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Last Updated: Aug 12th, 2007 - 13:00:08 |
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| Hero and new EMT Graduate Terrell Mann |
Before Terrell Mann of Bainbridge graduated Aug. 2 from Bainbridge College (BC) Emergency Medical Technology (EMT) program in the Technical Studies Division, he had already applied some of his training in a rescue situation.
First aid Instructor David Sarrette called his student "a BC hero" as he shared with the college community how Mann had used the practical knowledge he had learned when he came upon a terrible traffic wreck in Seminole County in June.
A pickup truck had rolled over several times, trapping the victim upside down. Mann knew to keep the vehicle in that position to avoid possible further injury to the driver and stayed with the victim until EMS personnel arrived.
They said that they found Mann had done everything right to prevent further injury, Sarrette reported. This was the sixth incident Sarrette was aware of that skills learned in his class were put to practical use to save a life.
BC's EMT Instructor/Coordinator Randy Williams, whom Mann called right after the incident to report on his experience, said, "…from what I understand his patient assessment was perfect" in that traffic incident.
"He's proved to me time after time …that his patient assessment is great. He's made me very proud over the course of the year that I've been teaching him. I told him that should prove he is ready to handle emergency situations.
"We're patient advocates, and we have to do what's in the patients' best interest in order to maintain and save their lives," said Williams, adding that Mann and the rest of his students have made him very proud of them.
Williams noted that EMT training includes the entire medical spectrum of trauma care, OB/GYN, pediatric, neonatal, geriatric emergencies and the treatment for each in addition to learning IV therapy and medication administration with each emergency.
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