ECC Announces Paramedic Graduates

Continuing Education • Health Occupations • Health Sciences • Public Safety • November 27, 2018

Students in the Edgecombe Community College EMT-Paramedic program completed a clinical rotation with the UNC Health Care’s medical transport helicopter based at Nash UNC Health Care in Rocky Mount. Shown are (front, from left) Ashley Batten, Courtney Smith, Craig Williams, Robert Lacks, Bobby Paige, Phillip Carraway, Alvin Jones, (back) Aaron Reaves, Caleb Beyer, Calvin Horne Jr., Benjamin Cayton, Coordinator John Perry, and Ethan Nichols.

Fourteen students completed a recent EMT-Paramedic class at Edgecombe Community College.

The one-year EMT-Paramedic course includes classroom instruction, clinical rotations, and an EMS field internship. Upon successful completion of the EMT-Paramedic program, graduates are eligible to take the North Carolina Paramedic certification exam.

Graduates of the 2018 EMT-Paramedic class are:

Ashley Batten
Caleb Beyer, valedictorian
Phillip Carraway
Benjamin Cayton, Cadet Choice Award winner
Preston Elks
Anna Henry, Instructor Choice Award winner
Calvin Horne Jr.
Alvin Jones
Robert Lacks
Ethan Nichols
Bobby Paige
Aaron Reaves
Courtney Smith
Germaine Smith

Robert Whistler, public safety training coordinator at ECC, directs the EMT-Paramedic program.

The next EMT-Paramedic class begins in July 2019. To learn more, please contact Whistler at whistlerr@edgecombe.edu or 823-5166, ext. 120.