Name: Beaver Island teachers support school safety through EMS and paramedic training in 2000
Start: 2000-01
End: 2000-03
Location: Beaver Island Community School

Event

Dates: 2000-01 – 2000-03
Kind: Medical
Where: Beaver Island Community School
Carried out by: Beaver Island Community School
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: educationhealthcareemergency-managementcommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Beaver Island Community School teachers Joseph Moore and Jim Stambaugh were also trained emergency responders. The January 2000 report describes four medical first responders, six basic EMTs, and five people taking the island’s first paramedic course, with training in oxygen, airways, defibrillation, and advanced life support and a goal of five paramedics by March.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper profile and training report, not a roster, certification register, or independent assessment of emergency-service capacity.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, January 2000, “Teachers Are On-Call.”
Profiles Joseph Moore and Jim Stambaugh’s MFR/EMT work, reports four MFRs and six basic EMTs with five taking the first island paramedic course, describes defibrillator and advanced-care training, and gives a goal of five paramedics by March 2000. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, January 2000, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the school EMS report.
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Beaver Beacon, February 2000, “Teacher tidbits.”
Reports that the five paramedic candidates completed final exams, submitted their names for Michigan licensure exams, and were scheduled for written exams in February and practical skills exams in March. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2000-02_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, February 2000, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the EMS training update.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2000-02_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island teachers support school safety through EMS and paramedic training in 2000”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-school-teachers-ems-paramedic-training-2000/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 2000, “Teachers Are On-Call.” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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