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Merced College paramedic program boosts emergency response. ‘They’re ready to go from day one’
Emergency medical professor Steven Melander knows what it means when someone dials 911. “There’s no such thing as ‘10-1-1.’ When someone dials 911, they’re out of options. That’s it,” he said. That’s why Melander trains his student paramedics to rescue patients through emergency call scenarios at Merced College. During one scenario on campus in…
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