Students in the Luzerne County Community College Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) program at the college’s main campus in Nanticoke recently completed their coursework. The students completed a six-credit EMT course which requires participation in a 250-hour lecture, lab, and clinical that teaches basic life support skills. Upon completion, the LCCC EMT students are eligible to take the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) practical and written certification examinations. Those who attended the class are, from left, first row, Samuel Desimone, Scranton; Kimberly Pretko, Dallas; Audrey Stepansky, Freeland; Katelyn Force, Nanticoke; Brian Janiszewski, Wilkes-Barre; and Brittany Jones, Nanticoke. Second row, Eileen Keats, Bear Creek, class coordinator, EMT, LCCC; Courtney Franks, Mountain Top; Melissa Fedder, Berwick; Haley Kennedy, Mount Pocono; Jose Gonzalez, Mount Pocono; Jesse Slusser, Shickshinny; Bryan Cadwalder, Old Forge; Kelly Ward, Wilkes-Barre; and Lisa Babbish, West Nanticoke, EMS assistant, LCCC.
