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Troy Dalphond<\/p><\/div>\n

Coronavirus patients treated by Merrimack Valley and Boston healthcare workers will most likely cross paths either directly or indirectly with Northern Essex Community College students or alumni.<\/p>\n

From the healthcare technicians who take a patient\u2019s temperature and blood pressure to the phlebotomists who draw blood, the respiratory therapist who operate the precious ventilators and nurses who administer and oversee care, to the paramedics and EMT\u2019s who care for and transport patients, NECC\u2019s alumni are on the front lines hoping to tame the scourge that is COVID-19.<\/p>\n

Northern Essex\u2019s reach doesn\u2019t end with direct patient care. Public health workers assist in disseminating news and best practices during a pandemic, lab technicians processing tests, and criminal justice majors enforce mandated closings and social distancing.<\/p>\n

Alum Treats Boston Patients<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alumni like Troy Dalphond who graduated from NECC\u2019s respiratory care program in May of 2019, are selflessly working with the critically ill. He now works at Beth Israel Deaconess in Boston as a respiratory therapist.<\/p>\n

Dalphond says, \u201cIt’s scary. It’s intimidating. Even though we are in the a pandemic. I wouldn’t change anything. I would not ever want to leave my team. We are making a positive impact.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hospitals Recruit Students<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jennifer Jackson-Stevens, NECC\u2019s program coordinator of the respiratory care program, said hospitals are \u201cadding student positions\u201d to their staff. After respiratory care students successfully complete their first year in the program, they can apply for a student license and work in a hospital setting.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, pretty most of my senior students are working as therapists under their student license,\u201d Jackson-Stevens said.<\/p>\n

A working respiratory therapist herself, Jackson-Stevens has been contacted as to when she can go back on the schedule at the Boston hospital where she works perdiem. Hospitals are hiring, she said.<\/p>\n

NECC currently offers more than two dozen health programs including direct care and business healthcare oriented certificates and degree programs.<\/p>\n

NECC President Shares Appreciation<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cNo other time highlights the need for exceptionally trained health care workers as when an epidemic or pandemic strikes,\u201d says NECC President Lane Glenn. \u201cWe are proud of the hundreds of students and alumni who put their own wellbeing at risk to care for so many.\u201d<\/p>\n

For additional information on NECC\u2019s health care programs visit our website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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