Learn the emergency medical care skills to become an emergency medical technician (EMT), advanced emergency medical technician (AEMT) or paramedic. Students learn through intensive, scenario-based instruction and by using state-of-the-art simulation equipment. The instruction helps them master the knowledge, hands-on skills and critical thinking needed by EMS responders to help those in need during an emergency.
After successful completion of the course, and receipt of your national registry or North Carolina EMT credential, you are eligible to receive 9 credit hours in Wake Tech’s EMS AAS degree program.
"Thank you for laying such a solid foundation for me to build on in regards to the world of EMS. The EMT-B class changed my life and the way I view the world."
– Keven Donadio, Emergency Medical Technician-Basic (EMT-B) student
Industry-recognized credential: North Carolina Emergency Medical Technician
Complete course in: Four months or less
Don't have enough money to pay for a course? Right now, Wake Tech's Propel program offers scholarships that cover the cost of registration and fees.
For more information, email Kim Miller at [email protected].
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Be able to perform 1 and 2 person rescue CPR/AED for adult, child and infant
1-Rescuer CPR and AED for adult, child and infant
2-Rescuer CPR and AED for adult, child and infant
Bag-mask techniques for adult, child and infant
CPR with an advanced airway*
Critical concepts of high-quality CPR
Differences between adult, child and infant rescue techniques
Relief of choking for adult, child and infant
Rescue breathing for adult, child and infant
The AHA Chain of Survival
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No
American Heart Association
CPR certified with AHA card
No
Have a AHA BLS CPR card
AHA BLS for HCP student manual
None
90% attendance
Written test score of 84 or higher and successful demonstration of skills
N/A
Public Safety Personnel and Healthcare related fields
N/A
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Apply fundamental knowledge of the EMS system, safety/well-being of the EMT, medico-legal and ethical issues in the provision of emergency care.
Discuss the impact of research on EMT care, data collection and evidence-based decision making.
Apply fundamental knowledge of the anatomy and function of all human systems to the practice of EMS.
Use foundational anatomical and medical terms and abbreviations in written and oral communication with colleagues and other health care professionals.
Apply fundamental knowledge of the pathophysiology of respiration and perfusion to patient assessment and management.
Apply fundamental knowledge of life span development to patient assessment and management.
Have an awareness of local public health resources and the role EMS personnel play in public health emergencies and education.
Apply fundamental knowledge of the medications that the EMT may assist/administer to a patient during an emergency.
Apply fundamental depth and foundational breadth of general anatomy and physiology to patient assessment and management in order to ensure a patient airway, adequate mechanical ventilation and respiration for patients of all ages.
Apply scene information and patient assessment findings (scene size-up, primary and secondary assessment, patient history and reassessment) to guide emergency management.
Apply fundamental knowledge to provide basic emergency care and transportation based on assessment findings for an acutely ill patient.
Apply fundamental knowledge of the causes, pathophysiology and management of shock, respiratory failure or arrest, cardiac failure or arrest and post-resuscitation management.
Apply fundamental knowledge to provide basic emergency care and transportation based on assessment findings for an acutely injured patient.
Apply a fundamental knowledge of growth, development and aging and assessment findings to provide basic emergency care and transportation for a patient with special needs.
Apply knowledge of operational roles and responsibilities to ensure patient, public and personnel safety.
National EMS and EMT education standards can be found at: https://www.ems.gov/pdf/EMT_Instructional_Guidelines.pdf
EMT courses are composed of modules that include the following:
- Preparatory
- Airway and assessment
- Pharmacology and medical emergencies
- Trauma
- Operations, hazardous materials and traffic incident management systems (TIMS)
- Special populations, including pediatrics, geriatrics, obstetrics, neonatology, sensory deficits
- Final written and practical exams
- Clinical
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North Carolina or National Registry Emergency Medical Technician
www.ncems.org, www.nremt.org, www.ems.gov/education
To prepare competent entry-level emergency medical technicians (EMTs) in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills) and affective (behavior) learning domains.
EMS-110 with NC EMT credential or National Registered EMT
Course prerequisites include:
- 17 years of age on or before the official end date of the course
- High-school diploma or equivalency (GED, adult high-school diploma). Students still enrolled in high-school must show basic skills proficiency through successful completion of an entrance exam assessing basic reading comprehension skills at or above the 11th-grade level.
Textbook(s) to be determined by EMS Department. Clinical uniforms are required.
