Emergency Medical Technician
- Certificate
- 9 credits
- Delivery Method: On-Campus
Why Study Emergency Medical Technician at LSC?
Lake Superior College’s 9-credit Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) program will train a student for an entry-level Emergency Medical Technician position for employment with ambulance services, fire departments, clinics and hospital emergency room settings.
Emergency Medical Technicians provide pre-hospital emergency medical care and transportation for critical and emergent patients. Emergency Medical Technicians perform interventions with basic equipment typically found on an ambulance. Emergency Medical Technicians serve as a critical link between the life-threatening event and hospital-based definitive care.
This certificate is based on the National EMS Educational Standards adopted by the state of Minnesota for Emergency Medical Technician education requirements.
Completion of the EMT program prepares the student for the National Registry of EMT examinations and ultimately certification. Successful achievement of National Registry certification is required by 45 states, including Minnesota, to generate the state licensure required to work as an EMT.
Career Information
Emergency Medical Technicians Assess injuries and illnesses and administer basic emergency medical care. May transport injured or sick persons to medical facilities.
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Median Annual Salary/Wage Earnings for Emergency Medical Technicians
the United States
$39K
$18/hr
$30K - $59K
$14/hr - $28/hr
Minnesota
$46K
$21/hr
$34K - $57K
$16/hr - $27/hr
Duluth, MN Area
$37K
$17/hr
$23K - $58K
$11/hr - $27/hr
The Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program produces employment and wage estimates annually for over 800 occupations. These estimates are available for the nation as a whole, for individual states, and for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas; national occupational estimates for specific industries are also available.
Salary data are from U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program (www.bls.gov/oes/). Current as of May 2024.
Projected 10-Year Job Growth for Emergency Medical Technicians
Outlook: Bright
the United States
6%
Projected Annual Job Openings: 13,900
2023 to 2033
Minnesota
6%
Projected Annual Job Openings: 240
2022 to 2032
My Next Move provides career outlook designations that include Bright, Average, or Below Average. Bright Outlook occupations are expected to grow rapidly in the next several years, will have large numbers of job openings, or are new and emerging occupations.
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Employment Numbers for Emergency Medical Technicians
the United States
Estimated Employment:
169,700
Minnesota
Estimated Employment:
3,090
My Next Move provides career outlook designations that include Bright, Average, or Below Average. Bright Outlook occupations are expected to grow rapidly in the next several years, will have large numbers of job openings, or are new and emerging occupations.
Occupation outlook data come from O*NET Bright Outlook occupations (www.onetonline.org/find/bright) and My Next Move career outlook designations (www.onetcenter.org/bright/current/mnm_outlook.html). Note this information is only available at a national level, so even if you selected a state, you’ll see this information for the whole country. Current as of November 2024.
Alternative Job Titles for Emergency Medical Technicians
- Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
- First Responder
The O*NET database contains a rich set of variables that describe work and worker characteristics, including skill requirements.
Occupation data (titles, sample titles, descriptions, daily work activities, knowledge, skills, abilities, tasks, related occupations, technologies and tools, and work values) come from the O*NET 29.0 Database (www.onetcenter.org/database.html) by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. Current as of October 2024.
Job Tasks and Activities for Emergency Medical Technicians
The O*NET database contains a rich set of variables that describe work and worker characteristics, including skill requirements.
Occupation data (titles, sample titles, descriptions, daily work activities, knowledge, skills, abilities, tasks, related occupations, technologies and tools, and work values) come from the O*NET 29.0 Database (www.onetcenter.org/database.html) by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. Current as of October 2024.
Interests for Emergency Medical Technicians
- Social
Helping, teaching, advising, assisting, or providing service to others. - Realistic
Designing, building, or repairing equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. - Investigative
Studying and researching scientific subjects and human behavior.
The O*NET database contains a rich set of variables that describe work and worker characteristics, including skill requirements.
Occupation data (titles, sample titles, descriptions, daily work activities, knowledge, skills, abilities, tasks, related occupations, technologies and tools, and work values) come from the O*NET 29.0 Database (www.onetcenter.org/database.html) by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. Current as of October 2024.
