Interested in becoming an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)? Alamance Community College will be offering an EMT-Basic certification course on Elon's campus this coming semester.
Interested in becoming an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)? Alamance Community College will be offering an EMT-Basic certification course on Elon’s campus this coming semester.
The course is a hybrid course with in-class meeting times and online assigments. The course meets in McMichael Science Building, Mondays from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. and one to two Saturdays per month. Class for Spring 2017 begins Feb. 6. Students can register through Alamance Community College’s Dillingham Center up until Feb. 6.
This course is offered through ACC, and therefore does not carry Elon credits. Students who pass the course will have the opportunity to take the State exam to earn their NC EMT-B Certification.
Please contact Erica Mena for more information on the course and how to register by emailing emena2@elon.edu or calling x6193.
**Please note: this class is offered Spring and Fall semesters. However, it is dependant on enrollment and must have 8 students enrolled to proceed for the semester.**
Costs include:
– $16 for liability insurance
– $10.50 for pocket face mask and AHA HCP CPR Card
– $180.00 registration fee if not fee exempt
– Therefore, $206.50 is payable to Alamance Community College by the week before the class starts at the Dillingham Center, 1304 Plaza Drive located in the Burlington outlets. To register and pay tuition via phone please call Jan Vass at (336) 506-4316. No registration or tuition will be accepted on the first day of class.
In order to take the EMT-Basic course, you must complete the following prerequisites:
1. Must be 18 years old.
2. High school graduation or have a GED, having an official transcript sent to ACC to the
attention of: Toni Roberson, EMT-P
EMS Program Coordinator
Alamance Community College
P O Box 8000
Graham, NC 27253
**Official transcripts are void if opened.
3. Completion of a reading assessment test showing a minimum of a 10th-grade reading
comprehension level or CERTIFIED copy of your SAT or ACT scores will be accepted.
(Copies from the internet will not be accepted.) The TABE reading test will be given the
2nd night of class
4. A copy of the following immunizations are also required:
– Current TB test within 1 year—due to shortage you will answer a questionnaire
– Hepatitis B
– MMR titer or immunization
– Tetanus or Tdap
– Varicella (Chicken Pox) titer or immunization
– Flu Vaccination
Students must have their official transcripts, immunization and certified test scores in order to continue in the EMT-Basic course.