EMT Basic Training

[tom@netword.com]

In the US the national curricula for EMTs has been developed by the US
Department of transportation.  You can find the documents at:
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/ems/nsc.htm

There are basically 3 levels
EMT-Basic 
EMT-Intermediate (not always developed in every jurisdiction)
EMT-Paramedic

Having just finished teaching my first EMT Basic class, I can say it is
roughly 120 long hours.  Generally 10 to 20 hours of that is 'clinical'
time spent performing actual patient assessments under the direct
supervision of a field training coach, as well as orientations with
providers of higher levels of care, such as Medics and ED staff.

The EMT B curriculum can be found in this PDF file:
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/ems/pub/emtbnsc.pdf

You may also find these other web sites illustrative of the EMT educational
process here in the states:
The Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute
http://www.mfri.org/

The Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems
http://miemss.umaryland.edu/

I hope this helps,
Tom


At 08:30 AM 6/8/2000 +1000, Rony Sapir wrote:
>Could someone possibly enlighten me to the length of training required to 
>become an EMT Basic in the States. 
>
>Regards
>
>Rony Sapir
>Paramedic 
>Queensland, Australia
>
>