S Carol White EMS Academy
EMT Training When and Where You Need It

In Memorium

JIM DOCKERY

It is with the deepest regrets that we announce the sudden passing of James R. Dockery on Saturday July 23, 2011.  Despite the valiant efforts of his fellow EMT/CPR Instructors and the Virtua Paramedics and Emergency Room Staff, Jim succumbed to SCA while returning home from a State mandated EMT Instructor training in Burlington County.

 

Jim was a former resident of Pompton Lakes and Kinnelon.  He was the Coordinator of the Bergen County Medical Reserve Corps.  Jim was a member of many agencies, but one of his passions was teaching new EMTs as an Instructor with the Bergen County Law and Public Safety Institute, EMS Academy in Mahwah where he combined humor with constant reminders to practice, practice, practice! and his admonishment of "Only perfect practice makes perfect!".  He was a dedicated member of the Oakland First Aid Squad and was one of their delegates to the 20th District.  He was also a member of Skywarn, a ham radio operator, a former member of the Hawthorne Caballeros and of the Oakland Junior Drum and Bugle Corps.  Jim was a Vietnam Veteran. 

 

Jim will be sorely missed.  Our condolences go out to his family, squad members and many friends and students.

 

RIP Jim! 

MARY PATRICIA "PAT" LIND

It is with the deepest regrets that we announce the passing of Mary Patricia "Pat" Lind on Sunday July 24, 2011, after a valiant battle with cancer.

 

Pat graduated from the Immaculate Conception HS in Lodi in 1959 before attending Seton Hall University where in 1963 she was one of the first women to obtain a Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing.  In 1968 she obtained her Master's Degree in Nursing, specializing in Obstetrics at Columbia University where she also obtained her license in midwifery and became an Associate Professor.  Over the years, she worked at Hackensack University Medical Center in Labor and Delivery and in the ICU; she worked at Holy Name Medical Center in Labor and Delivery and taught Obstetrics at their Nursing School; and she worked at the Englewood Women's Clinic as a Nurse and Midwife.  Pat then went on to attend Union County College in 1982 to become one of The Valley Hospital's first paramedics, a career that spanned nearly 24 years until her retirement.  During her medical career she attended the birth of nearly 1,000 babies!

 

Pat had also served as an Emergency Medical Technician for the Ho-Ho-Kus Volunteer Ambulance Corps, where she also acted as the Corps President and Captain, and was a Life Member of Ho-Ho-Kus VAC; Pat also was an EMT member of the Oakland First Aid Squad.  She helped teach emergency Obstetrics and Gynecology to EMT students at the Bergen County Law and Public Safety Institute, EMS Academy in Mahwah and to Paramedic students at Union County College for nearly two decades.  Pat was a dedicated and popular lecturer, making it very easy for the students to understand the objectives of her topics.

 

On September 11, 2001, as thousands fled Manhattan, Pat and her partner on The Valley Hospital MICU responded to the World Trade Center before being stationed at the Triage and Treatment area at the South Street Seaport.

 

The most important thing in Pat's life was her family.  She will also be remembered for her devotion to the Catholic faith and her love of God, her dedication to the teaching of Emergency Medical personnel and nurses, her ability to put the people around her at ease and calm their fears, her love of Siamese cats, her "grand-dogs" and Lake Sunapee, and her strength and conviction in the face of adversity that inspired all of those around her.  She will forever be loved and missed by everyone whose life she touched.

 

Pat will be sorely missed.  Our condolences go out to her family, squad members and many friends and students.

 

RIP Pat! 

S. CAROL WHITE

It is with the deepest regrets that we announce the passing of S. Carol White on Sunday June 10, 2012, after a prolonged and valiant battle with cancer.

 

Carol was a staunch supporter of Volunteer EMS and a dedicated EMS Educator.  Carol joined the Upper Saddle River Volunteer Ambulance Corps in 1974; she served in many positions including President and Captain, and remained a member in good standing until her death.  In 1979 she became an EMT Coordinator, ultimately teaching thousands of students at the Bergen County Police and Fire Academy, which later became the Bergen County Law & Public Safety Institute, EMS Academy, in Mahwah.  Carol also was a NJ State EMT Evaluator.

 

Carol lived her life helping people and teaching others to help people, and loved her work.  Carol was loved by EMT Instructors and Students alike, and almost every EMT in Bergen County, and much of NJ, has fond memories of Carol.

 

Carol will be sorely missed.  Our condolences go out to her family, squad members and many friends and thousands of students.  And no, we will not tell you what the S stood for!

 

RIP Carol!

MARY CAROL DITARANTO

It is with the deepest regrets that we announce the passing of Mary Carol DiTaranto on Sunday January 20, 2013 after a short battle with breast cancer. 

 

Mary Carol was an Instructor with the Bergen County Law & Public Safety Institute, EMS Academy in Mahwah, who always pushed her students to be the best EMT they could possibly be, and when they mastered a skill or an assessment, she pushed them a little harder to be even better.  Mary Carol also was a Life Member of the Ramsey Ambulance Corps where she held the posts of Captain and President.  Mary Carol also served as an EMT at the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. 

 

Mary Carol will be sorely missed.  Our condolences go out to her family, squad members and many friends and students. 

 

RIP MC!