EMT-Basic Schools - Mississippi State Department of Health

Emergency Medical Technician - Basic Training

The Mississippi Vocational-Technician Education Division of the Department of Education, with the cooperation of the Governor’s Highway Safety Program, the Mississippi State Department of Health, and the American College of Surgeons-Mississippi Committee on Trauma, and the Mississippi Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, offer the EMT-B training course through the Mississippi Community College system. Additionally, organized EMS districts as recognized by DEMS, Mississippi State Department of Health, are authorized to provide this training.

The guidelines and minimum standards are set forth in order to establish a minimum level of training for the Emergency Medical Technician at the basic level for the State of Mississippi. These guidelines and minimum standards shall be met by all Basic Emergency Medical Technician courses in the state.

EMT Basic Curriculum

EMT Basic Curriculum must conform, at minimum, to the National Standard EMT Basic: National Standard Curriculum developed by the United States Department of Transportation and current revisions as approved for use by the DEMS. Minimum hours required for EMT Basic are: 110 didactic, 12 hours of hospital emergency clinical lab and 5 documented emergency runs aboard an ambulance. Written permission from the DEMS must be obtained prior to the start of an EMT Basic Training course.

Requirements for entry into the EMT-Basic Training Program

Age of at least 18.
Ability to read and write.
High school graduate or GED equivalent.
Minimum score of 10 on the TABE reading test or 16 on the ACT taken after October, 1989 or 12 taken before October, 1989.
Valid CPR certification ( Health Care Provider).
Physically fit per physical examination by physician.
Hepatitis B vaccination started prior to clinical or ambulance run portion of the class.

Students should contact the local community college for admission requirements application to the EMT-Basic program.

Mississippi Emergency Medical Technician Basic Training Programs

Coahoma Community College 510 Sunbelt Drive Clarksdale, MS 38614	Mississippi Delta Community College P.O. Box 668 Moorehead, MS 38761
Copiah Lincoln Community College P.O. Box 649 Wesson, MS 39191	Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College P.O. Box 77 Lucedale, MS 39452
East Central Community College P.O. Box 129 Decatur, MS 39327	Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College 2226 Switzer Road Gulfport, MS 39507-3894
East Mississippi Community College P. O. Box 158 Scooba, MS 39358-0158	Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College P.O. Box 67 Perkinston, MS 39573
Hinds Community Collge-NAHC 1750 Chadwick Drive Jackson, MS 39204	North East Mississippi Community College 101 Cunningham Blvd. Booneville, MS 38829
Holmes Community College-Grenada 1060 Avent St. Grenada, MS 38901	Northwest Mississippi Community College P.O. Drawer G 510 North Panola Street Senatobia, MS 38668
Holmes Community College-Ridgeland 412 West Ridgeland Avenue Ridgeland, MS 39157	Northwest Mississippi Community College 5197 W. E. Ross Parkway Southaven, MS 38671
Itawamba Community College 602 West Hill Street Fulton, MS 38843	Southwest Mississippi Community College Campus Dr. Summit, MS 39666
Jones Junior College 900 South Court Street Ellisville, MS 39437	Pearl River Community College 101 Highway 11 North Poplarville, MS 39470
Meridian Community College 910 Highway19 North Meridian, MS 39307