Students will be required to attend a minimum of 48 hours of clinical and perform a minimum of 10 patient assessments, which cannot be supplemented by lab experiences. Additional skills required for program completion as listed in the clinical syllabus for the course include: three applications of four-lead ECG, three applications of 12-lead ECG, five medication administrations and a recommended (but not required) goal of five airway management.
90% attendance
Overall course grade of at least 74.00% (grades will be rounded to the nearest hundreths place).,Entry-level competency for all required skills.,Entry-level competency for Technical Scopes of Practice (TSOPs).,Successful completion of a minimum of 48 hours of clinical.,SuccesPerformance and documentation of at least 10 successful patient assessments and other required skills.
N/A
Adults interested in working or volunteering with local EMS agencies or other non-traditional practice settings as emergency medical technicians.
EMT
Wake County EMS (the primary EMS employer) has three hiring rotations per year and an annual turnover of 23%.
EMT
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At the end of the ACLS Instructor
Essentials Course, instructor candidates will be able to
- Identify the prerequisites to becoming an AHA Instructor
- Describe the usability of the PAM
- Describe the core competencies of an AHA Instructor
- Describe the 5 steps of the AHA Instruction Cycle: prepare, teach, test and remediate, close, and
keep current
- Identify resources available to an AHA Instructor
- Describe how to use discipline-specific AHA Instructor materials: the instructor manual, lesson
plans, course videos, and skills testing checklists
- Identify discipline-specific course formats available to students for completion of the course
- Describe discipline-specific course completion requirements
- Describe discipline-specific flexibility options available to an AHA Instructor within the course
- Describe the requirements for how to maintain an AHA Instructor status
- Describe effective AHA Instructor feedback and remediation techniques
- Demonstrate the administration of skills testing with the use of the skills testing checklists
- Describe the use of a CPR Coach
- Identify the need to measure chest compression fraction (CCF) and the effect on team
choreography
- Demonstrate prebriefing and structured debriefing skills
- Describe how to facilitate the learning and testing stations
- Demonstrate facilitating the Bradycardia and Megacode Learning Stations
Lesson 1: Course Introduction
Lesson 2: AHA Introduction
Part 1: AHA Mission
Part 2: Instructor Core Competencies
Lesson 3: AHA Instructor Resources
Part 1: Program Administration Manual
Part 2: Other Electronic Resources
Part 3: Training Center-Specific Policies
Lesson 4: ACLS Provider Course Preparation
Part 1: Course Paperwork
Part 2: Course Preparation
Lesson 5: ACLS Provider Course Overview (Instructor-Led)
Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: Course Format
Part 3: Instructor Materials
Part 4: Learning Objectives and Course Completion Requirements
Lesson 6: ACLS Provider Course: Lesson 2A-4
Part 1: Review Feedback Device Requirement
Part 2: CPR Coach
Part 3: Lesson 2A: Learning/Testing Station: High-Quality BLS Practice, Lesson 2B: Learning/Testing
Station: High-Quality BLS Testing-Testing Details
Part 4: Lessons 3A-3C: Learning/Testing Station: Airway Management
Part 5: Lesson 4: Technology Review
Lesson 7: ACLS Provider Course: Prebriefing, Structured and Supported Debriefing, and Lessons
9A-9D
Part 1: Prebriefing
Part 2: Debriefing
Part 3: Lessons 9A-9D: High-Performance Teams: Megacode Practice
Practice Prebriefing, Debriefing, and Megacode (4 cases before lunch)
Lesson 7: ACLS Provider Course: Prebriefing, Structured and Supported Debriefing, and Lessons
9A-9D (Continued)
Remaining 4 cases
ACLS Instructor Essentials Faculty Guide 10
Lesson 8: ACLS Provider Course: Lessons 7-8C
Part 1: Lesson 7: High-Performance Teams
Part 2: Lessons 8A-8C: Learning Station: High-Performance Teams: Cardiac Arrest and Post-Cardiac
Arrest Care
Lesson 9: ACLS Provider Course: Lessons 5A-6C
Part 1: Lessons 5A-5C: Learning Station: Preventing Arrest: Bradycardia
Part 2: Lessons 6A-6C: Learning Station: Preventing Arrest: Tachycardia (Stable and Unstable)
Lesson 10: ACLS Provider Course: Lessons T1-T6
Part 1: Lessons T1-T4: Review and Megacode Testing
Part 2: Lessons T5 and T6: Exam and Exam Details
Part 3: Remediation
Lesson 11: Course Conclusion and Exam
Part 1: Course Conclusion
Part 2: ACLS Instructor Essentials Exam
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AHA-American Heart Association
https://cpr.heart.org/en/resources/aha-instructors
• Be aligned with an AHA TC
- Instructor candidates must have a TC that has agreed to accept them as an instructor once they have
completed Instructor Essentials and their monitoring is completed.
