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EMS
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“We have to go through training
to drive,” Harris said. “The training
was fun because it was my first
time to drive an ambulance.”
Flanigan said paramedics com
plete a nine-month course to get
certification. EMS operates with
one to two paramedics and a
medic to handle on-campus
emergencies. A dispatcher is avail
able to answer telephone calls.
“As a paramedic, you do clinical
rotations in the hospital,” Flanigan
said. “We do a lot of invasive pro
cedures like working with needles
and shocking. We are an advanced
life-support service. We go
through the same classes as para
medics working off the campus.”
McGuire said calls range from
cardiac arrest to broken ankles to
heat exhaustion at Kyle Field.
She said dispatchers learn how
to handle telephone calls.
“We teach dispatchers how to
“Communication is vital,
almost all of us carry
pagers. It is standard for
every crew member.”
JENNIFER MCGUIRE
EMI AND GEOPHYSICS DOCTORAL STUDENT
calm someone down who is excit
ed or scared,” McGuire said.
Because EMS operates under
the direction of students,
McGuire said the students must
be easy to contact during the
course of the day.
“Communication is vital,”
McGuire said. “Almost all of us car
ry pagers. It is standard for every
crew member.”
EMS transports people in need
of further assistance to St. Joseph
Regional Health Center or Colum
bia Medical Center.
Chemistry
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Oral presentations featured
topics in biochemistry, organic
and inorganic chemistry. Posters
feature the research work of stu
dents by showing the purpose of
the research, the major results and
the conclusion.
“We spend time together in
class, but you don’t see them as of-
fuesday
ten because they are researching,"
Figueroa said. “It helps to meet"
with people from industry^who
might hire you and it gives student
exposure.”
The event, sponsored by IUC
CP, included an address by Linda
Domelsmith, director of research
programs for the Texas Higher Ed
ucation Coordinating Board,
Domelsmith discussed the role of
the U.S. Government in promot
ing relationships between indus
tries and universities.
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