Students of the Billings High School observe a rescue simulation of the first aid rescue simulation

Students of Billings and Lockwood High Schools gathered on Thursday in the Career Center to observe Billings and Lockwood fire brigade and rescue doctors who transmit a dummy from a car accident location and move to a Life -Flight helicopter.

While some students watched, others pushed themselves into their future.

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The students of the Billings High School observe the first aid rescue simulation

A student, Katherine McCormick, is a senior at Billings West High School, who will graduate next month.

She visited an EMT class in the Career Center to prepare for a future as a paramedic.

“The final goal is next year that I will be in the paramedic program and hopefully be a paramedic, and my ultimate dream is to be a flight paramedic,” she said.

The class in the center and the friends of the family inspired McCormick to pursue the job.

“Some close friends of my father worked in this area in the medical field,” she said, “and this way I inspired me to go this way. And then the EMT class lit this fire again for me, and I decided to go to the paramedic program.”

Students like McCormick were able to speak to emergency staff and take part in a career fair after the simulation to ask questions about career opportunities.