KC EMT-B application deadline January 11 for Spring admission

The Emergency Medical Services Program has extended the application deadline for Emergency Medical Technician – Basic (EMT-B) to January 11, 2017. There is a mandatory orientation for new students on Wednesday, January 11 from 6:00-7:30p.m. in Room B1277 at the College. The Spring semester begins January 17 and registration is currently in progress.

Application materials are available on the Kishwaukee College website. Applications may be mailed in but must be received by the application deadline. Please mail to: Attn: Deb Baert, EMS Coordinator, Kishwaukee College, 21193 Malta Road, Malta, IL 60150. Students may also drop off their applications at Kishwaukee College in the locked dropbox located outside of the Health & Education Division Office (B1222 – enter through Door #56). Students using the dropbox should place all documents in a sealed envelope with their name and student ID written on the outside. Please note: Kishwaukee College will be closed from December 24 – January 2.

The EMT-B program consists of the seven-credit hour class, EMS 107 – Basic Emergency Med Tech. The class meets in the evenings for six hours of lecture-discussion and three hours of lab each week, January 17 through May 19. The course also includes 20 hours of Emergency Department Clinical Experience and four hours of Respiratory Clinical Experience. Students interested in being admitted to the EMT-B program must place into college-level English and show proof of mumps, measles and Rubella immunity. A current 2-Step T.B. test is required as well as finger printing and Criminal Background Check, flu shots, and drug testing.

The EMS program at Kishwaukee College has graduated 240 Paramedics and EMTs over the past five years alone. Deb Baert, Coordinator of the EMS Programs, explained the difference between EMT and Paramedics.

“An EMT gives a basic level of care. They focus on skills that are essential, such as airway management, CPR and certain medications that need immediate administration for life saving purposes,” she said. “A Paramedic gives advanced life support, working under a medical director, they can do things that only doctors can do in the normal clinical settings. This brings the advanced level of care to the street, sometimes that means the difference of life or death.” Students interested in becoming Paramedics must first become EMT-Bs.

For more information on the EMT-B program at Kishwaukee College, contact Deb Baert at 815-825- 9513 or debra.baert@kishwaukeecollege.edu. The Spring 2017 semester at Kishwaukee College begins January 17; registration is currently in progress. For more information on enrollment and registration, contact Enrollment Services at 815-825- 9375 or at arr@kishwaukeecollege.edu or visit www.kishwaukeecollege.edu.