Become an EMT!
EMT
The EMT is the introductory level of EMS training and gives students the knowledge needed to work as an Emergency Medical Technician. The course combines lecture and lab training to cover such topics as scene safety, EMS systems, communication, documentation, patient assessment, airway management, traumatic injuries, medical emergencies and more. All skills necessary to provide emergency medical care for the trauma and medical patient at the basic life support level.
WINTER 2020
EMT Course - Available as a Web Assisted-Hybrid* or Classroom Course
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Begins: January 7, 2020 to April 23, 2020
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Tue/Thur 6:00pm to 9:30pm (Classroom)
Summer 2020
EMT Course - Available as a Web Assisted-Hybrid* or Classroom Course
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Begins: May 5, 2020 to August 20, 2020
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Tue/Thur 6:00pm to 9:30pm (Classroom)
Fall 2020
EMT Course - Available as a Web Assisted-Hybrid* or Classroom Course
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Begins: September 8, 2020 to December 17, 2020
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Tue/Thur 6:00pm to 9:30pm (Classroom)
Choose Your Format!
Classroom or Web-Assisted/Hybrid
Classroom Course
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Students meet in class on Tuesday and Thursday from 6:00 pm until 9:30 pm.
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Online learning is assigned each week.
*Students enrolled through NCSC or using VA funds, must enroll in the classroom version.
Web-Assisted/Hybrid Course
Option 1
The program runs synchronously with the scheduled classroom program. All assignments and deadlines are the same.
In this program students complete coursework online and are not required to attend course lectures.
Physical attendance in the classroom is required to complete lab / practical skills, some module exams and the final exam.
Attendance is approximately 14 times throughout the
4-month program on a Tuesday or Thursday evening class from 6:00pm to 9:30pm.
Web-Assisted/Hybrid Course
Option 2
The program runs synchronously with the scheduled classroom program. All assignments and deadlines are the same.
In this program students complete coursework online and are not required to attend any courses until the last week of the program.
Students attend 5 days during the last week of the classroom program:
- 3 skill days, including final
psychomotor exam
- 1 Hospital clinical day*
- 1 final exam day and NREMT skills test
day
Steps To Enrollment
1. Application Procedure: A completed application and payment of the $150.00 non-refundable application
fee must be submitted. Applications must be downloaded then mailed or emailed back to the program.
- Application fee may be paid via check or money order and mailed to 20 Industrial Dr, St F
Lexington, Oh 44904.
- Let us know if you want to pay by credit card and we'll email you an invoice. There is a 3%
fee.
2. Submit a copy of a valid BLS level CPR card with your application that will not expire for the duration of the class
time. If you do not have a valid BLS card, please indicate on your application whether you will be obtaining one
elsewhere, or if you want to enroll in a Central Ohio EMS Training CPR Course. That course is always held on the first
Saturday after the EMT course begins.
3. Purchase required textbook package and materials. Click here or see FAQ for required textbook package and supplies.
4. Purchase required supplies. Click here or see FAQ for required supplies.
5. Purchase Platinum EMS Testing. Students are provided a code on the first day of class to ensure they purchase the correct item. Please do NOT purchase without the code.
6. Students sign up and pay for COEMST polos on the first day of class. They take approximately two weeks to arrive. Until then, a uniform is not required and student's should dress casually.
7. The student handbook and schedule is emailed one week before the course begins.
Supplies and Requirements for the EMT Program
Most questions can be answered in the FAQ section. Please be sure to check them out!