BLINN COLLEGE RECOGNIZES 27 PARAMEDIC PROGRAM GRADUATES
The Blinn College District Paramedic Program recently welcomed 27 new graduates to the profession during a pinning ceremony at the Blinn RELLIS Administration Building at Texas A&M-RELLIS.
to commemorate his completion of Blinn College's
Paramedic Program.
(courtesy Blinn College)
Each graduate earned their paramedic technology certificate or Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Associate of Applied Science degree, which qualifies them for entry-level paramedic positions and can be applied toward a bachelor’s degree.
Blinn’s Paramedic Program includes basic and clinical emergency medical technician, emergency pharmacology, clinical emergency medical services, trauma management, cardiology, medical emergencies, and EMS operations. Program graduates are prepared for certification or licensure by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) and the Texas Department of State Health Services.
“These graduates are invaluable first responders equipped with the skills and training to save lives,” Program Director Zack Varner said. “The state-of-the-art simulation labs at Texas A&M-RELLIS prepare them for a wide variety of emergency situations and students complete this program with the tools to safeguard their patients.”
Blinn’s Paramedic Program is based at the RELLIS Academic Alliance Complex at Texas A&M-RELLIS in Bryan, where students gain hands-on skills utilizing the facility’s 16,000-square-foot simulation laboratories.
The graduating class includes:
- Adrian Bowdoin (La Vernia)
- Sean Buzzard (Bryan)
- Keith Cameron (Centerville)
- Alex Ceja (Bryan)
- Cheyanne Clinton (Tacoma, Wash.)
- Elizabeth Cruz (Pearland)
- Tessa Doucet (College Station)
- Grant Fenner (Port Arthur)
- Sonny Gabel (Round Rock)
- Tyler Gordon
- Jordyn Goswick (North Zulch)
- Preston Green (Bremond)
- Jensen Hardy (Magnolia)
- Hayden Hubble (Navasota)
- Clayton Kemp (Katy)
- Logan Knesek (Caldwell)
- Colton Kruse (Taylor)
- Payne Lee (Gainesville)
- Tori Murphy (Bartlett)
- Josiah Orozco (Whitehouse)
- Trent Patterson (Round Rock)
- Zachary Richey (Kingwood)
- Joe Rocha IV (Bremond)
- Thomas Sanders (Milano)
- Mark Schlaudraff (Columbus)
- Michael Thormer (Richland)
- Karla Valenzuela (Houston)
Graduates who pass their certification and licensure exams are eligible to work in the ambulance service industry, local governments, outpatient care centers, and hospitals.
Blinn’s Paramedic Program is part of the Emergency Medical Services Program, which offers emergency medical technician and paramedic training. For more information, visit www.blinn.edu/emergency-medical-services.
(Story courtesy Blinn Information)