Emergency Medical Technician
- Certificate
- 9 credits
- Delivery Method: On-Campus
Why Study Emergency Medical Technician at LSC?
This certificate is designed to provide students the requirements to be eligible to test for the National Registry EMT Certificate. Emergency Medical Technicians provide out of hospital emergency medical care and transportation for critical and emergent patients who access the emergency medical services (EMS) system. EMTs have the basic knowledge and skills necessary to stabilize and safely transport patients ranging from non-emergency and routine medical transports to life threatening emergencies. Emergency Medical Technicians function as part of a comprehensive EMS response system, under medical oversight. Emergency Medical Technicians perform interventions with the basic equipment typically found on an ambulance. Emergency Medical Technicians are a critical link between the scene of an emergency and the health care system.
Career Information
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Median Annual Salary/Wage Earnings for Emergency Medical Technicians
the United States
$41K
$19/hr
$31K - $61K
$15/hr - $29/hr
Minnesota
$46K
$21/hr
$35K - $60K
$16/hr - $28/hr
Duluth, MN Area
$40K
$19/hr
$24K - $64K
$11/hr - $30/hr
The Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program produces employment and wage estimates annually for over 800 occupations. These estimates are available for the nation as a whole, for individual states, and for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas; national occupational estimates for specific industries are also available.
Salary data are from U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program (www.bls.gov/oes/). Current as of May 2024.
Projected 10-Year Job Growth for Emergency Medical Technicians
Outlook: Bright
the United States
5%
Projected Annual Job Openings: 14,100
2024 to 2034
Minnesota
6%
Projected Annual Job Openings: 240
2022 to 2032
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Employment Numbers for Emergency Medical Technicians
the United States
Estimated Employment:
181,000
Minnesota
Estimated Employment:
3,090
My Next Move provides career outlook designations that include Bright, Average, or Below Average. Bright Outlook occupations are expected to grow rapidly in the next several years, will have large numbers of job openings, or are new and emerging occupations.
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Alternative Job Titles for Emergency Medical Technicians
- Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
- First Responder
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Interests for Emergency Medical Technicians
- Social
Helping, teaching, advising, assisting, or providing service to others. - Realistic
Designing, building, or repairing equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. - Investigative
Studying and researching scientific subjects and human behavior.
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Tools and Technology used by Emergency Medical Technicians
- Intubation laryngoscopes
- Mobile medical services spine boards
- Mobile medical services litter
- Orthopedic splint systems
- Medical oxygen masks or parts
- Mobile medical services suction antichoke devices
- Intravenous infusion pumps for general use
- Medical gas cylinders or related devices
- Traction splint sets
- Intravenous or arterial arm boards
- Mobile resuscitator or aspirator kits
- Resuscitation masks
- Mobile medical service anti shock garments
- Hypodermic injection apparatus
- Mobile medical services automated external defibrillators AED or hard paddles
- Needleless intravenous injection syringe sets or injection cannulas
- Glucose monitors or meters
- Cardiac pacemaker generators or cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemakers CRT-P
- Irrigation or suction handpieces or cannulas or tips or catheters
- Medical aspiration or irrigation syringes
- Restraint vests and jackets
- Pulse oximeter units
- Blood collection needles
- Finger ring removers or cutters
- Needleless vial or bag withdrawal cannulas or adapters or decanters
- Mobile medical services triage tags
- Bullet proof vests
- Torso and belt restraints
- Esophageal tubes
- Intravenous catheters
- Nasopharyngeal tubes or airways
- Mobile medical service intravenous IV kits
- Medical acoustic stethoscopes
- Chest tube kits
- Extremity restraints
- Endotracheal tubes
- Cardiac output CO monitoring units
- Surgical scalpels or knives or blades or trephines
- Pharyngeal airways or airways kits
- Hypodermic needle
- Intubation stylets
- Peripherally inserted central catheters PICC
- Intravenous or arterial tubing adapter or connector
- Multiparameter vital sign units
- Glass cutters
- Intubation forceps
- Medical or surgical suction tubings
- Sledge hammer
- Mobile medical services obstetrics kits
- Mobile medical services tourniquet or clamp
- Mobile medical services cervical or extrication collars
- Blood pressure recording units
- Analgesic infusion sets or kits
- Flow sensors or regulators or components
- Respiratory aspirator products
- Winged infusion needle set
- Intubation gauges or guides
- Non vacuum blood collection tubes or containers
- Mobile medical services head immobilizers
- Medical syringes without needle
- Patient stabilization or fall prevention devices
- Wheel chocks
- Mobile medical services non-suction antichoke devices
- Artificial airway holders
- Patient carbon dioxide detectors
- Medical nasal cannulas
- Oxygen insufflators
- Electrocardiography EKG transmitters or telemetry devices
- Hacksaw
- Two way radios
- Electrocardiography EKG units
- Pry bars
- Nebulizers
- Notebook computers
- Ambulances
- Desktop computers
- Medical software
- MEDITECH software
- MedDataSolutions Regist*r
- Presentation software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Information retrieval or search software
- Epocrates
- HyperTox
- Informed EMS Field Guide
- Iterum eMedic
- Medical Wizards ER & ICU ToolBox
- Medical Wizards ER Suite
- Medical Wizards Paramedics ToolBox
- Mosby's Drug Consult
- PEPID EMS
- Palmtree EMS Field Reference Guide
- Palmtree Pocket EKG
- Skyscape Rosen and Barkin's 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult
- Skyscape medical software
- TechOnSoftware HazMatCE Pro
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Excel
- Office suite software
- Microsoft Office software
- Operating system software
- Microsoft operating system
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Word
The O*NET database contains a rich set of variables that describe work and worker characteristics, including skill requirements.
