Advanced Emergency Medical Technician

Advanced Emergency Medical Technician is a program taught at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, USA. Intake: Fall. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time options.

The Advanced Emergency Medical Technician technical diploma is for Wisconsin licensed EMTs who want to upgrade their skills to the Advanced Emergency Medical Technician level. Training is performed in line with the Wisconsin scope of practice, and successful completion prepares students to take the state license examination.

The curriculum includes Advanced EMT with a study plan of the number of semesters shown. Instruction is delivered in day, evening, online, weekend, and full-time or part-time formats, and students complete an in-person career experience such as an internship, practicum, or credit for prior learning may be required. Program outcomes include performing AEMT operations, assessing patients, and treating patients.

Modules

• Advanced EMT

The minimum requirements for admission in Advanced Emergency Medical Technician at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by Northeast Wisconsin Technical College.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Northeast Wisconsin Technical College as pre-requiste for admission in Advanced Emergency Medical Technician.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

• Current Wisconsin EMT license.
• Must be 18 years or older to enter training.
• Approved background check through Viewpoint.
• Students are required to maintain a current AHA Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider certification on a two-year renewal cycle to comply with affiliating agency requirements.
• NWTC is required to comply with the Wisconsin Caregiver Law.
• Aptitudes required for work of this nature are good physical stamina, endurance, and body condition that would not be adversely affected by frequently having to walk, stand, lift, carry, and balance at times, in excess of 125 pounds.

Students accepted into this program must complete a background check through www.viewpointscreening.com/nwtc AND complete a Background Information Disclosure (BID) form disclosing any acts, crimes, or convictions prior to program entry and/or clinical, practicum, field experience. Students with a criminal history may be denied access to placement at the discretion of the clinical, practicum, or field experience site.

Please check detail of study units at http://www.nwtc.edu/academics-and-training/advanced-emergency-medical-technician

• Potential for employment as an AEMT, performing pre-hospital patient care for the ill and injured with a Wisconsin ambulance service licensed to provide EMT advanced level care.
• Employment potential with a Wisconsin ambulance service licensed to provide Advanced Emergency Medical Technician level care.

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