College of the Canyons celebrated the 50th anniversary of its Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) program Thursday, honoring the second oldest program of its kind in Los Angeles County. Since 1972, COC’s EMT program has trained more than 5,000 EMT students, with many going on to launch successful careers in firefighting, law enforcement, nursing, and other related fields. When the program ...

A College of the Canyons (COC) Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) student saved his uncle’s life with skills he learned from the program. On May 9, Jonathan Nasrallah was celebrating Mother’s Day with his family when he had to apply skills he had learned to save his uncle, who collapsed during the gathering. “He’s like a dad to me,” Nasrallah said. ...