Occupation data (titles, sample titles, descriptions, daily work activities, knowledge, skills, abilities, tasks, related occupations, technologies and tools, and work values) come from the O*NET 29.0 Database (www.onetcenter.org/database.html) by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. Current as of October 2024.
Employment Industries for Emergency Medical Technicians
- Ambulance services
80,800 employed - Local government, excluding education and hospitals
46,800 employed - General medical and surgical hospitals; private
27,600 employed - General medical and surgical hospitals; local
6,200 employed
The O*NET database contains a rich set of variables that describe work and worker characteristics, including skill requirements.
Occupation data (titles, sample titles, descriptions, daily work activities, knowledge, skills, abilities, tasks, related occupations, technologies and tools, and work values) come from the O*NET 29.0 Database (www.onetcenter.org/database.html) by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. Current as of October 2024.
Career Information Datasources for Emergency Medical Technicians
- Wages by occupation
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program
The Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program produces employment and wage estimates annually for over 800 occupations. These estimates are available for the nation as a whole, for individual states, and for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas; national occupational estimates for specific industries are also available. Current as of May 2024. - Education and training assignments
U.S Department of Labor, Employment Projections, Education and Training Data, Education and training assignments by detailed occupation
BLS provides information about education and training requirements for hundreds of occupations. In the education and training system, each of the occupations for which the office publishes projections data is assigned separate categories for education, work experience, and on-the-job training. Current as of September 2024. - Occupation data
O*NET at the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA)
The O*NET database contains a rich set of variables that describe work and worker characteristics, including skill requirements. Current as of October 2024. - Occupation outlook
O*NET at the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA)
My Next Move provides career outlook designations that include Bright, Average, or Below Average. Bright Outlook occupations are expected to grow rapidly in the next several years, will have large numbers of job openings, or are new and emerging occupations. Current as of November 2024. - Career videos
Career videos were developed by CareerOneStop.org
Explore our collection of videos on hundreds of different careers. Career videos are organized into 16 clusters, or related types of work. Select a category to view a list of videos related to that cluster. Videos include career details such as tasks, work settings, education needed, and more. Current as of rolling. - Educational attainment, typical education of current workers
USDOL’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections program, Education and Training Data,
BLS provides information about education and training requirements for hundreds of occupations. Educational attainment data for each occupation show the level of education achieved by current workers. Current as of September 2024.
Paying for College
Program Participation Requirements
Pre-program Requirements
Students must be 16 years old to take this course, and 18 years old and have a felony-free record to become nationally certified. Current NetStudy background check is required.
Required Courses
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Program Outcomes
- Be job ready based on national accepted performance job standards and behaviors for Emergency Medical Technicians;
- Be prepared with the appropriate background and experiences to serve as an Emergency Medical Technician;
- Be able to integrate into the incident command system and its component parts into daily work assignments and all emergency response settings;
- Be able to function as an emergency medical technician at the appropriate level for the service and interact with all providers to ensure good patient care,
- Be able to use the nationally recognized standards and behaviors for the response to all types of emergencies;
- Be experienced in day-to-day operations, station life and working conditions.
Program Features
LSC’s Emergency Medical Technician courses are taught onsite at LSC’s Emergency Response Training Center (ERTC) in Gary New Duluth. The ERTC is recognized as a top regional training center for first responders in the Midwest. The specialized Center offers classroom and training facilities for firefighting and emergency responder situations with live fire and accident/disaster staging facilities along with emergency response vehicles and equipment. LSC students may participate in joint training sessions with area public safety agencies for an enhanced learning experience.
