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Customized Classes & a Commitment to Success

REMSA Education believes uncompromising standards benefit the clinician and more importantly, the patient. Our commitment to success of the individuals is a primary focus of our organization. Vast resources enable REMSA Education to provide lifesaving educational opportunities from babysitting courses to a full accredited Paramedic program.

Our staff of experienced clinicians and educators ensure that courses are relevant and taught using the latest research and current standards ensuring students are prepared for certification exams and to respond when it matters most.

REMSA offers a private, licensed, post-secondary education center with an accredited paramedic program. Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT), and Paramedic courses are available throughout the year. In addition, refresher courses are offered for all of the EMS disciplines.

Become An EMS Provider

Paramedic

Paramedics are trained in advanced cardiac life support, neonatal resuscitation, pediatric advanced life support and trauma life support. They have a vast knowledge of medications, cardiac interpretations and anatomy. Paramedics also have advanced skill sets allowing them to perform in-the-field lifesaving procedures.

EMT

Becoming an EMT is the building block of an EMS career. As an EMT you learn how to control and manage bleeding, shock, pregnancy complications, minor to moderate burns, CPR, trauma, and allergic reactions. You will also learn basic medication administration, assessments and vehicle operations.

AEMT

AEMT competencies include the recognition, assessment, and management of medical and trauma emergencies and provides prehospital emergency care to acutely ill or injured patients. AEMTs have expanded knowledge on anatomy, physiology, skills, and medication administration from the EMT level.

Classes for the Community

REMSA offers classes to meet the needs of the lay rescuer and the advanced clinician. Community members can take basic CPR and First Aid courses designed to prepare them to recognize and respond to an emergency and provide care that can save a life.

STOP THE BLEED

Students will learn how to manage life-threatening blood loss through the use of tourniquet application, wound packing, and use of hemostatic dressings.

Heartsaver CPR and AED

This course teaches one-rescuer CPR, Automated External Defibrillator use, and relief of choking in adults, children, and infants. The use of barrier devices for all ages will also be covered.

Heartsaver CPR, AED and First Aid

This course teaches how to manage illness and injuries in the first few minutes until a professional help arrives. Course content includes Rescuer Safety, Recognition of Emergencies, General Principles, Medical Emergencies, and Injury Emergencies.

Kid Care

The Kid Care Babysitting Class is designed to teach adolescents the basics of caring for young children. Techniques for setting up babysitting opportunities, diaper changes, bottle-feeding, ABC's of safe sleep, playtime activities, and taking charge of situations while babysitting is covered.

Classes for Healthcare Professionals

For healthcare providers, REMSA offers full and recertification courses in both BLS and advanced provider domains. Experienced medical providers can continue their education in courses offered by the AHA, NAEMT, as well as ITLS.

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

This course provides the knowledge and skills needed to evaluate and manage the first 10 minutes of an adult ventricular fibrillation/ventricular tachycardia arrest.

BLS CPR for Healthcare Providers

This course covers core material including adult and pediatric CPR, foreign-body airway obstruction, and automated external defibrillation.

International Trauma Life Support (ITLS)

This course covers the skills necessary for rapid assessment, resuscitation, stabilization and transportation of trauma patients, using as its core, the ITLS Basic Course.

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)

Designed to aid the pediatric healthcare provider in developing the knowledge and skills necessary to efficiently and effectively manage critically ill infants and children, resulting in improved outcomes.

Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHLTS)

The course emphasizes physiology of life and death, scene assessment, patient assessment, airway, breathing, ventilation and oxygenation, circulation, hemorrhage and shock, patients with disabilities, and patient simulations.

Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC)

The course teaches civilian tactical EMS; any EMS practitioner called upon to respond to a mass casualty or active shooter event.

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