NEMCC Continuing Education helps ambulance corps with EMT-Basic course
BOONEVILLE, Miss. -- (08/03/2022) — Northeast Mississippi Community College's Office of Continuing Education is helping the ambulance corps with its latest offering during the Fall 2022 semester.
Northeast has opened up its Emergency Medical Technician - Basic class for the fall semester and is looking for students to fill its classes on Monday and Thursday nights.
Orientation for the class will happen on Monday, August 8 in Holliday Hall, Room 118 with classes meeting every Monday and Thursday for the duration of the class from 5-9 p.m.
Cost for the course is $705 and includes $300 in tuition, $55 in malpractice insurance and $350 in textbook costs for the class.
Classes are limited to 15 (fifteen) participants.
For those looking to attend the class, students must be certified in the American Heart Association or Red Cross CPR Basic Life Support with an expiration date after December 2022. This certification has to come from an in-person, hands-on class as no online class certifications will be accepted due to Mississippi Emergency Medical Services requirements.
Participants must also have a physical examination and drug screening done by a physician or licensed nurse practitioner, have a TB skin test or chest x-ray done prior to class, begin the Hepatitis B vaccine three (3) shot series with at least one of the three injections prior to the start of class or have the Titer test completed if the three-shot series was completed previously, received the two-dose Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine, provide proof of age from a government-issued driver's license, have a high school diploma or GED and score silver overall on a Career Readiness Certificate, have a minimum 17 composite score on the American College Test or read at a tenth (10th) grade level on the Test for Adult Basic Education (TABE) and a notarized criminal background affidavit.
Students must also have proof of Covid vaccinations to be part of the class, which are required for clinical. Religious and medical exemptions are the responsibility of the student.
All prerequisites are due before starting the class.
For more information about the 2022 Emergency Medical Technician-Basic (EMT) course offered by the Northeast Office of Continuing Education or any other continuing education class at Northeast, email continuinged@nemcc.edu or call 662-720-7296.
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Information about Northeast Mississippi Community College
Northeast Mississippi Community College, located in Booneville, Mississippi, is continually moving forward.
In the spring of 2020, Northeast became just one of four community colleges in the world to reach the prestigious Apple Distinguished School designation. NEMCC was the recipient of the Ellucian Impact Award for 2020 that recognizes the college's advancements in technology and is the only school in the nation to receive the award with the second award going to the University of Greenwich in London and Kent, United Kingdom.
Northeast has been named one of the top colleges and universities in Mississippi and was recognized by the Mississippi Business Journal as the Healthiest Workplace in Mississippi as it pertains to colleges and universities.
In addition to being one of the top colleges and universities in the nation, OnlineColleges.com recognized Northeast as the top school in the state of Mississippi for online education out of all colleges and universities, including four-year colleges and universities.
ZIPPIA has honored Northeast as the top community college in Mississippi in preparing students for the workforce and Northeast became the first college or university to offer a Z-degree (zero textbook cost) degree in the state of Mississippi as well.
Northeast athletics can also boast that it is home to a new ultramodern baseball and softball facility and currently holds the record for largest video boards for both sports in the community college ranks in the state.
The Chronicle of Higher Education has designated the college as one of its 'Best Places to Work For,' and CollegeChoice.net has named Northeast a Top 25 Community and Junior College in the country while The Center for Digital Education has recognized Northeast as a Top 10 Digital Community College in the nation.
Campus Labs recently named Northeast as one of two educational institutions in the nation as a Campus Labs Trailblazer Award honoree. The Campus Labs Trailblazer Award is based on the college creating a culture of assessment on campus through Campus Labs Planning to increase institutional adoption, focus on continuous improvement, and closing the loop in the institutional assessment priorities.
For more information about Northeast Mississippi Community College, visit http://www.nemcc.edu.
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Members of the Northeast Mississippi Community College Office of Continuing Education's Emergency Medical Technician - Basic class meet with representatives from the Air Evac Lifeteam as part of their training to become an EMT. Members of the class learned about processing a patient for flight in an Air Evac helicopter and how they could help the helicopter crews to assist the patient better while in transit.
Members of the Northeast Mississippi Community College Office of Continuing Education's Emergency Medical Technician - Basic class meet with representatives from the Air Evac Lifeteam as part of their training to become an EMT. Members of the class learned about processing a patient for flight in an Air Evac helicopter and how they could help the helicopter crews to assist the patient better while in transit.