Second-year students in the respiratory therapy program at Big Sandy Community and Technical College completes Pediatric Life Support (PALS) training on Tuesday, September 20. The group also completed their Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) in August. Both trainings were provided by Gina Lester, RRT-NPS, RPFT, education coordinator at Tug Valley Appalachian Regional Healthcare.

Melissa Skeens, coordinator of the respiratory therapy program at BSCTC, said “This is a significant step for our students to complete our program.” Dr. Devin Stephenson, BSCTC president, congratulated the students, saying he looks forward to handing them their degrees in May.

Second-year students in the program are: Brittany Taylor, Kierstin Woods, Kristen Hall, Justin Robinson, Kendra Kidd, and Indya Williamson.