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Sixteen Skagit County Providers Successfully Pass EMT Course
Sixteen Skagit County emergency service personnel have completed their Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) basic course.

The providers completed the three-month course at the end of April. The course was conducted by the Skagit County EMS Commission, which conducts two EMT basic classes per year paid for by the emergency medical services levy.

The course included 152 hours of classroom instruction, practical application of skills, and time in a hospital and on an ambulance working with and observing patients. Subjects included patient care, anatomy and physiology, musculoskeletal care and other areas giving the EMT well-rounded exposure to what they would experience working with patients when responding to emergency calls. The students also passed course and state exams.

The new EMTs were sponsored by their various agencies. The providers who completed the course are as follows:

Michael Aquino, Burlington Fire Department
Michael Bednar, Skagit County Fire District 13
Angela Demonte, Skagit County Fire District 11
Jennifer L English, Skagit County Search and Rescue (SAR)
April D Garrison, Skagit County Search and Rescue (SAR)
Garold Hackley Jr., Big Lake Fire Department
Brandon Lowry, Anacortes Fire Department
Jeffrey L Oiness,  Skagit County Fire District 13
Marla D Shelman, Skagit County Fire District 8
Jason Shuler, Skagit County Search and Rescue (SAR)
David Smith, Skagit County Search and Rescue (SAR)
William Smith, Skagit County Search and Rescue (SAR)
Chris Swenson,  Skagit County Search and Rescue (SAR)
Matthew Virata, Big Lake Fire Department
Daniel Wichers, Alger Fire Department
Timothy Wilson, Burlington Fire Department

For more information, contact Terry Bowen at (360) 428-3230.

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Updated Skagit County BLS Protocols are Available
- The new Skagit County BLS protocols are available now. Click here to download your copy in Adobe PDF format.

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Protocols
 - BLS Protocols 3.2.pdf -- Updated 9/28/07
 - ALS Protocols Version 2.2 - New Version effective 3/3/06
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 - Adult Intraosseus Infusion Protocol
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