Begin your career in EMS with the resources of the OHSU School of Medicine and experts of Oregon Tech.
We believe EMT education can be more than checking boxes required for certification. Our hands-on approach to learning the challenging field of EMS will prepare students to care for critical patients on day one of their career.
EMT
We believe strongly that EMS education should be as close to real-life as possible. Students are mentored by working paramedics to learn the dynamic environment of pre-hospital care. Our faculty prepare students for the stress of austere medicine by providing students with a firm foundation of technical knowledge, crisis management techniques, team leadership skills and therapeutic communication strategies.
The OHSU/Oregon Tech EMT program provides students opportunities to practice their craft through a unique combination of:
- High-fidelity simulations with EMT and Paramedic teams.
Practice concepts of crew resource management, team leadership and followership. - Human cadaver invasive skills lab
Practice all skills within the EMT scope of practice on non-embalmed specimens
Forged over 50 years of EMS education, our partnerships with progressive EMS organizations provide students the experience of responding to 911 calls. Students spend 24 hours with metropolitan advanced life support ambulance and fire response crews. During rotations students have the opportunity to interact with patients in crisis and perform EMT skills under the supervision of their preceptor.
Course Information
- Two academic quarter terms;
- Traditional EMS151/152 - offered over fall and winter terms
- Accelerated option EMS150 – complete both terms over the summer
- 12 total college credits
- Blended course: Online lectures, videos, quizzes, and resources prepare students to engage with paramedic faculty in on-campus labs
- Online lectures allow students to re-watch and bookmark as needed
- Face to face with faculty for questions and discussion
- Paramedic faculty and lab instructors
- Great student/instructor ratio
- Course prepares students to sit for NREMT and Oregon State EMT certifications
Opportunity for Real-Life Experience
After you successfully complete the EMT course hone your skills with a paramedic preceptor on our EMT externship course that places you as a team member on a 911 ambulance for 10 shifts.
Goal Oriented
The course equips students to accomplish two critical goals (in this order):
- Provide quality patient care, under stress, in austere environments
- Pass the NREMT certification exam with relative ease
Comprehensive EMS Education
We have the options and resources to expand your career from EMT coursework, a paramedic program and onto a bachelor's degree in EMS Management.
Student Positions are Limited!
Please consider joining us for your EMT education - hurry, class size is limited to retain quality!
Oregon Average: 73%, National Average: 71%
