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During peace time , soldiers and

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leaders often create inventive ways to

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obtain real world experience for these

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medics . It involves a local community

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college and the William Beaumont Army

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Hospital emergency Department . I heard

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the rumors of like a paramedic course

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coming and I'm like , that's exactly

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what I want . So I remember sprinting

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to the motor pool and like meeting my

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like next to the Bradleys and being

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like , I hear there's a paramedic

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course . Like how do I do this students

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do need to meet prerequisites like

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providing college transcripts , weapons

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qualifications and fitness scores .

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Then the real fun can begin . I'm

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taking a two year program condensed

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down into six months and this was gonna

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be one of the most difficult things

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that I've ever done in my life to

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include 29 month deployments . Once

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selected students will split their time

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between classroom instruction and other

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hands on practical exercises to include

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ambulance ride alongs , clinical time

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in various departments in Beaumont and

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patient care in the emergency room 12

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hours a day , six days a week for five

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months . And now I came here to be a

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combat medic and now I'm getting this

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amazing opportunity to go through the

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paramedic course . So this has been

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like a 89 year dream , like finally

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coming true , these new paramedics will

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go back to their home stations to share

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their knowledge and experience with

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their peers and subordinates from

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William Beaumont Army Medical Center ,

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Fort Bliss , Texas . I'm David GRE .