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KCC receives additional $350,000 EMS grant for Paramedic student scholarships, awards up to $16,250 per student for up to 20 students

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EMS students load a stretcher into an ambulance simulator in the EMS Lab.

Kellogg Community College in March was awarded a new $350,000 grant to continue helping revitalize the Emergency Medical Services workforce in Michigan. The Emergency Medical Services Workforce Diversified (EMSWD-2024) grant, issued by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services,… Continue Reading →

KCC receives $350,000 EMS grant for Paramedic student scholarships: Funding will also expand KCC’s Paramedic Certificate Training to Coldwater

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EMS students push a simulated patient on a gurney in the College's EMS sim lab.

Kellogg Community College in February was awarded a $350,000 grant to help revitalize the Emergency Medical Services workforce in Michigan. The Emergency Medical Services Workforce (EMSW-2023) grant, issued by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, will cover the… Continue Reading →

Application deadline for KCC’s nationally accredited Paramedic Program is Aug. 3

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EMS students push a simulated patient on a gurney in the College's EMS sim lab.

The application deadline for students interesting in joining Kellogg Community College’s nationally accredited Paramedic Certificate Program is Monday, Aug. 3. KCC’s Paramedic Program is a certificate program with the option to further pursue an Associate of Applied Science degree in… Continue Reading →

Marshall Area Fire Fighters Ambulance Authority donates ambulance to KCC EMS Program, provides paramedic scholarships

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Pictured are KCC and MAFFAA officials with the donated and newly refurbished ambulance on the left. From left to right are MAFFAA Basic EMTs Kristen Jaskiw and Abigail Sanger, KCC EMS Education Faculty Coordinator Clark Imus, KCC Public Safety Education Director Rob Miller, MAFFAA Executive Director Mark Burke, MAFFAA Operations Manager Nick Smith and MAFFAA Basic EMT Josh Turner.

Kellogg Community College’s Emergency Medical Services students have more training opportunities on campus thanks to the donation of an ambulance from the Marshall Area Fire Fighters Ambulance Authority. The MAFFAA has also committed funds for scholarships to put three of… Continue Reading →

What is the difference between an EMT and paramedic?

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EMS students push a simulated patient on a gurney in the College's EMS sim lab.

While Kellogg Community College offers many programs for those interested in working in health care, the Public Safety Education department’s Emergency Medical Services programs provide a path for students who want to be on one of the front lines of… Continue Reading →

KCC Paramedic Program gets nationally accredited

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The KCC EMS Program ambulance, parked outside the Lane-Thomas Building.

Kellogg Community College’s Emergency Medical Technician Paramedic Program this month was nationally accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs. KCC’s Paramedic Program – a certificate program with the option to further pursue an Associate of Applied Science… Continue Reading →