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  Emergency Medical Services
Emergency Medical Technician Refresher (30 hours)
This course covers preparatory aspects, patient assessment, airway
management, medical/behavioral cases, and enrichment topics in
basic life support emergency medical care.
Paramedic Refresher (30 hours)
This course covers preparatory aspects, trauma care, medical care
interventions, obstetrical/gynecological/neonatal emergencies and
behavioral emergencies in advanced life support pre-hospital care.
Fire Medic Associate Degree
Your passion for helping others is matched only by your ability to
stay calm in times of crisis. Making a difference is what moves you.
You have found your purpose – become a fire medic. As a graduate
of this two-year program, you’ll be cross-trained in fire protection/
suppression and emergency medical services (EMS) at the advanced
life support/paramedic level. You’ll be prepared for employment in
fire-based EMS agencies such as rural and urban fire departments,
airport public safety departments, and industrial/fire safety teams.
Plus, you’ll be trained to respond to out-of-hospital medical/trauma
emergencies, fire or HAZMAT emergencies, mass casualty incidents
and/or special rescue operations in a community served by a
full-time fire department.
Emergency Medical Technician Technical Diploma
  Fire & EMS Academic Programs
Fire Protection Engineering Technology
Associate Degree
If you want to make a difference in your career by keeping our
communities safe from the danger and destruction of fire, consider a
future in fire protection engineering technology. In this exciting field,
the principles of science and engineering are used to protect people
and their environments from the devastating events of fire and smoke.
To safeguard our homes, buildings and businesses, highly-skilled
professionals are needed to design, install and service automatic
sprinkler, fire alarm and special hazard fire suppression systems.
Typical careers for graduates of the Fire Protection Engineering
Technology program include fire protection systems designer, fire
protection systems service representative, fire protection systems
installation technician, and industrial safety technician.
Fire Science Technical Diploma
Prepare for your future in firefighting with this two-semester
program. You will learn basic fire behavior, techniques used to
control structural and related fire emergencies, and life safety
practices. Program grads will be prepared for paid on-call/volunteer
firefighting positions. Career firefighters will need licensure in
Wisconsin-approved Emergency Medical Technician and Paramedic
programs. This technical diploma program ladders into the Fire Medic
associate degree program.
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) students perform emergency
patient care and basic life support skills in compliance with the
Wisconsin scope of practice including the transport of injured and
ill patients to hospital emergency departments. Graduates with an
EMT technical diploma will have the potential for employment as an
Emergency Medical Technician. Ambulance services in Wisconsin
are volunteer, private, fire-based, or hospital-based. This program
is nationally accredited through the committee on accreditation of
educational programs for EMS professionals under the auspices of
the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education programs.
Successful completion of the EMT program prepares graduates for the
National Registry certification exam and entrance into the Paramedic
program.
Advanced Emergency Medical Technician
Technical Diploma
Advanced EMT students are Wisconsin licensed EMTs seeking to
upgrade their skills to the Advanced Emergency Medical Technician
level. These skills are performed and compliant with the Wisconsin
scope of practice. A graduate of this technical diploma program
has the potential for employment as an advanced EMT technician,
performing pre-hospital patient care for the ill and injured with a
Wisconsin ambulance service licensed to provide EMT advanced
level care. Ambulance services in Wisconsin are volunteer, private,
fire-based, or hospital-based. This program is nationally accredited
through the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs
for EMS Professionals under the auspices of the Commission on
Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs.
Paramedic Technical Diploma
Paramedic graduates are prepared to perform emergency patient care
and advanced life support in the pre-hospital setting, transporting
injured and ill patients to hospital emergency departments. Graduates
of this program will have the potential for employment on board
paramedic-level ambulance services in the public (fire department
based) or private sector or in hospital emergency departments as
emergency technicians. This program is nationally accredited through
the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for EMS
Professionals under the auspices of the Commission on Accreditation
of Allied Health Education Programs.
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