FVTC EMT instructor saved by students after going into cardiac arrest during training exercise

APPLETON, Wis. (WBAY) – In late March, Fox Valley Technical College EMT-paramedic instructor Karl Arps was helping students run a scenario, lying in the back of an ambulance used for class, when the training exercise took a terrifying turn.

Arps, an adjunct instructor and 25-year EMT, says he decided to improvise a chest pain scenario, and then started feeling off in the ambulance.

“I was a little dizzy when I got into the ambulance, but I… figured, ah, it’s no big deal,” says Arps…

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