Emergency Medical Technician
Career Description
An EMT basic has the least amount of training needed to qualify as an emergency medical technician. Along with other EMTs, an EMT basic performs basic life support skills. An EMT basic is accustomed to using stretchers, backboards, oxygen devices and splints.
An EMT paramedic undergoes the most training of all EMTs and may administer the most advanced emergency care. In rural areas, EMT paramedics may be allowed to treat patients on the scene rather than taking them to an emergency medical facility.
Academic Requirements
Training for an EMT includes 120 hours of classroom instruction on emergency medical care and 60 hours of clinical field time completed in a hospital emergency room, ambulance and a medical priority dispatch center.
Schools
Boliver Technical College
417/777-5062
Boonslick Technical Education Center (Boonville)
660/882-5306
Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center
573/334-0826
Columbia Career Center
573/214-3800
Crowder College (Neosho)
417/451-3223
Eldon Career Center
573/392-8060
Grand River Technical Center (Chillicothe)
660/646-3414
Hannibal-LaGrange College
573/221-3675
Hillyard Technical Center (St. Joseph)
816/671-4170
Kirksville Area Technical Center
660/665-2865
Missouri Southern State University (Joplin)
866/818-MSSU
Missouri Western State College (St. Joseph)
816/271-4200
Mineral Area College - Park Hills
573/431-4593
Moberly Area Community College
800/622-2070
North Central Missouri College (Trenton)
800/880-6180
Northwest Technical School (Maryville)
660/562-3022
Perryville Area Career Center
573/547-7500
Pike-Lincoln Technical Center (Eolia)
573/485-2900
Rolla Technical Center
573/458-0160
Ozarks Technical Community College (Springfield)
417/447-7500
Saline County Career Center (Marshall)
660/886-6958
South Central Career Center (West Plains)
417/256-6152
St. John's EMS (Springfield)
417/820-5451
Texas County Technical Institute (Houston)
417/967-5466
Texas County Technical Institute - Branson
417/239-1500
Three Rivers Community College (Poplar Bluff)
877/TRY-TRCC
Waynesville Technical Academy
573/774-6106
Professional Associations
National
National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians
National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians
State
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
Missouri EMS Association
