Clinton County EMS

09/10/2025

💙 We’re so excited for this event!

Join your local Ausome community in collaboration with Clinton County EMS and Avon Fire Department for Ausome Safety Day!

This special event was created by our Ausome Indy Moms after a story was shared about one of our nonspeaking Ausome kiddos choking in the car.

We want to help ausome families be prepared for these moments, should they ever occur.

So we created Ausome Safety Day! Join us for safety demonstrations, instructions, resources, meet local firefighters and EMS, and enjoy sensory crafts. This event is designed specifically for our ausome kiddos.

Sign up ausomeindy.org/safetyday

09/08/2025

🚑 OPEN PARAMEDIC CLASS APPLICATIONS FOR 2026! 🚑

Clinton County EMS is excited to announce its THIRD Paramedic Class!

💡 Why Choose the Clinton County Paramedic Program?

1️⃣ High Education Standards with Critical Care and Flight Providers as instructors and TWO involved Medical Directors with EMS and HEMS experience. 🚁
2️⃣ Hands-On Experience: Get real-world experience with our challenging curriculum and extensive lab trainings. This includes live intubations with anesthesia in the OR and cadaver lab experience. 👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️
3️⃣ Fast Track Career: Skip the associate degree and jumpstart your career.
🏫🎓You will receive 30 credit hours with Columbia Southern University upon completion to give you the option to finish your degree quickly!

Act Now! Application closes on 11/30/2025.
Classes start on 1/5/2026 and end 12/31/2026.
Admission requires a written test and an interview.

🏥 Course Details:
Duration: 12 Month Program
Cost: $7,800 for the Entire Course
Schedule: Mon & Thurs In-Person 0900-1700
In-Depth Lab and Classroom Sessions

‼️ How to apply: Email Program Director Dolores Paul at dpaul@clintoncountyin.gov

05/23/2025

🚑 EMS WEEK🚑

Thank you to Nicole Bohannon for the generous delivery of goodie baskets! Also, thank you to Clinton County Central Dispatch for the cookies and Frankfort Police Department for the taco dinner last night! 💙

05/21/2025

🚑 EMS WEEK🚑

Thank you to Rossville School Corporation and Hilary Rine for the tasty treats! 💙

05/12/2025

🎓🎉 Congratulations to Jacy Parnin, who graduated this weekend from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College with her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree! Jacy graduated magna cm laude, a member of the nursing honor society, and received an excellence in leadership award.

Jacy has been a Paramedic with Clinton County since January of 2021. We are so proud of her growth and excited for her. Jacy will continue to work full time at Clinton County EMS on A shift.💙

05/09/2025

🚑 Today we had a great time participating in Suncrest Elementary School’s Touch-a-Truck event!

Paramedic Justin Boyce and EMT Chase Kieselbach showed the students Medic 3 and all sorts of equipment including our Stryker stretcher, Zoll cardiac monitor and ventilator. As cool as this stuff is to us, the kiddos really just liked like flashing lights and several wanted a turn at driving the ambulance! 🤪🚨🚑

05/05/2025

🎓🎉 Congratulations to Breanna Lowe, who graduated this weekend from Ivy Tech with her Associate of Science in Nursing degree! Breanna has been an EMT with Clinton County since August of 2016. We are so proud of her growth and excited for her as she moves on to work as an ICU RN. 💙

05/03/2025

🦸‍♂️🦸‍♀️It was a great turn out at the Heroes of Hope Health Fair!

Thank you to the Rotary Club of Frankfort, Indiana who does so many things to promote health and wellness for our community!

05/03/2025

🚑 Come see us today at the Heroes of Hope Health Fair from 10 am-12 pm at the Clinton County Fair Grounds.

We’re teaching Hands Only CPR❤️

04/28/2025

🩻🫁Last week all three shifts went through a ventilator refresher course with Zoll Medical.

For the last three years, we have used our ventilators to provide noninvasive and invasive ventilation in the prehospital setting. Anecdotally, we have found great success with the use of BiPAP (noninvasive ventilation) in preventing the need for intubation.

🚑 Each of our 4 paramedic staffed ambulances and the emergency response vehicle have a ventilator!

‼️Stay tuned for an announcement on a tool we just deployed to supplement our noninvasive ventilation care! We are the first EMS service in the United States to use this tool👀

04/21/2025

🚑 PATIENT REUNION🚑🙌

“Thank you for getting me back to my mom” is what Mikal Simmons said to Clinton County EMS team members during a heartfelt reunion. On August 27th, 2024, 14-year-old Mikal Simmons was involved in a devastating motor vehicle accident that resulted in him being ejected 60 feet from the vehicle. He sustained multiple serious injuries, including a severe traumatic brain injury. Against all odds, Mikal has made remarkable progress—from a time when his survival was uncertain to now speaking and standing with assistance. Mikal’s recovery is a testimony to the standard of care in which Clinton County EMS is establishing. The neurosurgeon who cared for Mikal has emphasized that he would not be where he is today if it wasn’t for the care provided by Paramedic Jordan Gardner, EMT Courtnay Evans, and Paramedic Student Christian Swiniuch.

“We obviously knew Mikal was severely injured, so we prioritized secondary injury prevention specific for neuro care. We ensured no hypoxia, hypotension, or hypercapnia throughout our care to give him the best chance we could” Lead Paramedic Jordan Gardner said about the team’s care. “We’re just really grateful to have a chance to meet him” Jordan continued.

Mikal continues to have a long road ahead of him. He has doctor appointments, physical therapy, and occupational therapy multiple times a week. The family is in need of more reliable transportation that is also wheelchair accessible. As a community, please come together to help support this recovering family. https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-mikal-simmons-get-a-wheelchairaccessible-van

04/16/2025

🚑🎓🎉 PARAMEDIC PROGRAM GRADUATION

We are thrilled to announce a monumental milestone for our paramedic program as we celebrate the graduation of our very first cohort! This achievement marks not only the culmination of hard work and dedication from our graduates but also the beginning of an exciting new chapter for each of them.

Over the past 15 months, our graduates have shown incredible growth, resilience, and determination. We are proud to announce that they have all passed their National Registry Exam on their FIRST attempt, with the minimum number of questions required, and are all now Indiana Licensed Paramedics.

This unique program is successful because of Paramedic Program Director, Dolores Paul, and the passion, dedication, and expertise she brings to the classroom.

Congratulations graduates! We are so proud of Beau, Christian, and Megan. 🎉🎓