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Suffolk Community College Partners With Southampton Village To Ensure EMT Training For A Next Generation

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Students gather in the Southampton Village Ambulance facility on Windmill Lane for socially distanced EMT classes led by Suffolk Community College.

Students gather in the Southampton Village Ambulance facility on Windmill Lane for socially distanced EMT classes led by Suffolk Community College.

Suffolk Community College’s Emergency Medical Care and Fire Programs Coordinator and Professor and Assistant Academic Chair Matt Zukosky.

Suffolk Community College’s Emergency Medical Care and Fire Programs Coordinator and Professor and Assistant Academic Chair Matt Zukosky. Courtesy of Suffolk County Community College

author27east on Apr 27, 2021
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the region last spring, Matt Zukosky, Suffolk Community College’s emergency medical care and fire programs coordinator, who is also a professor and assistant academic chair,... more

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