GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. — After nearly a decade treating soldiers in conflict zones as an Army medic, Sgt. Jamahl Plunkett is now caring for his neighbors back home in the Trias as an EMT.

Plunkett, a Guilford County native, has been working as an EMT for the county since February. He said the shift from military medicine to civilian emergency response has been relatively smooth — a change in scenery, but a consistent purpose.

“In the Army, you can treat up to eight people, so it’d be four people laying on the sides … or it could be up to eight people sitting on each side,” Plunkett said. “Being in the Army as a medic for nine years, it helped me use those skills real-world, like on-job training, and translate it here, so everything was a little bit more smooth transition trying to get use

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