General Information
Application for Admission
- Applications are accepted year round
- Deadline for application for first consideration for admission to the program is July 1st for Fall Term, November 1st for Spring Term, and March 1st for Summer Term.
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Emergency Medical Technicians are part of the Emergency Medical Services team. EMT’s are trained to provide basic life support to the sick and injured. The EMT program at Northwest Florida State College prepares students to apply for the examination to become a Florida certified Emergency Medical Technician and a National Registry Emergency Medical Technician-Basic. The program offers students the opportunity to enter the exciting world of Emergency Services through education in the college’s state-of-the-art health program facilities. The Northwest Florida State College program blends classroom instruction with hands-on skills training and real world clinical education to prepare students as entry level Emergency Medical Technicians.
The Emergency Medical Technician program is 11 credit hours and is conducted over 1 semester. If the number of applicants exceeds the 24 slots available for the semester, applicants will be evaluated on a points system basis.