Tools and Technology used by Emergency Medical Technicians
- Ambulances
- Analgesic infusion sets or kits
- Artificial airway holders
- Blood collection needles
- Blood pressure recording units
- Bullet proof vests
- Cardiac output CO monitoring units
- Cardiac pacemaker generators or cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemakers CRT-P
- Chest tube kits
- Desktop computers
- Electrocardiography EKG transmitters or telemetry devices
- Electrocardiography EKG units
- Endotracheal tubes
- Esophageal tubes
- Extremity restraints
- Finger ring removers or cutters
- Flow sensors or regulators or components
- Glass cutters
- Glucose monitors or meters
- Hacksaw
- Hypodermic injection apparatus
- Hypodermic needle
- Intravenous catheters
- Intravenous infusion pumps for general use
- Intravenous or arterial arm boards
- Intravenous or arterial tubing adapter or connector
- Intubation forceps
- Intubation gauges or guides
- Intubation laryngoscopes
- Intubation stylets
- Irrigation or suction handpieces or cannulas or tips or catheters
- Medical acoustic stethoscopes
- Medical aspiration or irrigation syringes
- Medical gas cylinders or related devices
- Medical nasal cannulas
- Medical or surgical suction tubings
- Medical oxygen masks or parts
- Medical syringes without needle
- Mobile medical service anti shock garments
- Mobile medical service intravenous IV kits
- Mobile medical services automated external defibrillators AED or hard paddles
- Mobile medical services cervical or extrication collars
- Mobile medical services head immobilizers
- Mobile medical services litter
- Mobile medical services non-suction antichoke devices
- Mobile medical services obstetrics kits
- Mobile medical services spine boards
- Mobile medical services suction antichoke devices
- Mobile medical services tourniquet or clamp
- Mobile medical services triage tags
- Mobile resuscitator or aspirator kits
- Multiparameter vital sign units
- Nasopharyngeal tubes or airways
- Nebulizers
- Needleless intravenous injection syringe sets or injection cannulas
- Needleless vial or bag withdrawal cannulas or adapters or decanters
- Non vacuum blood collection tubes or containers
- Notebook computers
- Orthopedic splint systems
- Oxygen insufflators
- Patient carbon dioxide detectors
- Patient stabilization or fall prevention devices
- Peripherally inserted central catheters PICC
- Pharyngeal airways or airways kits
- Pry bars
- Pulse oximeter units
- Respiratory aspirator products
- Restraint vests and jackets
- Resuscitation masks
- Sledge hammer
- Surgical scalpels or knives or blades or trephines
- Torso and belt restraints
- Traction splint sets
- Two way radios
- Wheel chocks
- Winged infusion needle set
- Information retrieval or search software
- Epocrates
- HyperTox
- Informed EMS Field Guide
- Iterum eMedic
- Medical Wizards ER & ICU ToolBox
- Medical Wizards ER Suite
- Medical Wizards Paramedics ToolBox
- Mosby's Drug Consult
- PEPID EMS
- Palmtree EMS Field Reference Guide
- Palmtree Pocket EKG
- Skyscape Rosen and Barkin's 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult
- Skyscape medical software
- TechOnSoftware HazMatCE Pro
- Medical software
- MEDITECH software
- MedDataSolutions Regist*r
- Office suite software
- Microsoft Office software
- Operating system software
- Microsoft operating system
- Presentation software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Excel
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Word
The O*NET database contains a rich set of variables that describe work and worker characteristics, including skill requirements.
Occupation data (titles, sample titles, descriptions, daily work activities, knowledge, skills, abilities, tasks, related occupations, technologies and tools, and work values) come from the O*NET 29.0 Database (www.onetcenter.org/database.html) by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. Current as of October 2024.
Employment Industries for Emergency Medical Technicians
- Ambulance services
78,200 employed - Local government, excluding education and hospitals
42,000 employed - General medical and surgical hospitals; private
26,300 employed - General medical and surgical hospitals; local
6,300 employed
The O*NET database contains a rich set of variables that describe work and worker characteristics, including skill requirements.
Occupation data (titles, sample titles, descriptions, daily work activities, knowledge, skills, abilities, tasks, related occupations, technologies and tools, and work values) come from the O*NET 29.0 Database (www.onetcenter.org/database.html) by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. Current as of October 2024.
Career Information Datasources for Emergency Medical Technicians
- Wages by occupation
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program
The Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program produces employment and wage estimates annually for over 800 occupations. These estimates are available for the nation as a whole, for individual states, and for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas; national occupational estimates for specific industries are also available. Current as of May 2024. - Education and training assignments
U.S Department of Labor, Employment Projections, Education and Training Data, Education and training assignments by detailed occupation
BLS provides information about education and training requirements for hundreds of occupations. In the education and training system, each of the occupations for which the office publishes projections data is assigned separate categories for education, work experience, and on-the-job training. Current as of September 2024. - Occupation data
O*NET at the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA)
The O*NET database contains a rich set of variables that describe work and worker characteristics, including skill requirements. Current as of October 2024. - Occupation outlook
O*NET at the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA)
My Next Move provides career outlook designations that include Bright, Average, or Below Average. Bright Outlook occupations are expected to grow rapidly in the next several years, will have large numbers of job openings, or are new and emerging occupations. Current as of November 2024. - Career videos
Career videos were developed by CareerOneStop.org
Explore our collection of videos on hundreds of different careers. Career videos are organized into 16 clusters, or related types of work. Select a category to view a list of videos related to that cluster. Videos include career details such as tasks, work settings, education needed, and more. Current as of rolling. - Educational attainment, typical education of current workers
USDOL’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections program, Education and Training Data,
BLS provides information about education and training requirements for hundreds of occupations. Educational attainment data for each occupation show the level of education achieved by current workers. Current as of September 2024.
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Plan Your Education
The Emergency Medical Technician Program Guide is a tool to help you map out how to successfully get your degree at Lake Superior College.
- 2024-2025 Program Guide
- 2023-2024 Program Guide
- 2022-2023 Program Guide
- 2021-2022 Program Guide
- 2020-2021 Program Guide
View approximate total tuition and fees for MN residents to complete this degree.
Program Features
LSC’s Emergency Medical Technician courses are taught onsite at LSC’s Emergency Response Training Center (ERTC) in Gary New Duluth. The ERTC is recognized as a top regional training center for first responders in the Midwest. The specialized Center offers classroom and training facilities for firefighting and emergency responder situations with live fire and accident/disaster staging facilities along with emergency response vehicles and equipment. LSC students may participate in joint training sessions with area public safety agencies for an enhanced learning experience.
Skills and Knowledge
Emergency Medical Technicians have the basic knowledge and skills necessary to stabilize and safely transport patients ranging from non-emergency and routine medical transports to life-threatening emergencies. Emergency Medical Technicians function as part of a comprehensive Emergency Management System, (EMS), under medical oversight.
