Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic cert. (Plan 21EP)

Paramedics provide emergency medical care for illness and injury at site and enroute to the hospital. Paramedics are trained to provide pre-hospital and inter-hospital emergency medical services and medical transport services at the advanced life support level, including administration of intravenous lines, intubation, and defibrillation. Paramedics are employed primarily by fire and rescue departments and by ambulance services. Students entering this program already must have earned the EMT-B or EMT-I license. Completion of this certificate prepares students to take the licensing examination to become an EMT-P (Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic). Courses are offered at associated hospitals in Lake County. Day and evening classes are available.