
Emergency
Medical
Technician
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Registration Deadline: Registration Closed
Next Start Date: August 12, 2024
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Program Content
This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the Health Science career cluster; provides technical skill proficiency and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning, and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills and knowledge of all aspects of Health Science career cluster. This is an instructional program that prepares students for employment as emergency medical technicians to function at the basic pre-hospital emergency medical technician level and treat various medical/trauma conditions using appropriate equipment and materials.
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What are the prerequisites for this program?
Emergency Medical Technician prerequisites include:
- High School Diploma/ GED
- American Heart Association BLS for Health Care Providers Certification
- ATI Allied Health Test
- Background Check
- Drug Testing
- Must be 18 years or older
Student Selection Criteria:
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What Basic Skills do I need to enroll?
Please see the Basic Skills Requirement table by clicking here and find your program.
If required, take the Basic Skills Test at our Testing Center. Call 941-255-7500 Ext. 1745 to schedule to take the test.
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What Industry Certifications are available?
Industry Certifications Earned:
State of Florida EMT-Basic and National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians EMT-Basic
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What kind of job opportunities will I have?
Job opportunities in Emergency Medical Technician include:
- Certified Emergency Medical Technician
To find out more about these opportunities, please visit O*Net OnLine.
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What does Emergency Medical Technician Teach?
Emergency Medical Technician teaches:
- Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)- 300 hours




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