EMT Certificate
Indiana EMT Basic Course
The Emergency Medical Technician Course must have a minimum course time of 159 hours. 138 hours are core National Education Standards (NES) curricula, 16 hours are Indiana mandated field hours (hospital and ambulance), and the remaining 5 hours are Indiana required additional curriculum. 8 of the 165 hours can be substituted for NIMS IS 100, 200, 700, and 800 (see EMT Hours PDF). If you have students who are current EMRs, they are not required to repeat the additional Indiana added curriculum unless mandated by your training institution.
Students should observe emergency department operations for a period of time sufficient to gain an appreciation for the continuum of care. Students must perform 10 patient assessments. These can be performed in an ED, ambulance, clinic, nursing home, doctor’s office, or on standardized patients if clinical settings are not available.
8 hours ambulance ride time
8 hours hospital time
The following skills must be taught and verified in the EMT course:
All skills of EMR (above) plus:
Humidifiers
Partial rebreathers
Venturi mask
Manually Triggered Ventilator (MTV)
Automatic Transport Ventilator (ATV)
Oral and Nasal airways
Manual and auto BP Assisted Medications
Assisting a patient in administering his/her own prescribed medications, including auto-injection Technician Medicine Administration
Buccal
Oral
IM Epinephrine
Physician-approved over-the-counter medications (oral glucose, ASA for chest pain of suspected ischemic origin)
Trauma Care
Seated spinal immobilization
Traction splinting
Mechanical pt restraint
MAST/PASG
Rapid extrication
Wound packing and hemostatic bandaging
Cardiac Care
Mechanical CPR
Assisted complicated delivery
Additional module on Esophageal, Tracheal, Multi-Lumen, and Supraglottic Airway
Additional Module on Suicide Prevention
Additional modules assigned by the Indiana EMS Commission if required beyond the standard curriculum
3 credit hours
Course Requirement
| EM 100 | Emergency Medical Technician | 3 |