• Have a current AHA ACLS Provider course completion card
• Be proficient in the skills of ACLS
- To measure the proficiency of the skills of ACLS, be sure to observe instructor candidates during the course. If
you feel that instructor candidates need to be retested in their skills of ACLS, you can include this as part of the
Instructor Essentials Course.
• Complete an Instructor Candidate Application
• Successfully complete the online portion of Instructor Essentials
No
ACLS Provider
Instructor Essentials, Instructor Manual
None
90% attendance
Score of 84% or higher on written exam, successful completion of hands-on skills, monitoring within six months of the last day of the course.
N/A
Advanced healthcare providers who currently hold an active ACLS provider certification.
Advanced healthcare providers such as Paramedic, RN, MD, PA, NP
N/A
EMS-3048B4
Gabrielle Robinson
919-866-7599
[email protected]
| Details | Section | Date(s) | Location | Price | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 327197 | 03/21/26 - 03/21/26 | Public Safety Education Campus | 153.00 | 23 | Register |
If you would like to be notified when additional sections become available, please use Wake Tech's Notify Me service.
At the end of the PALS Instructor Essentials Course, learners will be able to
- Identify the prerequisites to becoming an AHA Instructor
- Describe the usability of the PAM
- Describe the core competencies of an AHA Instructor
- Describe the 5 steps of the AHA Instruction Cycle: prepare, teach, test and remediate, close, and keep current
- Identify resources available to an AHA Instructor
- Describe how to use discipline-specific AHA Instructor materials: the instructor manual, lesson plans, course videos, and skills testing checklists
- Identify discipline-specific course formats available to students for completion of the course
- Describe discipline-specific course completion requirements
- Describe discipline-specific flexibility options available to an AHA Instructor within the course
- Describe the requirements for how to maintain an AHA Instructor status
- Describe effective AHA Instructor feedback and remediation techniques
- Demonstrate the administration of skills testing with the use of the skills testing checklists
- Describe the use of a CPR Coach
- Identify the need to measure chest compression fraction (CCF) and the effect on team choreography
- Demonstrate prebriefing and structured debriefing skills
- Describe how to facilitate the learning and testing stations
- Demonstrate facilitating the case scenario skills testing
Lesson 1: Course Introduction
Lesson 2: AHA Introduction
Part 1: AHA Mission
Part 2: Instructor Core Competencies
Lesson 3: AHA Instructor Resources
Part 1: Program Administration Manual
Part 2: Other Electronic Resources
Part 3: Training Center-Specific Policies
Lesson 4: PALS Provider Course Preparation
Part 1: Course Paperwork
Part 2: Course Preparation
Lesson 5: PALS Provider Course Overview (Instructor-Led)
Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: Course Format
Part 3: Instructor Materials
Part 4: Learning Objectives and Course Completion Requirements
Lesson 6: PALS Provider Course With Precourse Work: Lessons 1 and 2
Part 1: Feedback Device Requirement
Part 2: Lesson 1: CPR Coach and High-Performance Teams
Part 3: Lesson 2A: Learning/Testing Station: Child High-Quality BLS Test
Part 4: Lesson 2B: Learning/Testing Station: Infant High-Quality BLS Test
Part 5: Lesson 2C: Learning/Testing Station: Child and Infant Choking (Optional)
Part 6: Technology Review
Lesson 7: PALS Skills Testing and Remediation
Part 1: PALS Skills Testing (PALS Provider Traditional Course Lessons 5A and 5B: Child and Infant Testing)
Part 2: Remediation
Part 3: Peer-to-Peer Debriefing
Lesson 8: PALS Provider Traditional Course: Lessons 6A and 6B
Part 1: Lesson 6A: Overview of Systematic Approach Model
Part 2: Lesson 6B: Secondary Assessment
Lesson 9: PALS Provider Traditional Course: Lessons 7-9
Part 1: Lessons 7A-7C: Management of Respiratory Emergencies
Part 2: Lessons 8A-8C: Management of Shock Emergencies
Part 3: Lessons 9A-9C: Management of Arrhythmia Emergencies
Time Lesson
1:35-3:20 Lesson 9: PALS Provider Traditional Course: Lessons 7-9 (Continued)
Part 1: Lessons 7A-7C: Management of Respiratory Emergencies
Part 2: Lessons 8A-8C: Management of Shock Emergencies
Part 3: Lessons 9A-9C: Management of Arrhythmia Emergencies
Lesson 10: PALS Provider Traditional Course: Lessons 10 and 11
Part 1: Lesson 10: Management of Post-Cardiac Arrest Care
Part 2: Lesson 11: Learning Station: Coping With Death
