Emergency Medical Technician
About the Program
This course is designed to prepare students to enter the prehospital emergency medical services field and provide basic life support. This course meets or exceeds the requirements of the National Emergency Medical Services Education Standards as well as the recommended training hours provided by the Oklahoma State Department of Health.
All EMS classes require authorization to enroll. Please download and review the pre-enrollment packet.
- Curriculum Details
Curriculum includes over 144 hours of classroom lectures and hands-on skills in addition to at least 60 hours of field and clinical internship experiences. Combined with EMS Operations, this curriculum amount to a total of 252 hours.
The EMT program can be completed in 16 weeks for the spring and fall semesters. The summer semester is completed in 10 weeks.
To get your EMT you must complete 2 separate classes. You can take them both in the same semester. Emergency Medical Technician is 8 credit hours and is available in class as well as a hybrid/online format. You also need to take EMS Operations. This class is 3 credit hours and is available as a regular class or 100% online.
- Registering for Class
After you have been accepted to OSU-OKC, contact the paramedicine program director or an academic advisor. All EMT classes will require their specific override prior to enrollment. You will need to meet with one of them by either phone or in person. Once they give you the override you can enroll yourself online.
- EMT Clinicals
EMT students complete a minimum of:
- 48 hours on an ambulance
- 8 hours in an Emergency Department
- Accreditation Information
EMT programs are not accredited by any national agency. Accreditation only applies to Paramedic programs (OSU-OKC’s Paramedic program is accredited). Instead, all EMT programs are authorized by their state EMS office. OSU-OKC’s EMT program is an authorized training institution for EMT via the Oklahoma State Department of Health.
Semester Program Information
- Summer EMT
EMT courses in the summer begin the 3rd week of May. This is a 10-week EMT course that will end the last week of July. EMS Operations is a required course that goes with EMT and will be available as an online course.
There are three EMT sections to choose from:
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EMT class #1 available on Mondays and Wednesdays from 0900-1800 which includes lab time.
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EMT class #2 available Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings from 1730-2230 which includes lab time.
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EMT class #3 available is a hybrid course where all didactics and lectures are delivered online. You only come to classes for labs roughly once a week.
EMS Operations is also required which is an online only course during the summer.
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- Fall EMT
EMT courses in the fall begin around the 3rd week of August. This is a 16-week EMT course that will end around the second week of December. EMS Operations is a required course that goes with EMT and will be available as a traditional class or as an online course.
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EMT class #1 available Tuesday and Thursday days from 0845-1315 which includes lab time.
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EMT class #2 available Monday and Wednesday evenings from 1745-2215 which includes lab time.
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EMT class #3 available Fridays from 0900-1800 which includes lab time.
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EMT class #4 available is a hybrid course where all didactics and lectures are delivered online. You only come to classes for labs roughly every two weeks.
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EMS Operations class #1 available Wednesday days from 0900-1130. There is no lab for this class.
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EMS Operations class #2 available Tuesday evenings from 1800-2030. There is no lab for this class.
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EMS Operations class #3 available online.
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- Spring EMT
EMT courses in the spring begin around the 3rd week of January. This is a 16-week EMT course that will end around the second week of May. EMS Operations is a required course that goes with EMT and will be available as a traditional class or as an online course.
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EMT class #1 available Tuesday and Thursday days from 0845-1315 which includes lab time.
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EMT class #2 available Monday and Wednesday evenings from 1745-2215 which includes lab time.
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EMT class #3 available Fridays from 0900-1800 which includes lab time.
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EMT class #4 available is a hybrid course where all didactics and lectures are delivered online. You only come to classes for labs roughly every two weeks.
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EMS Operations class #1 available Wednesday days from 0900-1130. There is no lab for this class.
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EMS Operations class #2 available Tuesday evenings from 1800-2030. There is no lab for this class.
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EMS Operations class #3 available online.
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