Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) are in the business of saving lives. When an accident happens, a natural disaster occurs or someone is the victim of a violent crime, EMTs are the first responders who deliver vital care in the critical minutes before the patient arrives at the hospital.
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Field Experience
In our EMT Certification program you’ll master critical skills such as wound management, how to immobilize a fractured limb or neck and the use of emergency equipment like defibrillators and airway devices.
Career Advancement and Job Security
Positions in the field are growing at more than twice the national average for all occupations. Many EMTs use their training and experience to go on to get further education and become paramedics, physician’s assistants or nurses.
Get started on an exciting, vitally important career with EMT training.
One Step Further with AEMT certificate
Once you're an EMT, you can come back and boost your level of training with our two semester Advanced EMT certificate. This training usually boosts your pay and responsibilities.
EMT Requirements and Fees
Collected with Tuition:
- $100 - Lab Fee
- $85 - Platinum EMS Testing / Planner
- $75 - State skills exam fee
- $55 - Uniform
Student's Responsibility:
- $50 - KS Board of EMS background check
- $104 - National Registry written exam fee
- $70 - Butler Community College background check and drug screen
Additional Details
A program orientation will take place the Saturday before the start of classes. During this orientation, students will undergo a background check and drug screening.
At Butler we strive to develop confident, competent and compassionate EMTs.
- Confident: The EMT course is an exciting and intense hands-on learning experience! You will learn foundational knowledge to care for real patient emergencies. As such, attendance and participation is vital! Students may not enroll after the first day of class, and students who miss more than four days of class may be dropped from the course at instructor discretion. Your class participation will help you develop confidence in your knowledge as an EMT!
- Competent: Throughout the course, you complete three exams and a final exam. A 70% or higher is required on each exam with an overall course grade of 70% or higher. Once you successfully complete the course, you will be ready to take the national and state EMT certification exams.
- Compassionate: 24 hours of field experience on an ambulance with Butler County EMS and Sedgwick County EMS will prepare you to provide compassionate care to real patients in the field.
Local, Hands-On Training
We emphasize real-world clinical experiences, such as:
- With Butler County sheriff’s detectives
- Rescue operations with the Butler County Rescue Squad
- Butler County EMS, Sedgwick County EMS and area emergency rooms.
Classes You'll Take
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) is the only course in this program.
During this course you will:
- Learn how to provide assessment and pre-hospital emergency care.
- Utilize the National Standard Guidelines Scope of Practice (NSGSP) and the Kansas Board of EMS Education Standards.
Emergency Medical Technician (Certification)
The Devin Reneé Burress Memorial Scholarship Fund for EMS Education
Devin Reneé Burress passed away June 5, 2009 as a passenger in a motor vehicle accident. She was a 16-year-old senior at Augusta High School. Devin was born in El Dorado, Kansas on June 10, 1992, the daughter of James "Jeb" Eldon and LeeAnne (Dennett) Burress. Devin‘s desire was to help people in their time of need.
This memorial scholarship is to continue her good work through those who have that same desire. Devin, having a big heart and smile, was one to always put others before her. She loved to make people laugh no matter the situation or how she felt. Known as a founder of misfits and underdogs who were maybe in bad family situations or just not considered popular, she would go out of her way to help them and make them feel better about themselves and a true friend until the end. In her short life, she had been involved in instrumental music, sports, drama and other activities, along with a job at Pizza Hut.
Devin’s goal was to become a Certified Nurse Aid her senior year of high school, then obtain her Associate of Science degree as a Paramedic like her dad. Simply put, Devin was and still is a beloved daughter, sister, friend and a true angel to all who knew her.
To apply for this scholarship, contact Kyla Gaston with the Butler Community College Foundation at foundation@butlercc.edu or by calling 316.323.6737.
Additional Information
Kansas Promise Scholarship Eligible
Qualified students in eligible programs can earn their two-year degree and have their tuition, fees and books paid for.
