To be considered for admission, the student must be, at minimum, a National Registry of EMT's or State of Iowa Bureau of EMS certified EMT-Basic. We offer two unique training formats to accommodate individual needs. Our popular accelerated full-time program allows for completion of training in approximately 32 weeks. It follows the U.S. DOT 1998 Paramedic National Standard Curriculum.
Internships are available at a number of approved sites throughout the country.
This program is conducted twice each year, beginning in January and July. Tuition subject to change. It follows the U.S. DOT 1999 EMT-Intermediate National Standard Curriculum. This three phase program consists of 120 hours of classroom training via the Iowa Communications Network, one night per week for five hours, plus 80 hours of practical skills training. A minimum of 75 hours of supervised in-hospital internship, and a minimum of 100 hours of field internship with a paramedic ambulance service complete the training.