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NAEMT Congratulates Scholarship Winners
The National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) would like to congratulate the winners of its most recent scholar‐ ships for the upcoming spring and sum‐ mer semesters.
Basic to Paramedic ($5,000): Steven Patten, Boyd, Wis., and Eric Cantor, Stoughton, Mass.
Paramedic to Advanced EMS Education ($2,000): Kyle Luckey‐Smith, Clyde, N.C.
any challenges that come your way.” With a strong desire to help others, Cantor reached back to his original childhood dream last December when he completed his EMT‐B training. There, he was inspired by his instructor, who shared many of his life stories that made him a hero in Cantor's eyes. “I have been on many ride‐alongs with the fire department in my town, and now I work for a private ambulance company, which I love.”
“Getting my paramedic license would turn my childhood dream into reality,” he says. “I'd be able to use my passion of helping others on a daily basis, as well as attain additional skills. I am currently in paramedic school, and I love it. This scholarship means a great deal to me. I truly want to make a dif‐ ference in life.”
Steven Patten is an EMT‐B with the NAEMT scholarship winner Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor is an EMT‐B employed with EASCare Ambulance in Boston. He is studying to be a paramedic. He says: “During childhood many children say, 'When I grow up, I want to be a .....' As a young boy, I always said, 'I want to be a firefighter.' Turning a dream into a reality isn't always a possibility and may not happen as often as one would hope. It means getting past NAEMT Congratulates Scholarship Winners, add obstacles and accepting
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Boyd‐Edson‐Delmar Fire Department based in Boyd, Wis. He is studying to become a fire medic and paramedic technician. He joined the fire depart‐ ment when he was 16, and Boyd Ambulance when he was 17. He describes a life‐shaping event: “This last year, the fire department was called to a car accident. As we arrived on the scene, there was a Spanish‐ speaking patient who was seriously injured. The fire chief called me on the radio that morning to turn me from a rookie firefighter to a Spanish transla‐ tor in the back of the ambulance. I was the only one who could help the EMTs save the patient's life. I studied three years of Spanish in high school, and was able to genuinely help that person in need, along with translating for the EMTs. That accident was a very mean‐ ingful point in my life. I was able to help save a person's life because I worked hard and studied in school exactly for an incident like this.”
Patten says that he knew from that
day that EMS was a career he wanted to further pursue.
Although he says he knows EMS jobs can be dangerous, he works well in emergencies and highstress situations. With a fire chief father, he says, “I have been around the public safety field my whole life, and I absolutely love helping people. Like the old saying goes, 'If you do a job you love, you'll never work a day in your life.' This scholarship will help me out tremendously for my future, and I'm very grateful.”
NAEMT scholarship winner Kyle Luckey-Smith
Kyle Luckey‐Smith is a paramedic with WestCare EMS in Sylva, N.C., and is a member of his community's volun‐ teer fire department and of the Haywood County Rescue Squad. He recently completed his Applied Associate of Science degree at Southwestern Community College in Emergency Medical Science and start‐ ed the Baccalaureate program in Emergency Medical Care at Western
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