Emergency Medical Technician Program

Be the first on the scene — trained to stabilize patients in crisis and get them to the care they need.

Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) are often the first emergency service providers to arrive on the scene of a crisis, such as an accident, medical emergency, fire or natural disaster. An EMT's main responsibility is to provide basic and emergent medical care to stabilize patients in crisis before transporting them to a hospital where they can be further assisted by a physician.

Program	Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
Length	5 months
Schedule	Evening classes
Partner	Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare (MLH)
Prepares you for	National certification and state licensure as an EMT

What You'll Study

The goal of our EMT program is to prepare competent entry-level EMT professionals with the content knowledge, psychomotor skills, personal interactions and behavior learning domains to effectively function as a practitioner in the field or hospital.

The program covers the basic knowledge and skills you need to obtain national certification and state licensure as an EMT. It combines classroom lecture, hands-on skills training sessions and virtual tools.

Clinical training

You will complete on-the-job training in two settings:

• Two 12-hour shifts in the pre-hospital setting, riding with an ambulance crew
• Three 8-hour shifts in an MLH emergency department

Program Options

As part of the UofM Associate Advancement Program (MAAP) and in partnership with Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, we offer a 5-month EMT program with evening classes. In addition to our corporate partnership program, we also offer a community program where members of the public are invited to apply.

Post-Grad + Careers

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that employment for EMTs will grow 6% from 2023 to 2033, which is faster than the average for all occupations. This translates to about 19,200 new openings for EMTs each year. The need for emergency medical care is expected to increase due to an aging population, natural disasters and the COVID-19 pandemic.

EMTs work for a variety of employers, including:

HospitalsLocal governmentsCommercial ambulance servicesManufacturing facilities

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