Become an EMT!
EMT
The EMT is the introductory level of EMS training and gives students the knowledge needed to work as an Emergency Medical Technician. The course combines lecture and lab training to cover such topics as scene safety, EMS systems, communication, documentation, patient assessment, airway management, traumatic injuries, medical emergencies and more. All skills necessary to provide emergency medical care for the trauma and medical patient at the basic life support level.
Upcoming Courses
SPRING 2025 ☔🌷
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EMT Course - Available as a Web Assisted-Hybrid* or Classroom Course
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Begins: Jan 7, 2025 to April 16, 2025
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Tue/Thur 6:00pm to 9:30pm
SUMMER 2024 😎
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EMT Course - Available as a Web Assisted-Hybrid* or Classroom Course
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Begins: May 2025 to August 2025 (exact dates TBD)
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Tue/Thur 6:00pm to 9:30pm (Classroom)
Choose Your Format!
Classroom or Web-Assisted/Hybrid
Classroom Course
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Students meet in class on Tuesday and Thursday from 6:00 pm until 9:30 pm.
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Online learning is assigned each week.
*Students enrolled through NCSC or using VA funds, must enroll in the classroom version.
Tuition for the Classroom course is $1600.00
Includes Psychomotor exam fee, technology fee.
Not included:
Textbook package
Classroom/Clinical Shirt
NREMT CBT exam fee
Platinum EMS Testing
BLS (if needed)
Web-Assisted/Hybrid Course
Option 1
The program runs synchronously with the scheduled classroom program. All assignments and deadlines are the same.
In this program students complete coursework online and are not required to attend course lectures.
Physical attendance in the classroom is required to complete lab / practical skills, some module exams and the final exam.
Attendance is approximately 14 times throughout the
4-month program on a Tuesday or Thursday evening class from 6:00pm to 9:30pm.
Tuition for the Hybrid 1 course is $2000.00
Includes: Psychomotor exam fee, tehnology fee.
Not included:
Textbook package
Classroom/Clinical Shirt
NREMT CBT exam fee
Platinum EMS Testing
BLS (if needed)
Web-Assisted/Hybrid Course
Option 2
The program runs synchronously with the scheduled classroom program. All assignments and deadlines are the same.
In this program students complete coursework online and are not required to attend any courses until the last week of the program.
This program is only for healthcare providers with emergency experience.
Students attend 7 days during the last week of the classroom program:
- 4 skill days, including final
psychomotor exam
- 1 Hospital clinical shift
- 1 Pre-hospital clinical shift
- 1 final exam day followed by NREMT
skills test
See FAQ for more information
Steps To Enrollment
1. Application Procedure: A completed application and payment of the $150.00 non-refundable application
fee must be submitted. Applications may be completed digitally or downloaded then mailed or emailed back to the program.
- Application fee may be paid via check or money order and mailed to 20 Industrial Dr, St F
Lexington, Oh 44904.
- Let us know if you want to pay by credit card and we'll email you an invoice. There is a 3.5%
fee.
- Click here for Digital application
-Agency Tuition Verification. Required if student's tuition is being paid by a Fire/EMS agency
2. After program acceptance:
- Pay tuition
Classroom: $1600
Hybrid 1 Option $2000
Hybrid 2 option $2600
Let us know if you want to pay by credit card and we'll email you an invoice. There is a 3.5% fee.
3. Submit a copy of a valid BLS level CPR card with your application that will not expire for the duration of the class
time. If you do not have a valid BLS card, please indicate on your application whether you will be obtaining one
elsewhere, or if you want to enroll in a Central Ohio EMS Training CPR Course. That course is always held on the first
Saturday after the EMT course begins.
4. Purchase required supplies.
- B/P Cuff
- Stethoscope
- 1 box of gloves (latex free)
- Laptop
-Internet access is required
- Students who will use Zoom must have a webcam and headphones.
- Students are required to wear black or navy blue EMS or Dickie type pants, black belt, and black shoes or boots. You may purchase these anywhere you like. No scrubs or leggings.
5. Textbook package
6. Students sign up for COEMST polos on the first day of class. They take approximately two weeks to arrive. Until then, a uniform is not required and student's should dress casually.
7. The student handbook and schedule is emailed one week before the course begins.
Most questions can be answered in the FAQ section. Please be sure to check them out!