Health & Fitness
Rockville High School Students Shadow EMS Providers 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.
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, three Rockville Rams learned first-hand whether a career in medicine, or specifically a career in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is right for them. They were assigned to an EMT-Basic or EMT-Paramedic level ambulance, a five-hour job shadow 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 static environment such as a cubicle. Often those who are looking for a career in medicine shadow in EMS to see the leading edge of the emergency care system.
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One student was back for her second year and among another student's goals for the day was to deliver a baby. Check out our blog for more at www.asm-aetna.com/blog. (All pictures appear with express, written permission from a parent or guardian).