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200Th Graduation J. Michael Criley Paramedic Training Institute Alhambra Fire Department • Arcadia Fire Department • Beverly Hills Fire Department • Burbank Fire Department • Compton Fire Department • Culver City Fire Department • Downey Fire Department • El Segundo Fire Department • Glendale Fire Department • Hermosa Beach Fire Department • La Habra Heights Fire Department • La Verne Fire Department • Long Beach Fire Depart- ment • Los Angeles City Fire Department • Los Angeles County Fire Department • Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department • Manhattan Beach Fire Department • Mon- rovia Fire Department • Montebello Fire Department • Monterey Park Fire Depart- ment •Pasadena Fire Department • Redon- do Beach Fire Department • San Gabriel Fire Department • 200th GRADUATION • J. Michael Criley Paramedic Training Institute • El Camino Community College • San Ma- rino Fire Department •Santa Fe Springs Fire Department • Santa Monica Fire Depart- ment • South Pasadena Fire Department •Torrance Fire Department • Vernon Fire Department • West Covina Fire Department J. Michael Criley Paramedic Training Institute in affiliation with El Camino Community College 200th Paramedic Class Graduation Terminator Theater Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, March 29, 2007 3:00pm Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Gloria Molina First District Yvonne B. Burke Second District Zev Yaroslavsky Third District, Chairman Don Knabe Fourth District Michael D. Antonovich Fifth District Los Angeles County Department of Health Services Bruce Chernof, MD Director and Chief Medical Offi cer John Cochran III Chief Deputy Director Robert Splawn, MD Senior Medical Director Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services Agency Carol Meyer Director William Koenig, MD Medical Director El Camino Community College Thomas M. Fallo President Ron Way Dean of Industry & Technology 200TH CLASS GRADUATION 200th Paramedic Class Graduation This ceremony, marking the completion of training for the members of the Paramedic Training Institute’s 200th class, provides an excellent opportunity to refl ect on the history of the Paramedic Program and to acknowledge the efforts of all EMS personnel whose contributions continue to revolutionize emergency medical services in Los Angeles County. Six Los Angeles County fi refi ghters attended the fi rst paramedic training class in 1969. State legislation, pioneered by the late Los Angeles County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn, allowed Los Angeles County to conduct a pilot Paramedic Program. It was signed into law on July 14, 1970 by Ronald Reagan, then-Governor of California. Less than four decades later, more than 4,000 paramedics have graduated from our paramedic training program. They have taken their medical skills into our communities, helped reduce suffering, and saved thousands of lives. J. Michael Criley Paramedic Training Institute - El Camino Community College MASTERS OF CEREMONY Colleen Williams is co-anchor of the award-winning 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. weekday editions of the “Channel 4 News” with Paul Moyer. Williams joined NBC4 in August 1986 as a weekend co-anchor and was promoted to the 5 p.m. weekday anchor position in Febru- ary 1993. Prior to joining the “Channel 4 News,” Williams was the co-anchor of the KCBS-TV weekday news broadcast “Live At Five,” a position she assumed in June 1985. She joined KCBS-TV in January 1983 as weekend co-anchor. Colleen Williams Williams began her career in broadcasting at the Omaha Public Anchor, NBC 4 School System, where she was a general assignment reporter for a National Public Radio station, and taught radio and television to high school students who operated the station. Williams is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including multiple Emmy and Golden Mike Awards for Best Newscast 30 Min- utes or Under. Dr. Bruce Hensel is the Emmy Award-winning Chief Medical Science Editor at NBC here in Los Angeles. A long-time friend of EMS, he is, of course, also an Emergency Room physician, co-directing two ERs here in Southern California. He’s boarded in Emergency and Internal Medicine and is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCLA. In addition to his TV journalistic awards, he’s had a popular radio show in Los Angeles and produced two documentaries for Showtime. Dr. Bruce Hensel Chief Medical Science Editor, NBC 4 200TH CLASS GRADUATION COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky represents the Third Supervisorial District, comprising much of the City of Los Angeles, including the San Fernando Valley, Hollywood and Los Feliz, the Wilshire corridor, and West Los Angeles. He formerly served on the Los Angeles City Council, fi rst elected in 1975 and subsequently re-elected fi ve times. Yaroslavsky was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in June 1994, assuming offi ce on December 5, 1994, and was subse- quently re-elected twice, most recently on March 5, 2002. