Butler Community College of Marion may offer EMT training
EMT training may be conducted through Butler Community College of Marion.
Darryl Thiesen, county emergency medical services director, reported Monday to Marion County Commission that the college was interested in sponsoring the program with Thiesen as a paid instructor.
The classes would take place in a classroom on the Marion campus with the college providing equipment, trained lab assistants, tutoring, and advertising for the class.
Currently students pay $480 to take the class. The cost of the class would increase to $1,000, said Thiesen, but there would be some tuition assistance available.
If the commission were to approve the program, the first class could be offered within 30 days, said Thiesen.
In other EMS business:
— Centre USD 397 is trying to obtain funds for an AED (Automated External Defibrillator) at the school. The school district is the last in the county to receive at least one AED, said Thiesen.
— Delores Johnson of Hillsboro is providing NIMS (National Incident Management System) training for county emergency services personnel per federal government requirements.
— All EMS office personnel will attend a Medicare workshop Thursday at Salina. Jamie Shirley of the office recently attended a Blue Cross/Blue Shield workshop.
— Annual inspections of EMS vehicles will be conducted by Webster's Auto Service of Marion.
— Repairs were made to the Burns First Responder vehicle.
— There were 82 runs in January — 28 by Hillsboro, 25 by Marion, 15 by Peabody, eight by Tampa, and six by Florence.
Of those runs, 20 were no transport, 19 medical emergencies, 15 cardiacs, 14 transfers, five turn-arounds, three standbys, and two motor vehicle accidents.
Goessel first responders had four runs, and Burns and Durham had two each. Marion rescue had one run.
— Commissioner Randy Dallke requested and received a 15-minute executive session with Thiesen to discuss personnel. The meeting reconvened with no decisions.
