EMTs work in ambulances to provide emergency medical care.
Emergency medical technicians, or EMTs, respond to medical emergencies such as car accidents, slip and falls, stroke and heart attack. Using equipment such as backboards to keep patients immobile, EMTs give the patient necessary treatment during transport to a hospital. While most emergency medical techs work from an ambulance, some work with medical helicopter crews and may also transport non-emergency patients between medical facilities. Many colleges offer training programs for EMTs.
Mountainland Applied Technology College
Mountainland Applied Technology College in Orem, Utah, offers a basic EMT program that entails 120 hours of training. Instruction is through classroom, clinical and hands-on training. Coursework includes basic first aid, assess patients, CPR, triage, airway management and shock. Additionally, students receive instruction on HAZMAT awareness, control bleeding, working with multiple casualties and move patients in any situation and in a variety of conditions. Students must take a basic math and reading assessment test before being admitted to the EMT program.
Mountainland Applied Technology College
American Fork Campus
759 E. Pacific Drive
Orem, UT
801-492-2900
mlatc.edu/
Valencia Community College
Valencia Community College in Orlando, Fla., offers a 16-week EMT program. Students attend classes four hours a day, three days a week. Three courses make up the program curriculum. In Fundamentals of Emergency Medical Technology, students learn to give basic life support, assess medical emergencies and provide patient stabilization and transport. Students apply the skills they have learned in the Fundamentals of Emergency Medical Technology Practice course; they also practice radio communications, bandaging and splinting, CPR, obstetrics assistance, IV setup and extrication. The final class, Emergency Medical Technician Clinical Practicum, lets students put their newly learned skills to use in emergency rooms or other medical locations.
Valencia Community College
1800 S. Kirkman Road
Orlando, FL 32802
407-299-5000
valenciacc.edu/
Glendale Community College
Glendale Community College in Glendale, Ariz., offers Certificate of Completion (CCL) and Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.) degree programs. The CCL program has basic and advanced EMT levels. In the basic EMT class, students learn about emergency pre-hospital treatment and immobilize and stabilize patients. The advanced CCL class is for students who have completed the basic EMT course. Other prerequisites include courses in biology, sociology and psychology. Coursework includes emergency cardiac care, emergency pharmacology and advanced emergency medical technology. The curriculum for the A.A.S. EMT degree includes the same core classes as the CCL program, but requires more prerequisites and electives. These additional classes must be in subjects such as natural sciences, human anatomy and physiology, vehicular extrication and trauma management.
Glendale Community College
6000 W. Olive Ave.
Glendale, AZ 85302
623-845-3000
gccaz.edu/
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