<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3ZFRUu_11awpDau00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3ZFRUu_11awpDau00" width="1200" height="600" >FORREST COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - Seven volunteer firefighters in Forrest County are now certified Emergency Medical Technicians, thanks to a partnership between the county and Pearl River Community College.“Here in the past several weeks, we were able to graduate seven new EMTs through PRCC’s EMT program for the Forrest County Fire Service,” said Macedonia Fire Captain Austin Extine.Extine said firefighters are often the first to arrive on the scene, and that the EMT certification means they can do more than just wait for the ambulance.“We’re able to get there quicker than those ambulances are that are maybe coming from a farther distance away,” said Extine. “So, that really is able to speed up the amount of time that it is from the call to the time that somebody is able to deliver the prehospital care that’s needed.”The course runs around 180 hours, including classroom time and hands-on training.“Have to do about 60 hours of clinical, (and) 12 hours of that is in the emergency room and the other 48 hours is on an ambulance doing 12-hour shifts,” said Beverly Courtney, PRCC adjunct instructor for the EMT program.Extine said the program will get patients help faster, especially in the more rural parts of the county.“One of the nice things about living in rural areas, less concentration of people; we’re a little more spread out,” said Extine. “The downside to that is that so are our resources.“So, a lot of times this gets the ball rolling on a lot of things before the ambulance gets there. That way, we’re taking advantage of every opportunity we have during that ‘Golden Hour.”The ‘Golden Hour’ starts at the time that the patient is injured and ends once they get to definitive care.“The quicker we can get feet on the ground and hands there taking care of patients, then the better their opportunity they will survive this incident,” said Courtney.PRCC is now taking applications for the next EMT certification class that’s set to start in July.More information on the program here.Want more WDAM 7 news in your inbox? Click here to subscribe to our newsletter.</div></body>

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FORREST COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - Seven volunteer firefighters in Forrest County are now certified Emergency Medical Technicians, thanks to a partnership between the county and Pearl River Community College. “Here in the past several weeks, we were able to graduate seven new EMTs through PRCC’s EMT program for the Forrest...

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