Paramedics/EMTs

This week we learned a little about Paramedics and EMTs in preparation for our visit from a paramedic next week.  Did you know that the term "paramedic" came from the army medics who would parachute into the field to give aid?  We read a book about a day in the life of paramedics and another book about ambulances.  We then made an ambulance paper craft.  The children were very creative in their construction.  Some of them even tried to write "ambulance" backwards like on the front of a real ambulance.  We finished up with a movie about rescue workers where we saw some old-time ambulances (with horses and wagons) and saw some real paramedics in action.  Next week we will have a visit from Shannon Hayes' sister, Katie Hemming who is a paramedic.  She is going to bring her ambulance to let us see inside.

The project we did in class.  The children were very creative in embellishing them so your child's will look more or less similar.