BMCC’s Center for Continuing Education and Workforce Development, in partnership with New York Downtown Hospital gave a new home to the suddenly displaced, 29th graduating class of the accredited paramedic education program at just-closed St. Vincent’s Hospital.
New York, NY (Vocus) May 20, 2010 -- BMCC’s Center for Continuing Education and Workforce Development, in partnership with New York Downtown Hospital gave a new home to the suddenly displaced, 29th graduating class of the accredited paramedic education program at just-closed St. Vincent’s Hospital.
“BMCC rescued the program,” says John Bray, former Director of the Institute of Emergency Care at St. Vincent’s Hospital, which shut its doors this past April.
Students who complete the renamed BMCC/New York Downtown Hospital paramedic program will be eligible to sit for the New York State Paramedic Certification Exam, and once they’re licensed, can apply to BMCC and receive up to 30 credits toward an Associate in Applied Science degree, according Everett Flannery, Chairperson, Department of Allied Health Sciences at BMCC.
“BMCC is the first nationally accredited paramedic program in New York State,” says Dr. Frank Mineo, EMS Program Director at BMCC who has worked as a paramedic himself, for over 30 years. In addition to hands-on instruction that covers out-of-hospital, medical emergencies, he explains, students complete classes in English composition, math, anatomy and other subjects.
The paramedic classes are now held at New York Downtown Hospital, where Tony Suarez, Director of Emergency Medical Services and Emergency Preparedness, oversees the students’ focus on emergency, cardiology and other procedures.
They also complete medical rotations under the supervision of a doctor or nurse preceptor, shadow nurses in the I
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