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  4. Advanced Emergency Medical Technician

Advanced Emergency Medical Technician

3 Hours Blended Certificate Program

Elizabethtown College

Program Overview

The Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (A E M T) course offered in partnership with Northwest Emergency Medical Services prepares the student to function competently as an Advanced Emergency Medical Technician as described in the National EMS Scope of Practice Model. The primary focus of EMS providers at this level takes the skill and knowledge set of the EMT and adds new skills and treatment modalities for critical and emergent patients who access the emergency medical system.The Advanced Emergency Medical Technician functions as part of a comprehensive EMS system and functions under medical oversight to provide emergency care at a higher level than EMT level providers but less than that provided by a Paramedic level provider. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be eligible to sit for the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians Advanced EMT cognitive exam and the Pennsylvania Department of Health psychomotor examinations necessary to be certified as an Advanced Emergency Medical Technician.

Program Key Stats

$1500
Rolling


73 %

Eligibility Criteria


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Career Options

  • Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and Paramedic
  • Emergency Room (ER) Physician
  • Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse
  • Flight Surgeon
  • Wilderness and Rescue Medicine

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