EMT Advanced Life Support

Training Authority for EMT-Advanced Life Support

The Mississippi Vocational-Technical 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, offered the advanced life support training course through the Mississippi Community College System. The guidelines and minimum standards are set forth in order to establish a minimum level of training for the Emergency Medical Technician at the Advanced level. These guidelines and minimum standards shall be met by all Advanced Emergency Medical Technician Courses in the state. The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medical Technology, is authorized by the DEMS to conduct ALS training programs statewide. All advanced life support programs must have the DEMS approval.

EMT Advanced Life Support Curriculum

EMT-Paramedic curriculum must conform, at minimum, to the National Standard Training Curriculum developed by the United States Department of Transportation and all current revisions as approved for use by the DEMS. Minimum hours required for EMT-Paramedic are:800 didactic/lab, 200 clinical, 200 field. EMT-Intermediate curriculum shall consist of modules numbers I, II, and III as developed for the United States Department of Transportation under Contract No. DOT-HS-900-089,as well as,the DEMS, EMT-Intermediate defibrillation curriculum. Minimum hours required for EMT-Intermediate are: 150 didactic, 40 clinical, 40 field. Written permission from the Director of the DEMS must be obtained prior to the start of an EMT-Intermediate course.

Requirements for entry into the EMT-Paramedic Training Programs

• Must be a Mississippi certified EMT
• Must successfully pass a re-test of basic EMT skill and knowledge
• Must provide past academic records for review by an admissions committee (may or may not be faculty members).
• Completion of 8 semester hours of anatomy and physiology (A&P I, II with Labs) from an accredited post-secondary school. Minimum average of C or higher must be obtained. Human anatomy and physiology may be taken as prerequisite or corequisite courses.

Mississippi Approved Advanced EMT Training Programs and Directors

Gary Shirley, NREMT-P Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Jefferson Davis Campus 2226 Switzer Road Gulfport, Mississippi 39507-3894 Phone: 228-896-2554 Fax: 228-897-3918	Mike Cole, NREMT-P Jones Community Junior College 900 S. Court Street Ellisville, Mississippi 39437 Phone: 601-477-4000 Fax: 601-477-4017
Debbie Roebuck, RN, NREMT-P Itawamba Community College 602 West Hill Street Fulton, Mississippi 38842 Phone: 662-862-8000 Fax: 662-862-4614	Patrick Black, NREMT-P East Central Community College Department of Emergency Medical Technology Vocational Department P.O. Box 129 Decatur, Mississippi 39327 Phone: 601-635-2111, x425 Fax: 601-635-4031
Clyde Deschamp, MS, NREMT-P University Medical Center Department of Emergency Medical Technology 2500 North State Street Jackson, Mississippi 39216 Phone: 601-984-5585 Fax: 601-984-6768	Brenda Hood, RN, NREMT-P Northwest Mississippi Community College ALS Program P.O. Box G Senatobia, Mississippi 38668 Phone: 662-562-3361 Fax: 622-560-1107
Blaine Riggleman, NREMT-P Holmes Community College (Ridgeland Campus) ALS Program 412 West Ridgeland Ridgeland, Mississippi 39157 Phone: 601-856-5400 Fax: 601-605-3350

All ALS Training Programs maintain the authority to perform BLS training.