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D230 Seniors May Add Life-Saving Techniques to Their High School Resumes
The district approved a course through Trace Paramedics last week that will allow high school seniors to earn their emergency medical technician's licenses.
Among other things, local high school students may soon be learning how to save lives.
approved a contract last week with Trace Ambulance —the company contracted through the —to teach an entry-level first responder course, according to the Sun-Times Media. Completion of the course will earn students an emergency medical technician's basic license.
"Students will be required to pay the Tinley Park business an $800 enrollment fee," the Sun-Times Media story said. "The students will be trained up to standards necessary for the Illinois Department of Public Health’s exam and National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians regulations."
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Almost 30 seniors had been selected last week for the first round of the course, according to the story, and applicants must be 18 years old to become licensed.
The course is part of the district's career preparation initiative, "Successful Schools, Successful Students," or "S4," Sun-Times Media reports. It will begin next academic year.
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