Northeast MS

CAREER TYPE

Emergency Medical Technician

EMTs and paramedics typically respond to 911 calls for emergency medical assistance, such as CPR or bandaging a wound, assess a patient's condition and determine a course of treatment. They also provide first-aid treatment or life support care to sick or injured patients.

CAREER TYPE KEY FACTS:

Salary Range Potential: Entry Level Wage: $22,498 | Experienced Wage: $46,335

Class Types:

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TRAINING CENTER PROGRAMS

EMT-Basic-Emergency Medical Technician

Subject matter covered prepares the individual to respond to medical emergency calls, evaluate the nature of the emergency, take appropriate prompt action to reduce the medical hazards, transport to the receiving station, and serve as technical assistant to the emergency room staff of general hospitals. Specific course content is based on the National Department of Transportation and the National Standards Curriculum. The 135-hour course is offered by the State Bureau of Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education, with the cooperation of the Governors€™s Highway Safety Program, the Mississippi State Department of Health, and the 85 American College of Surgeons-Mississippi Committee on Trauma, through the Community/Junior College system.

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Pre-requisites required:
Applicants must apply for EMCC admission and be accepted before completing a Program Application. Submit official copies of GED, high school or college transcripts. Have a minimum ACT composite of 16, if taken after October 1989, or 12 if taken before October 1989. Have a copy of a valid driver’s license showing the applicant to be 18 years old before the beginning date of the EMT class.

Length of Program
135 hours

Summary of Program Requirements
Applicants must apply for EMCC admission and be accepted before completing a Program Application. Submit official copies of GED, high school or college transcripts. Have a minimum ACT composite of 16, if taken after October 1989, or 12 if taken before October 1989. Have a copy of a valid driver’s license showing the applicant to be 18 years old before the beginning date of the EMT class.

Skills Needed
Speaking, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Monitoring, Social Perceptiveness, Service Orientation Judgment and Decision Making, Active Learning, Coordination, Persuasion, Science, Operation Monitoring
East MS Community College


Contact
Yolandra Beck
662.243.2613
ybeck@eastms.edu



 
EMT-Basic-Emergency Medical Technician

Emergency Medical Technology-Basic is an instructional program that prepares individuals to function in the pre-hospital environment. The EMT-Basic program provides instruction in basic life support care of sick and injured persons. This includes: airway assessment, communications, documentation, general pharmacology, hemorrhage control, ambulance operations, and splinting of adult, pediatric and infant patients; and special care of patients exposed to heat, cold, radiation or contagious disease.

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Night Classes

Pre-requisites required:
Applicants must apply for Northwest admission and be accepted before completing a Program Application. Be at least 18 years of age. Be a high school or GED graduate. Attain an 18 on the ACT or a 12 on the TABE. Be a high school or GED graduate Attain an 18 on the ACT or a 12 on the TABE

Length of Program
1 semester

Summary of Program Requirements
Applicants must apply for Northwest admission and be accepted before completing a Program Application. Be at least 18 years of age. Be a high school or GED graduate. Attain an 18 on the ACT or a 12 on the TABE. Be a high school or GED graduate Attain an 18 on the ACT or a 12 on the TABE

Skills Needed
Speaking, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Monitoring, Social Perceptiveness, Service Orientation Judgment and Decision Making, Active Learning, Coordination, Persuasion, Science, Operation Monitoring
Northwest MS Community College


Contact
Dave Kuchta
662-562-3986
http://www.northwestms.edu/index.php/dkuchta@northwestms.edu
Jennifer Lance
662-562-1127
jlance@northwestms.edu