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Trans- portation Authority, as a member of the Local Agency Formation Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky Chairman Commission, the Los Angeles Coliseum Commission, and as a L.A. County Board of Supervisors governor’s appointee to the State Board of Corrections. Among his major accomplishments as Supervisor, he worked closely with County Department of Health Services offi cials and the Service Employees International Union Local 660 to spear- head the successful passage of Measure B, a parcel-tax increase approved in 2002 by an overwhelming 73% of County voters to yield $168 million annually to fund trauma care, emergency services and bioterrorism preparedness efforts. J. Michael Criley Paramedic Training Institute - El Camino Community College 200th CLASS GRADUATES Beverly Hills Fire Department Los Angeles City Fire Department Shane Sennett Eduardo Juarez Ryan Sinutko Ryan Prusa Gregory Stine Burbank Fire Department Steve Byrne Los Angeles County Fire Department Kelly Morris David Chavers Jason Murphy Robert Currier Brian Fleming Culver City Fire Department Jerry Guzman Paul Yang Richard O’ Keefe Richard Ruelas Downey Fire Department Clinton Sanchez Anthony Hildebrand Jason Swan Charles Zimmerman El Camino Community College Keola Delatori Santa Monica Fire Department Dustin Fundell Jason Walker Lee Meng Torrance Fire Department Glendale Fire Department Joseph Aki Christopher Mays John Kubota Tyler Richardson Class Coordinator Michele Heatley, RN, BSN, MICN 200TH CLASS GRADUATION COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM Welcome/Introduction Colleen Williams Dr. Bruce Hensel NBC 4 Invocation Captain Tim Stromer Firefighter/Paramedic Chaplain, LA County Fire Department, Retired Color Guard LA County Sheriff’s Department Pledge of Allegiance Fire Chief Dennis Downs Pasadena Fire Department President, California Fire Chiefs Association/LA Chapter Greetings Fire Chief P. Michael Freeman LA County Fire Department Commencement Address Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky Third District Chairman, Board of Supervisors Presentation of Diplomas Supervisor Don Knabe Fourth District Dean Ron Way El Camino Community College Randolph Mantooth Actor/Writer/Producer/Speaker Class Speaker Jason Swan LA County Fire Department “Life on the Line: Heroes Act” Daniel Birman Productions, Inc Daniel H. Birman, Producer Dave Eisenberg, Associate Producer Introduction of EMS Pioneers Dr. Bruce Hensel Presentation of Awards • Paramedic Training Institute Supervisor Gloria Molina • LAC+USC Medical Center First District • St. Francis Medical Center Supervisor Yvonne Burke • Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Second District James O. Page Scholarship Award Tom Page Closing Remarks Randolph Mantooth SIGNING OF THE WEDWORTH TOWNSEND ACT Assemblyman Larry Townsend (left) and State Senator James Q. Wedworth (right), sponsors of the Wedworth-Townsend Paramedic Act, join with Supervisor Kenneth Hahn in watching Governor Ronald Regan sign the historic bill into law on July 14, 1970. On July 14, 1970, the Wedworth-Townsend Act was signed into law by then-Governor Ronald Reagan. Introduced by Senator James Q. Wedworth and Assemblyman Larry Townsend, this legislation enabled a pilot paramedic program to begin in Los Angeles County by proposing that fi refi ghters be certifi ed to perform some of those procedures traditionally reserved for doctors and nurses. It defi ned the role of the Mobile Intensive Care Nurse (MICN), further defi ned the paramedic practice and allowed paramedics to function without the presence of a physician or nurse. In a direct effort to stifl e opposition, language was included to only allow a county with a population of greater than six million to initiate a pilot program. Los Angeles was the only county in the state to qualify under this restriction at that time. Senator Wedworth and Assemblyman Townsend jointly introduced the bill into both houses of the State and together with Supervisor Hahn, drove the bill through the legislative process against the opposition by many powerful interest groups. J. Michael Criley Paramedic Training Institute - El Camino Community College In Memoriam Kenneth Hahn Kenneth Hahn was one of the foremost leaders in the creation of Los Angeles County’s Paramedic Program and played a key role in securing en- abling legislation. As a member of the Board of Supervisors for Los Angeles County, Hahn asked legislators from his district, State Senator James Wedworth and Assem- blyman Larry Townsend, to introduce the Paramedic Act in Sacramento. It was his infl uence that per- suaded then-Governor Ronald Reagan to sign the bill, even though there was opposition from medi- cal groups. In July 1970, California became the fi rst state to adopt legislation permitting paramedics
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