Windsor Student Graduates From Paramedic Program

Information via Capital Community College

WINDSOR, CT — Earlier this week, Capital Community College graduated its 52nd cohort of Paramedic program students at a ceremony held at the college. Over 100 family and friends, along with faculty, staff and community partners, were on-hand to applaud the students’ accomplishments.

“As first-responders, paramedics are trained to provide emergency treatment, including advanced life support, to patients in emergency situations,” stated Professor Daniel Tauber, MEd, CCEMTP, NRP, NCEE, EMS-I, chair of the college’s Health Careers and Public Safety department and director of the Paramedic program. “At Capital, we are proud to be the oldest continuously operating paramedic education program in Connecticut. Since the program’s inception in 1985, we have graduated nearly 1000 paramedics, most of whom have stayed in Connecticut and who are providing essential – and life-saving – services to the state’s residents.”

The graduates and their hometowns are:

Branford: Tyler Mahoney

Chicopee, MA: Sarah Consolmagno

Colchester: Connar Chicoski

Coventry: Amie Lacasse

East Hartford: Emily Fitzgerald

Ellington: Jessica Casey

Hampton: Spencer Shirshac

Manchester: Kaitlyn Duley

New Haven: Caitlyn Smartz

Rocky Hill: Collin Boske, Eric Myrick

Shelton: Nicholas Zeleny

Simsbury: Ryan Jano

South Windsor: Justin Rondeau

Windsor: Carissa Gildea

Woodbury: Griffin Davis

Of special note is that graduate Tyler Mahoney is the son of Branford Fire Chief Thomas Mahoney, himself a paramedic. Emily Fitzgerald’s father is also a firefighter/paramedic in East Hartford and a graduate of Capital’s program.

The Paramedic program is nationally accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP). As required by COAEMSP, the Paramedic program tracks pass rates on the national licensing exam and job placement. For the past three years, the program has a 100 percent pass rate on the cognitive exam and 98 percent on the psychomotor exam.