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Roane State’s Herron wins EMS Advocate honor

Posted at 10:49 am June 14, 2021
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Pictured, from left: John Fitzsimmons, retired director of Lincoln Medical Center EMS, Roane State’s Thomas Herron, and Rick Valentine, director of the Sevier County Ambulance Service. (Photo courtesy Linda P Photography)

By Bob Fowler, Roane State staff writer

Roane State’s Thomas Herron knows first-hand the trauma that EMS personnel can experience as part of their jobs.

Twenty-four years ago, he and a partner responded to an emergency call for a nine-year-old who did not survive. “I knew it bothered me, but I never realized how deeply at first,” Herron said.

Then, in March 2019, he learned that his partner from that call had taken their own life. A note was found that “mentioned me and that call,” said Herron, a Roane State assistant professor and clinical coordinator.

The incident was seared into his psyche, prompting Herron to launch a campaign to make EMS personnel aware of the “exploding problems with mental health issues” also faced by firefighters and law enforcement personnel.

“We’ve always told ourselves we’re supposed to be tougher,” Herron said, “but there’s so much research showing we’re missing the early warning signs of mental health issues.”

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Filed Under: College, Education, Front Page News, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: David S. Blevins, EMS advocate, EMS Education, Roane State Community College, Thomas Herron

Roane State EMS faculty use virtual reality to enhance instruction

Posted at 12:01 pm May 29, 2017
By Owen Driskill Leave a Comment

Wearing the high-tech HoloLens, Roane State director of EMS programs David Blevins manipulates a hologram as part of a cutting-edge program that's being used as a new way of teaching students studying anatomy and physiology. (Photo by Roane State)

Wearing the high-tech HoloLens, Roane State director of EMS programs David Blevins manipulates a hologram as part of a cutting-edge program that’s being used as a new way of teaching students studying anatomy and physiology. (Photo by Roane State)

 

By Bob Fowler, Roane State staff writer

KNOXVILLE—Picture this: a high-resolution cross-section of a beating human heart floating in space, allowing for an up-close, interactive examination.

Imagine each student in an anatomy and physiology classroom having access to three-dimensional, 360-degree images, or aspiring first-responders being able to view a completely realistic video of an accident scene.

Welcome to the world of virtual, augmented, and mixed reality as they are now being introduced into the Roane State Community College curriculum for emergency medical services. Instructors at the college’s Knox County Center for Health Sciences are participating in a pilot study with the assistance from the college’s Center for Teaching Arts and Technology. [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Education, Front Page News, Health, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: 3-D holographic model, Bob Fowler, Center for Teaching Arts and Technology, David Blevins, emergency medical services, EMS, health sciences, hologram, HoloLens, Knox County Center for Health Sciences, Mark Bodine, Microsoft HoloLens, paramedic, Ricoh 360 degree video camera, Roane State, Roane State Community College, Stephanie Moskal, Susan Sutton, technology, Thomas Herron, virtual reality, VR, VR headsets

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