† † †Students and faculty members from the Northeast Texas Community College LVN Nursing, Emergency Medical Services, and Medical Assisting programs recently got hands-on, real world training as they participated in a disaster preparation exercise in Atlanta, Texas. The full-scale, 72-hour exercise was directed by Homeland Security and in conjunction with the ArkTex Council of Governments.
† † †The goal of the event was to give members of disaster teams, including first responders, a chance to find out how to function in a crisis situation.