Becoming an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)

Video Transcript

"You know, there's several levels of emergency responder certifications that most people could obtain. Hi, I'm Captain Joe Bruni, and what I want to talk about is how to obtain the EMT basic certification required by all fifty states. The EMT certification normally takes place at a local community college. The first step while still in high school, is to take as many health related courses as possible, and obtained your high school diploma or GED equivalency. After this has been accomplished, you can enroll in your basic EMT program, and also consider volunteering for local ambulance companies that may be in your area that have volunteer EMT'S. CPR certification will have to also be obtained in conjunction with the EMT basic, so that the basic EMT CPR course may go together, or the CPR course could be taken individually at another location. After CPR, the EMT course normally is about a hundred and twenty hours approximately of combination of classroom experience and clinical experience in a hospital setting. Ten hours approximately will be clinical. After this clinical and classroom experience is over, you will sit for both a written exam and a practical exam to receive your EMT basic certification required by all fifty states. I'm Captain Joe Bruni. Stay safe, and we'll see ya' next time."