Independent Component 1

LITERAL
(a) Statement saying: “I, student name, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”

I, Jeremy Ethridge, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.

(b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component

My mentor, Robert Ethridge, helped me complete the independent component by allowing me to work with him as an EMT assistant.

(c) Provide a digital spreadsheet (aka log of the 30 hours).   Post it next to your mentorship log.

Independent Component 1 Log

(d) Explanation of what you completed.  

For my first four hours of mentorship on the log, I had assisted my dad in testing one of his students in a "skills practice" which included acting as a patient for the student to work on and assisting the student in cooperative EMT work. My mentor believed that it would be good for me to act as a patient and an EMT at the same time to try to see things from both sides of the emergency.
For the other twenty-eight hours, I had assisted my mentor and his team of EMT's at a Run 4 Kids marathon. Before the event, my job was to make sure that the medical bags were fully stocked up and ready for the day ahead. At the marathon, I was responsible for assisting the EMT Kyle, who works with my mentor in teaching First Aid, in care of patients with minor injuries (ex: cuts, blisters, etc.). I was also responsible for keeping the station organized and comfortable for the patients, checking in on the runners while they were running, and treating the child runners. After the event, I was told to take stock of what was missing/used from the medical bags and perform check ups on the runners.

INTERPRETIVE
Defend your work and explain how the significant parts of your component and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work.   Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work.

In these two pictures, I am assisting my mentor in one of his EMT/EMR classes. This was when I acted as a patient to test one of the student's skills to allow him to become a licensed EMT.

In this picture, I am putting the knowledge I gained from my mentorship to the test. It may not seem like much, but I am using the charismatic skills I gained to help calm the child, I used my knowledge of medical equipment to create a proper first aid kit (as seen in the bottom of the picture) and I am using the skills I gained to treat the patient's wound.

APPLIED
How did the component help you understand the foundation of your topic better?  Please include specific examples to illustrate how it helped.

After Mrs. Pittman and Mr. Purther helped my narrow my essential question, the independent component became much easier to complete and allowed me to better understand my topic. Because my topic has been narrowed to first aid on marathon runners, working at the Run 4 Kids marathon helped me forge the foundation of my topic.