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Ok here goes,

I'm a TN certified First Responder, whats the easiest/best way to get my EMT Certification? Is their any state that allows online training (except for practicals of course) or a way to test out?

The City Fire Department I work for in TN trained us all as Certified First Responders. Unfortunately they do not allow us time off from work or in most cases the vacation time available (too many off, etc) want allow us to complete the classes available.

We run all the EMS calls within the city limits and wait until the county EMS arrives for transport to the city hospital.

Alot of us would like to become EMT certified, but the county EMS controls who goes through and the price of the classes (seems kinda like a conflict of interest, huh?)
 
trainingdivision.com

about $1000.00 plus your book. Also, when you come to TD for your skills and clinicals you will have to rent a hotel, or drive down in a truck and camp in the bed of it. It works out if you have a few of your fire buddies to share a room with.

All told the classroom is 6 days of skills and a final and then you have to work 24 on an ambulance and 2 12s at the ER. I finished my clinical rotations in 3 days, since i was in school, i skipped christmas with the family, and got it done between semesters.
 
lascassas_camper said:
Ok here goes,

I'm a TN certified First Responder, whats the easiest/best way to get my EMT Certification? Is their any state that allows online training (except for practicals of course) or a way to test out?

The City Fire Department I work for in TN trained us all as Certified First Responders. Unfortunately they do not allow us time off from work or in most cases the vacation time available (too many off, etc) want allow us to complete the classes available.

We run all the EMS calls within the city limits and wait until the county EMS arrives for transport to the city hospital.

Alot of us would like to become EMT certified, but the county EMS controls who goes through and the price of the classes (seems kinda like a conflict of interest, huh?)
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First, welcome to EMTLife!

As far as I'm aware, there are no entirely online EMT-Basic programs. You'll need to find a way to fit school into your schedule. If there are enough of you that want to go through the program at the same time, I wouldn't be surprised if a local community college set up a class around your schedule.

Middle Tennessee State University has both a Monday/Wednesday and Tuesday/Thursday program. Volunteer State Community College also offers an EMT-Basic program.

Right now I'm working on going back to school for a few years to get my Masters degree. It doesn't really fit my schedule, it's a lot of work, and a lot of money, but if I want to be the best in my profession I realize the importance of making school a priority. Thankfully EMT-Basic school is only a semester.

Good luck, and I hope that helps!
 
MMiz said:
First, welcome to EMTLife!

As far as I'm aware, there are no entirely online EMT-Basic programs. You'll need to find a way to fit school into your schedule. If there are enough of you that want to go through the program at the same time, I wouldn't be surprised if a local community college set up a class around your schedule.

Middle Tennessee State University has both a Monday/Wednesday and Tuesday/Thursday program. Volunteer State Community College also offers an EMT-Basic program.

Right now I'm working on going back to school for a few years to get my Masters degree. It doesn't really fit my schedule, it's a lot of work, and a lot of money, but if I want to be the best in my profession I realize the importance of making school a priority. Thankfully EMT-Basic school is only a semester.

Good luck, and I hope that helps!
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The program that I listed above your post is entirely online (except for skills and clinicals which can be completed in less than 2 weeks).
 
You said:
The program that I listed above your post is entirely online (except for skills and clinicals which can be completed in less than 2 weeks).
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I originally said:
As far as I'm aware, there are no entirely online EMT-Basic programs
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If a member had two weeks they could do the Unitek program in just over two weeks and call it a day. Again, as far as I'm aware, there are no entirely online EMT-Basic programs.
 
Trainingdivision is literally 1 mile from my house.

If you end up going that route, Crowley is VERY close to all the major attractions in the DFW metroplex.
 
Pelham Training in Bloomington, Indiana is great for the two week wonder course. Enjoy having to reteach everything to yourself that you never truly learned the first time they rushed through it though.
 
Pass rate

Do you know the pass rate for the 2 week school in Indiana and the cost? I didn't see it on the web site?
 
cost is about 1100 not including room and board.

No idea on the pass rate. The Basic exam is very straightforward, and they teach it to the test, so I'd guess close to 100 percent.
 
pass rate is about 98% they really cram it in you so you'll know your stuff. i remember i had a problem with the airway chapter, they kept me for an extra 3 hours till i had it inside and out
 
Florida

I'm signing up for the class in Indiana for the Fall. Here in TN its a 9 month course for EMT. The EMS Board and Murfreesboro EMS have tight leash on the classes, I guess if I were getting $1600.00 a person and no one else could tech the classes....I would want to keep it that way too.
 
lascassas_camper said:
Do you know the pass rate for the 2 week school in Indiana and the cost? I didn't see it on the web site?
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Why not bite the bullet and take a real class? It's not so much passing the test but LEARNING the material. You can memorize and pass the test but not really understand what you are doing or what you are learning.
 
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Well, the city I work for already trained us at the EMT level and we're running as First Responders. And we have weekly training by our staff Paramedics, but do to the agreement with the county EMS...we can't ask for state certification through our department. (They are scared we will take them over, which we will sooner or later).
 
For TN you will also need the IV therapy portion of the course. I just finished the MTSU class in June and I highly recommend it.

Can you trade shifts with others in your department so you can make it to class? We had a few Murfreesboro FFs in the 2 classes and they helped each other by swapping shifts and such.

Good luck to you!
 
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Nah, I'm not wasting my time swapping shifts. Plus we've heard the Attorney Generals office is about to investigate if theres a conflict of interest going on.
 
Be careful of going out of TN to take a course including online. You will have to go the reciprocity route which means the course you took has to be approved. Reciprocity is not easy in TN and if the Indiana course doesn't have IV you will have to get it before you can be licensed in TN.
Cleveland State CC in TN has online with lab on campus. Don't where you live but that might be an option for you.
Hope that helps.
 
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I already checked with the state EMS Board, and have it in writing. TN does except any state EMT license as long as you get the IV part signed off on and you Nat Reg. Have it in writing.
 
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