

EMS careers draw interest from young people who want and feel they need variation in their day-to-day. Often they do not know what they ultimately want to do but they are usually quite sure they do not want to work in a cubicle.

More posts about the student experience will follow. Keep an eye on our blog at www.asm-aetna.com/blog for more.