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12th grade students at the Jordan Academy for Technology and Careers (JATC) participate in an automobile accident simulation at the school in Riverton on Friday, Jan. 5, 2018. The simulation was part of a semester long EMT class at JATC South where high school students finish with all the requirements to become EMTÕs. By the time the students are 18 years old they can take the national test to be certified and start working in the field. Laura Seitz, Deseret News
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Hailee Walker, a senior at the Jordan Academy for Technology and Careers (JATC), takes the vital signs of her classmate, Colton Lefler, during a car accident simulation at the school in Riverton on Friday, Jan. 5, 2018. The simulation was part of a semester long EMT class at JATC South where high school students finish with all the requirements to become EMTÕs. By the time the students are 18 years old they can take the national test to be certified and start working in the field. Laura Seitz, Deseret News
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In Riverton on Friday, Jan. 5, 2018. Laura Seitz, Deseret News
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12th grader Morgan DeHart, rights, talks to her "victim" while preparing to extricate him from the car during an automobile accident simulation at the Jordan Academy for Technology and Careers (JATC) in Riverton on Friday, Jan. 5, 2018. The simulation was part of a semester long EMT class at JATC South where high school students finish with all the requirements to become EMTÕs. By the time the students are 18 years old they can take the national test to be certified and start working in the field. Laura Seitz, Deseret News
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12th grader Megan Thorn takes the vital signs of car accident "victim" and classmate Brayden Rees during an automobile accident simulation at the Jordan Academy for Technology and Careers (JATC) in Riverton on Friday, Jan. 5, 2018. The simulation was part of a semester long EMT class at JATC South where high school students finish with all the requirements to become EMTÕs. By the time the students are 18 years old they can take the national test to be certified and start working in the field. Laura Seitz, Deseret News
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12th grade students observe and learn from Taylor Sandstrom, a paramedic/ fire fighter with the Unified Fire Department, as Unified Fire Authority fire fighters/ EMTs participate in an automobile accident simulation at the Jordan Academy for Technology and Careers (JATC)in Riverton on Friday, Jan. 5, 2018. The simulation was part of a semester long EMT class at JATC South where high school students finish with all the requirements to become EMTÕs. By the time the students are 18 years old they can take the national test to be certified and start working in the field. Laura Seitz, Deseret News

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Twelfth-grade students at the Jordan Academy for Technology and Careers watch as Unified Fire Authority firefighters and EMTs participate in an automobile accident simulation at the Riverton school on Friday. The simulation was part of a semesterlong class where high school students that finish have all the requirements needed to become EMTs. By the time the students are 18 years old, they can take the national test to be certified and start working in the field. Many of the students are offered internships or jobs with the Unified Fire Authority.

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