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 ->  I was waundering if there is anyone out there who tell how many hour
 ->  is for the EMT class and also how much money is involved? I know whe
 ->  went 8 years ago, I spent 206 hours in class and had to pay right ar
 ->  $50.00.
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 TR> I went to a school here in Grand Rapids Michigan called Davenport and
 TR> on average it cost about 10k.  Thank GOD for financial aid!
 TR>
 TR> You can also continue and recieve either an associate of applied
 TR> science or a BS though.  Decent school, mucho tuition.
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 TR> Thom Riley EMT-P
 RW> Wow....you must be on the expensive side of the state.....my course
 RW> through paramedic only cost me about $2500......Detroit must be
 RW> cheaper....
Here in Metro Phoenix, Phoenix College holds the only EMT-P classes.
You have to be "sponsored" by a fire dept here to get into the class. If
you don't belong to a Fire Dept, you can't get EMT-P. That may not be
true in other parts of the state of Arizona, but it is true in Phoenix
because of it's sheer size. I know that going for EMT to EMT-P
(bypassing EMT-I), takes a little more than a FULL semester of 8a - 5p
everyday, plus hospital and labs. I think I heard it was 70 credit hours
and at $35 a credit hour, works out to be $2,450. Plus, add all the lab
fees, malpractice insurance, books, it's about $3,000. PLUS the EMT has
to be paid his regular salary. The F.D. picks up the costs of the course
- which is limited to no more than 30 at any one time from all fire
depts combined.
However, under new state law now, ALL fire department personnel MUST be
EMT certified **BEFORE** joining a fire dept. Those EMT classes are
offered at ALL community colleges. We have more wannabe's than
openings. The standards have gone way higher than when I got mine in
'86. Now the NR-EMT is the "gold standard". EMT's have to retest every 4
years now. NR-EMT's have to retest every 2 years. I'm very interested in
acquiring new skills that have been passed down from EMT-P/EMT-I to
EMT's lately. The EMT-P's are doing way more advanced stuff now. It's
amazing how technology progresses. EMT's are can now do IV's, whereas
before you had to be EMT-I to do that. They're  phasing out EMT-I. And
you either have EMT, EMT-P, NR-EMT, or NR-EMT-P.
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