Lesson 11: PALS Provider Traditional Course: Lessons 12 and 13
Part 1: Prebriefing and Debriefing
Part 2: Lesson 12: Case Scenario Practice With Simulations
Part 3: Lesson 13: Case Scenario Testing/Team Testing Concept
Lesson 12: PALS Provider Traditional Course: Lesson 14: Exam
Lesson 13: PALS Update Course and HeartCode® PALS
Part 1: PALS Update Course
Part 2: HeartCode PALS Overview
Part 3: HeartCode PALS Hands-on Session
Lesson 14: Course Conclusion and Exam
Part 1: Course Conclusion
Part 2: PALS Instructor Essentials Exam
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American Heart Association- AHA
https://cpr.heart.org/en/courses/pals-course-options
PALS Instructor
No
PALS Provider
PALS Instructor Essentials, PALS instructor manual
None
100% attendance
Instructor candidates that they must score at least 84% on the exam as part of the course completion requirements. After successfully completing the written exam instructor candidates must be monitored teaching a PALS course within six months of the initial instructor class.
N/A
Current PALS providers who wish to become PALS instructors.
Advanced healthcare professionals who currently hold a PALS provider card.
N/A
EMS-3046A4
Gabrielle Robinson
919-866-7599
[email protected]
| Details | Section | Date(s) | Location | Price | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 327199 | 03/22/26 - 03/22/26 | Public Safety Education Campus | 153.00 | 23 | Register |
If you would like to be notified when additional sections become available, please use Wake Tech's Notify Me service.
Upon completion of the course the student will be able to correctly demonstrate 1 & 2 rescuer CPR for Adults , infants , and children in accordance with AHA guidelines
Recognize situations and provide assistance to a victim where first aid skills may be needed.
Recognize situations and provide assistance to a victim where First Aid Basics skills may be needed
Recognize situations and provide assistance to a victim where Medical Emergencies skills may be needed
Recognize situations and provide assistance to a victim where Injury emergencies skills may be needed
Recognize situations and provide assistance to a victim where Environmental emergencies skills may be needed
1-Rescuer CPR and AED use for adult, child and infant
2-Rescuer CPR and AED use for adult, child and infant
Bag-mask techniques for adult, child and infant
CPR with an advanced airway
Critical concepts of high-quality CPR
Differences between adult, child and infant rescue techniques
Relief of choking for adult, child and infant
Rescue breathing for adult, child and infant
The AHA Chain of Survival
Skill teaching with the AHA practice-while-watching technique; Demonstration of first aid skills including epi pen administration, hemorrhage control and personal protective equipment.
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No
American Heart Association
http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/CPRAndECC/HealthcareProviders/Healthcare-…
BLS CPR certified as an AHA provider
No
NA
AHA BLS for HCP student manual
AHA Heartsaver First Aid student manual
None
95% attendance
Written test score of 84 or higher and successful demonstration esting of all skills
N/A
Medical assisting students
Medical Assistant
N/A
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Wake Tech runs a standard rotating series of non-degree Emergency Medical Science classes and refresher courses for EMS professionals and those wishing to become an emergency medical technician. Additionally, the EMS program offers multiple specialty courses taught by award-winning and renowned faculty.
Preregistration is required for online and specialty courses. Registration fees vary depending on the length of the course and are set by the North Carolina Community College System Office.
*Additional fees may be required based on course requirements.
Tuition waiver
EMS professionals outside Wake County may qualify for a tuition waiver with a letter on official department letterhead indicating that the course is necessary for employment. The letter must include documentation of the student's active membership as a volunteer or paid staff member and must have a date within the current semester. A single letter can be used for multiple members from a single agency.
EMS professionals within Wake County meeting the specifications above have been listed on a single letter provided by Wake County EMS under the provisions granted by the EMS System Plan to qualify for fee waiver status.
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