Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics are health care professionals who possess special knowledge and advanced skills in pre-hospital emergency medicine. They are the eyes, ears and hands of the physician at the hospital, and as such, they render basic and advanced life support to the patients to the patients at the scene of their injuries or illness and continue this while transporting these patients to the hospital. At all times the EMTs and Paramedics are in radio contact with the physician at the hospital. EMTs and Paramedics are a part of the rapidly expanding branch of the health care profession known as EMS (Emergency Medical Services).
The Emergency Medical Technician and Paramedic Training programs consist of both classroom and clinical experience in basic and advanced life support procedures and will enable the student to acquire the knowledge and skills proficiency sufficient to prepare him/her to sit for the examinations for licensure as an Emergency Medical Technician/ Paramedic by the Tennessee Department of Health and Environment Emergency Medical Services Division. Both the EMT and Paramedic courses are offered in the fall semester every year. Day and night sections are offered. Admissions requirements are detailed on the program web pages.
The EMT-IV/Paramedic training program is considered a full-time program requiring the student to commit to classroom & laboratory activities weekly in addition to 16-24 hours of clinical rotations per week. Students must allow sufficient time for study and homework in addition to the course requirements.
Gainful Employment Disclosure for Emergency Medical Technician Certificate