Hutchinson Community College - EMS Education

07/08/2024

Happy International Paramedics Day!

06/06/2024

Summer EMT classes are in full swing! We have both 8 week or 16 week EMT offerings in the fall! Contact Ashley Ingram, [email protected] with any questions.

05/15/2024

These EMT students have completed the semester and are prepping for boards! We still have openings for summer EMT in Newton. Contact Ashley Ingram at [email protected] for more information!

05/10/2024

Our AEMT students spent the last class day of the semester navigating through medical and trauma scenarios. They will be moving to their second and final semester soon, and will experience field internship while continuing their studies.

Special thanks to paramedics Denton Douglas for arranging and overseeing these scenarios and to Sherrill Burgin Maxwell Bozeman for all of your help!

05/09/2024

Practical boards -☑️. Five in, five out. Well done, class 50! 100% is always good!

05/04/2024

Graduation night for students from 49 and 50! Congratulations!

05/02/2024

Today, we are excited to celebrate the accomplishments of Paramedic Class 50 during their pinning ceremony. Congratulations, everyone! We are proud of you.

04/26/2024

Ready to achieve your goal to become a paramedic?

Now is the time to make application to our August cohort! Our program has a strong reputation for teaching paramedics who make a difference in the world. HutchCC paramedics receive a strong education in clinical thinking, they learn to serve others with compassion, and they become leaders that make their services better. We might be a little biased, but if you are looking for a paramedic program that will give you what you need to succeed, while also helping you to grow as a person, we are what you are looking for!

For more information, contact Cliff Moore at [email protected] or visit us at https://www.hutchcc.edu/academics/public-safety/emergency-medical-science-paramedic-aas-5201

HutchCC EMS Education is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP).

04/08/2024

Class 52 discussing eye injuries…

04/07/2024

Class 51 is gearing up for clinical work. This past week we had our live stick lab for IVs. Students look forward to this lab … until they don’t! If you are going to stick a classmate, they get a chance to stick you too!

03/28/2024

Misha Thompson promised to bring chicken legs for her AEMT students this week. Some of them were less excited than others! It gave them realistic practice in IO administration.

03/06/2024

Spring EMT classes are half way through the semester. They are taking advantage of the nice weather working on patient assessment outside. Pit Crew CPR with our new ATLAS mannequin gives a whole new experience with real time feedback on compressions.

02/28/2024

Do you know a high school junior or senior that is interested in becoming a firefighter? Hutchinson Community College Fire Science is hosting a student field day on March 29th. Students get a free t-shirt and lunch, and they get to see first hand what being a HutchCC Blue Dragon is like!

To sign up, use the links in our website under "Field Day"
https://www.hutchcc.edu/fire.

High School Juniors and Seniors if you are interested in our Fire Science Program make plans to attend our Spring 2024 Field Day. To sign up use the links in our website under Field day

https://www.hutchcc.edu/fire

02/22/2024

Class 51 has spent the past week studying neonatal, emergencies, and OB/GYN emergencies. It is a gift to our program to have Chrissy Bartel come in and teach the OB/GYN content. She absolutely rocks this class! One of her activities is to place a ping-pong ball in a balloon, and then lead students through an exercise that clearly demonstrates the process of childbirth. Oh, and it’s a lot of fun! 

02/03/2024

It’s a busy Saturday for us here! The EMT class is practicing airway skills, and the Hutchinson Community College Fire Science RIT class is practicing survival skills for firefighters prior to learning how to save fellow firefighters in an emergency situation.

01/31/2024

EMT students are practicing patient lifting and moving today. Being the patient is harder than it looks.

01/26/2024

After 35+ years with HutchCC EMS, Peggy Nikkel is retiring. She has been involved with student education, clinical arrangements, FISDAP documentation, and our successful CAAHEP re-accreditations. Peggy, we wish you the best and will miss seeing you!

*No program coordinators were harmed in the taking of this photo.*

01/22/2024

So, we did a thing . . . a thing like CAAHEP REACCREDITATION WITH ZERO CITATIONS!

