Fox Valley Technical College EMT Instructor Saved by EMT Students

Wisconsin students demonstrate life-saving skills during cardiac arrest

APPLETON, Wis. --A group of college students from Wisconsin is showing why it's important to pay attention in class. These students are all part of the 16-week EMT Basic class at Fox Valley Technical College.

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APPLETON, Wisconsin (WGBA) — A training exercise at Fox Valley Technical College took a sudden and serious turn late March when an EMT instructor went into cardiac arrest in front of his students. The students’ quick response is credited with saving his life. EMS instructor Karl Arps was simulating the symptoms of a heart attack for a classroom demonstration inside a training ambulance when he suffered an actual medical emergency. “And Karl has …

Fox Valley Technical College EMT instructor saved by EMT students

Karl Arps was lying in the back of an ambulance as part of a EMS classroom environment and went into cardiac arrest while “playing the patient."

EMT instructor saved by students in midst of FVTC class

During an EMT-Paramedic training class at Fox Valley Technical College, a simulated heart attack exercise suddenly became real.