EMT Certification – Forsyth Tech

Courses / Requirements

  • Emergency Medical Technician Initial Courses
  • Course is 260 hours long
  • Cost to register for class is $261.00 (includes CAPS/TECH fees, CPR card and Insurance).
    • The $5.00 CAPS fee and is nonrefundable.
  • Before registering, you must successfully complete a Reading Comprehension test at an 11th grade reading level.
    • Reading Comprehension testing is offered at the West Campus, Room 8 by appointment, call 336-734-7831 or at The Mazie Woodruff Center, room 106, by appointment, call 336-734-7920.
    • Must bring driver’s license and social security card for test, no cost for testing
  • After the reading test you can take the results to Customer Service at West Campus to register and pay for the class.
  • Payment is due at time of registration.
  • The uniform is black cargo pants, Forsyth Tech Shirt (available at the main campus bookstore), black close toed shoes and belt.
  • BOOK – Prehospital Care 14th edition, Brady/Pearson, ISBN: 9780135379134, 013537913X and 9780135479162, 0135479169 e text
  • If fee exempt, a copy of work or volunteer affiliation is required prior to registering.

**Paid law enforcement will be fee exempt ONLY if this course is deemed necessary to fulfill their job duties and will require a written statement to that effect from a superior on agency letterhead.

Summer / Fall 2022

EMT Refresher – Hybrid
Course Code: 154382
EMS-4200-902
Date: Sep 1, 2022 – Oct 29, 2022
All online except Sat 8/27 and Sat 9/24, 8 am to noon
Location: MWC, Room 234

EMT Basic Initial
Course Code: 153943
EMS-4200-914
Date: Oct 20, 2022 – Apr 27, 2022
T/Th 6 to 10 pm, every other Sat 8am to 5pm
Location: MWC, Room 234

EMS Instructor Methodology
Course Code: 154703
EMS-4502-901
Date: Aug 18, 2022 – Sep 23, 2022
Meets Thu/Fri, flip-flop, attend Thu OR Fri
Location: MWC, Rm 234, 8:30am-3:30pm

EMT Basic Initial
Course Code: 154762
EMS-4200-914
Date: Sep 6, 2022 – Feb 28, 2023
Meets Tu/Th 8am to 12pm, Sat 8am – 5pm
Location: MWC, Rm 236

Upon successful completion of the EMT Basic course with an 80 or better grade the student is eligible to take the state exam.

  • Walk in registration – Mon – Wed 9am-5:30pm, Thur 9am -6:30pm (lunch 12:45-1:45pm), Fri 9am – 12:45pm
  • Register by phone 336-734-7718, M – Th 9am – 4pm, Fri 9am – 12 noon.

Thank you for your interest in classes at Forsyth Technical Community College!

Advanced EMT Class

Coming Early 2022

This will be a hybrid class that will meet in person on Wednesdays.

For more info, Please call Niki Nelson at 336-757-3059 and to put you name on the “interested list” for the class, please call Sharon Turner at 336–757–3057.

EMT Continued Certification

If you are a professional EMT, you can take classes necessary to maintain specific skills or certifications at Forsyth Tech. These classes will be fee exempt with proof of affiliation.

Courses available at Forsyth Tech are listed below. Not all courses are available each term; however, if there is enough demand, a class may be scheduled through special arrangement with the program coordinator.

  • EMT Basic Initial
  • EMT Basic Continuing Education
  • Methodology of Instruction for Emergency Services

Specialty Classes

  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
  • Emergency Pediatric Care (EPC)
  • Geriatric Education for Emergency Medical Services (GEMS)
  • Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS)
  • International Trauma Life Support (ITLS)
  • Advanced Medical Life Support (AMLS)
  • Pediatric Education for the Prehospital Professional (PEPP)
  • Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

For more information or to ask about scheduling a needed course, contact:

Sharon Turner
Staff Assistant
336.757.3057
sturner@forsythtech.edu

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