Cowley County Community College

Do you want to be an EMT? Cowley College is the perfect school for you. We offer an EMT program to help you get the skills and qualifications to perform emergency medical care and basic life support as a career. Also, Kansas citizens can apply for the Kansas Promise Act scholarship to help pay for tuition, fees, books and supplies.

Our Emergency Medical Technician program provides training in basic life support care for critically ill or injured patients. Our EMT training program follows national EMS education standards. In real-life practice, EMTs work directly with each other to provide this level of care and in conjunction with a paramedic to provide advanced life support. EMTs learn to manage an airway using artificial devices, assess the severity of illness or injury, manage wounds and bleeding, immobilize fractures, perform CPR, utilize an automated defibrillator, and various other procedures. Recent curriculum changes at the national and state level allow EMTs to assist with the administration of some medications.

EMTs are entry-level EMS providers that are essential in the EMS chain of survival. Additionally, one must become a certified EMT to enter a Paramedic program.

Availability

This class is offered each semester at one or both locations. Flexible scheduling is also available in certain situations. Many EMT courses utilize a hybrid (part online, part on-ground) format that is an extremely convenient and effective method of course delivery.