Emergency Medicine
You respond to medical emergencies and give emergency care to people who are ill or injured. You are usually the first on the scene of an accident, and you stabilize and monitor people who have been hurt. Many times you’ll travel with the patient in an ambulance and report on the patient’s condition when you reach the hospital.
Job Description
You drive ambulances or assist ambulance drivers in transporting injured or sick people. You keep the vehicle sanitary and replace supplies inside the vehicle. You may administer first aid, such as bandaging, splinting, or giving oxygen.
Academic Requirements
Usually, a high school diploma (or its equivalent) is required, but further academic courses are not needed. A driver often can begin a new job with moderate on-the-job training.
Bolivar Technical College
Bolivar
417-777-5062 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 417-777-5062 end_of_the_skype_highlighting
Boonslick Technical Education Center
Boonville
660-882-5306
Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center
Cape Girardeau
573-334-0826
Cass Career Center
Harrisonville
816-380-3253
Columbia Career Center
Columbia
573-214-3800
Crowder College
Neosho
417-451-3223
Eldon Career Center
Eldon
573-392-8060
Excelsior Springs Area Career Center
Excelsior Springs
816-630-9240
Grand River Technical Center
Chillicothe
660-646-3414
Hannibal-LaGrange College
Hannibal
573-221-3675
Hillyard Technical Center
St. Joseph
816-671-4170
Johnson County Community College
Overland Park, KS
913-469-3803
Kirksville Area Technical Center
Kirksville
660-665-2865
Metropolitan Community College – Penn Valley
Kansas City
816-759-1000
Missouri Southern State University
Joplin
866-818-MSSU
Missouri Western State University
St. Joseph
816-271-4200
Moberly Area Community College
Moberly
800-622-2070
North Central Missouri College
Trenton
800-880-6180
Northland Career Center
Platte City
816-858-5505
Northwest Technical School
Maryville
660-562-3022
Ozarks Technical Community College
Springfield
417-447-7502
Perryville Area Career Center
Perryville
573-547-7500
Pike-Lincoln Technical Center
Eolia
573-485-2900
Rolla Technical Center
Rolla
573-458-0160
Saline County Career Center
Marshall
660-886-6958
South Central Career Center
West Plains
417-256-6152
Southwestern Illinois College
Belleville, IL
800-222-5131
St. Charles Adult and Community Education
St. Charles
636-443-4043
St. John’s EMS
Springfield
417-820-5451
St. Louis Community College-Florissant Valley
St. Louis
314-514-4200
St. Louis Community College-Forest Park
St. Louis
314-644-9100
Texas County Technical Institute
Houston
417-967-5466
Texas County Technical Institute
Branson
417-239-1500
Waynesville Technical Academy
Waynesville
573-774-6106
Job Description
You provide basic life support skills, such as first aid, and can give shots and prescription medication. You’ll use stretchers, backboards, oxygen devices and splints to help your injured or sick patients. You also may perform emergency procedures, such as stomach suction or heart monitoring, during the ambulance ride. You ensure the patient is immobilized and report on the patient’s status at the hospital.
Academic Requirements
Training for an EMT basic 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.
Bolivar
417-777-5062
Boonslick Technical Education Center
Boonville
660-882-5306
Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center
Cape Girardeau
573-334-0826
Cass Career Center
Harrisonville
816-380-3253
Columbia Career Center
Columbia
573-214-3800
Crowder College
Neosho
417-451-3223
Eldon Career Center
Eldon
573-392-8060
Excelsior Springs Area Career Center
Excelsior Springs
816-630-9240
Grand River Technical Center
Chillicothe
660-646-3414
Hannibal-LaGrange College
Hannibal
573-221-3675
Hillyard Technical Center
St. Joseph
816-671-4170
Johnson County Community College
Overland Park, KS
913-469-3803
Kirksville Area Technical Center
Kirksville
660-665-2865
Metropolitan Community College – Penn Valley
Kansas City
816-759-1000
Missouri Southern State University
Joplin
866-818-MSSU
Missouri Western State University
St. Joseph
816-271-4200
Moberly Area Community College
Moberly
800-622-2070
North Central Missouri College
Trenton
800-880-6180
Northland Career Center
Platte City
816-858-5505
Northwest Technical School
Maryville
660-562-3022
Ozarks Technical Community College
Springfield
417-447-7502
Perryville Area Career Center
Perryville
573-547-7500
Pike-Lincoln Technical Center
Eolia
573-485-2900
Rolla Technical Center
Rolla
573-458-0160
Saline County Career Center
Marshall
660-886-6958
South Central Career Center
West Plains
417-256-6152
Southwestern Illinois College
Belleville, IL
800-222-5131
St. Charles Adult and Community Education
St. Charles
636-443-4043
St. John’s EMS
Springfield
417-820-5451
St. Louis Community College-Florissant Valley
St. Louis
314-514-4200
St. Louis Community College-Forest Park
St. Louis
314-644-9100
Texas County Technical Institute
Houston
417-967-5466
Texas County Technical Institute
Branson
417-239-1500
Waynesville Technical Academy
Waynesville
573-774-6106