TRAINING CENTER PROGRAMS
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 Governorss 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: 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 drivers 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 |
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East MS Community College
Contact Yolandra Beck 662.243.2613 ybeck@eastms.edu |
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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Pre-requisites required: 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 |
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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 |