Allied health personnel

BCC also trains firefighters to protect property and save lives, and trains EMTs and paramedics to provide emergency care for the ill and injured.

BCC trains about 80 percent of the allied health workers in Broward County, from dental assistants and hygienists to physical therapy assistants, massage therapists, and technicians in a variety of fields such as diagnostic sonography and radiography.

Prof. Joe Jones directs students in the paramedic and emergency medical technology programs as they treat a dummy programmed to exhibit symptoms of a heart attack.