Stretchering Skills Towards Emergency Medicine Careers

SD83 Emergency Medical Responder students showed their peers why they have a lot of heart.

Members of the JL Jackson’s EMR course held an open house for interested district high school students wanting to take the pulse of these types of careers for their future. The sixteen EMR students set up four stations where each simulation demonstrated medical emergencies while on the streets, in the outdoors or in care homes.

This is the program’s first year of operation. Students taking this course will be able to receive four credits towards high school graduation and another four credits towards a Justice Institute of BC Certification in EMR. After the course, students are required to take additional written and practical exams through the Emergency Medical Licensing Branch (EMALB).  Once this final stage of certification is complete, students are issued an independent license to practice from the EMALB and are then eligible to apply and work for BCEHS.

Interest in the course is growing. A number of PVSS students have signed up for the program with other students expressing interest from other schools as well. How the program will be structured and offered to SD83 students for 2025/26 is still being worked on and there’s hope more details can be shared within the next couple of weeks.

If you have any questions about the EMR program and how to get involved, please reach out to SD83 Career Education Coordinator George Richard via text or phone at 778-824-1188 or email grichard@sd83.bc.ca.