SAIT students travel to Haiti
By Emily Kreiberg, Weal Writer
As thousands of Haitian earthquake survivors cry out for medical assistance, a group of SAIT students will help heed some of these desperate calls for help.
From Feb. 13 - 27, four students and an instructor from SAIT’s Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic (EMT-P) program will provide first aid services through an organization called Canadian Medical Assistance Teams.
“This is a once in a lifetime opportunity,” said Richie Reed, who organized the trip. “We’re not representing a school there, we’re representing a province and a country.”
Upon learning that EMTs were needed in the relief efforts, Reed assembled a team of colleagues with experience in the field, a depth of medical knowledge and the ability to remain calm under pressure.
The team consists of Reed along with his first-year EMT-P classmates Mike Mayhood, Josh Lightman and Jeff Dobry, and…
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