Yes, we are pleased! And we are thankful for the hard work of each and every person and agency that is supportive of our program. There are a LOT of fingerprints on the success of our paramedic program and we appreciate those fingerprints!

Well done! Now, back to work . . .

12/18/2023

Class 49 was the first class that we asked to create a class accountability statement. Each class now creates this early on and as 49 found, there comes a point where you have to reckon as a class with what you wrote. They did that reckoning and moved forward in a positive and constructive way.

Class 49 kept asking what we were going to do with their class accountability statement. Their answer gives birth to a new tradition for our program. Each of them signed the statement and it is heading to a spot on the wall in our facility. And just like that, a new tradition is born.

We believe that strong programs do more than just learn clinical content. They intentionally do the hard things of building compassion and leadership as well and refuse to take the easy way out.

Well done, 49. Well done!

12/15/2023

All 24 of the wonderful people rocked the NREMT paramedic practical exam today! Congratulations , Class 49!

12/08/2023

The video feed from Class 49 pinning last evening. The audio is quiet so turn up those speakers!

Paramedic Pinning ceremony, Recital Hall, Stringer Fine Arts

12/08/2023

Class 49 got their HutchcC paramedic pins this evening at a wonderful celebration! We are so happy for their success. This group will join our past paramedic graduates in changing the world one EMS call at a time. Congratulations , 49!

11/30/2023

Medication Administration Cross checks (MACC) are how paramedics avoid medication errors. This seemingly simple safety process actually requires a large amount of what we call system one information (infthat the paramedic needs to be able to recall with little effort and quickly.) Paramedics need to have memorized the specifics of each medication they carry, including classifications, actions, indications, contraindications , and dosages. This knowledge, combined with a strong grasp of disease pathology create the foundation for this “simple” safety check to do what it is designed to do - stop errors!

11/29/2023

Class 50 participated in a HutchCC inter-professional education scenario yesterday. This included students from all allied health education programs. It provided a wonderful opportunity for students to see the capabilities of EMS providers and for EMS providers to see the patient progression through the healthcare system.

We are proud of our students!

(Note: The ambulance was stationary during this picture!)

11/01/2023

Class 51 is working on their medication administration skills. This is both the lab component of starting IV lines, IO access, and the administrator medications. Part of this is knowing how to do the medication math! There are three kinds of people when it comes to math, those who know it and those who don’t! And every class has someone in each category! That’s one of the many places where Paramedic Instructor Dalene Deck shines! She is great at taking math phobics and turning them in to med math wizards!

Up next for 51? Cardiology!

10/19/2023

If you're interested in starting your HutchCC Paramedic journey in January, apply today at https://www.hutchcc.edu/academics/public-safety/emergency-medical-science-paramedic-aas-5201

10/19/2023

For more information or to enroll, contact Ashley at 620-728-4407 or [email protected]

Apply for the Paramedic program at https://www.hutchcc.edu/academics/public-safety/emergency-medical-science-paramedic-aas-5201

10/09/2023

We think the world of Newton Fire/EMS. They have a strong EMS history and provide a high quality of care. Equally important, they got a strong community response in this case. Well done!

Oh! We are also always glad to see three blue dragons on the call! Well done, gentlemen!

10/09/2023

The dog days of summer are behind us but Class 51 still managed to swing a visit from Remi (and Doug too) last week at the HutchCC Newton Center Wellness Fair. She’s a favorite and we love it when she comes through and melts a little paramedic student stress with her therapy dog skills.

09/21/2023

Class 49 is making their way through field internship (FI) so we don’t see them in the classroom as much. They were back today for clinical thinking case study presentations. Each student presents on a case they have handled in FI. Among the cases presented today we heard about student leaning in patients with STEMI, stroke, cardiac arrest, heat stroke, Moyamoya syndrome, neurogenic shock, Brugada syndrome, and closed head injuries. It was an interesting day of learning!