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Students warn EMT/EMS course cut limits training pipeline in Canaan
Summary
Students told the Senate Education Committee the EMT/EMS course at Canaan was reduced to one block after enrollment fell, leaving fewer clinical hours and raising concerns about students’ ability to earn credentials; students also said a nearby hospital stopped accepting student clinical placements.
CANAAN, Vt. — During a Nov. 12 visit to Canaan Elementary and High School, the Senate Education Committee heard students warn that the EMT/EMS program is at risk after enrollment dropped, a change students said has already reduced hands-on training time.
“We lost the numbers for it... So we got cut to one block,” senior Riley Phillips told the committee, describing how the program had been shortened this year because too few students signed up. Phillips said the…
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