If class falls on a holiday, the instructor will arrange make-up dates. Paramedic Certificate Training Lackawanna College is an accredited Paramedic Training Institute certified by the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Lackawanna College offers full and part-time programs which provide comprehensive instruction involving paramedic and other emergency medical service education. A certified Paramedic is authorized, under the direction of a command physician, to provide advanced life support services including rescue, triage, treatment and transport of emergency patients. Students will learn to interact effectively with health care professionals.
Scholarship is given to all qualified participants.
This 40 hour course is an intensive program to train telecommunicators in standardized public safety communications. The curriculum was designed to be used as an agency-based training program for new telecommunicators. This 32 hour course covers topics that provide students with the knowledge and skills to answer 911 calls for emergency medical service and to prioritize their responses properly. The course also provides students with the knowledge needed to convey proper pre-arrival instructions to the caller when needed. Students not only learn supervisory topics, they also learn how to work together in groups and cooperate to attain common goals.