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About our course
Why Choose Denver Health Paramedics EMS Education - EMT Training Program?
The Paramedic Division at Denver Health Medical Center responds to over 120,000 calls per year. Our EMT students get the opportunity to learn in a high-volume, fast paced urban setting, gaining practical experience unmatched by any other EMT program in Colorado. Riding along with the Denver Health Paramedic Division promises exposure to a wide variety of clinical situations. During the course, students receive approximately 150 hours of both didactic and skills training from paramedics who actively work in the field. In addition, EMT students have the opportunity to complete a shift in one of the busiest emergency departments in the region with both adult and pediatric trauma capabilities.
The Denver Health Paramedics EMT training program follows the National Emergency Medical Services Education Standards and is designed to teach students basic medical skills needed to respond in an emergency situation. Once completed you are eligible to test for the National Registry EMT Certification. Once NREMT certified you can apply for your Colorado State EMT Certification.
Our EMT Course
This course will provide the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) student the knowledge and skills required to provide appropriate emergency care and transportation of patients suffering from traumatic insult/injury and/or of medical nature. Attendance and success of the EMT course requirements will qualify and prepare the learner to sit for the NREMT online exam and participate in the NREMT psychomotor final, although does not guarantee certification.
Frequently Asked Questions About our Application Process
Please reach us at emt_school@dhha.org if you cannot find an answer to your question.
Denver Health Paramedics - EMS Education, operates under the first come first serve philosophy. We strongly encourage you to complete all the following steps as soon as possible as our courses tend to fill very fast. We begin accepting students as soon as they have completed the process listed below. If a course fills before the deadline it will close to any additional students.
Step 1: Complete the application form for the course of your choice. You will be required pay the required $45.00 application fee. Those documents are listed below.
Step 2: You will receive an email confirming that your application was received.
Step 3: Once your application has been received, you will receive an email with instructions on your next steps. You must upload ALL the required documents to move forward in the application process, failure to do will result in denial of your application.
Step 4: Once we have determined that your documents comply, you will then receive an approval email with a link to the tuition agreement. Once you have signed and returned the tuition agreement, we will advise you if you have been accepted into the course. This will depend on open seats at the time of your return of the tuition agreement.
YOU WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED ACCEPTED INTO THE COURSE UNTIL ALL OF THE ABOVE STEPS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND YOU HAVE RECEIVED AN ACCEPTANCE EMAIL.
Our primary form of communication is email, it is imperative to monitor your email and your junk email to ensure you are receiving our communications.
These documents are REQUIRED as a part of Step 1 and are due at the time of the application. If you do not upload these documents, you will NOT move forward in the application process. ALL documents MUST be submitted prior to moving on to Step 2 of the process.
BLS FOR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER CERTIFICATION
BLS FOR HEALTHCARE provider certification. (It is imperative that you understand this must be a BLS FOR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER certification as this is the reason most applicants are removed from the process as they have the incorrect certification!) You can visit our website here, to see times of upcoming courses on our campus. (Accepted BLS Provider certifications: AHA, Red Cross, ASHI.)
Background Check
A background check is required prior to moving on in the application process. You MUST obtain a background check by going to www.castlebranch.com and utilizing group code EN14 (A fee applies, and is the responsibility of the student to complete the check and upload the documents into the required form). We will not accept any other background check.
Your application will not be processed until we have the official background check. A receipt of purchase for a background check will not suffice.
REQUIRED VACCINATIONS
If you are a Colorado resident, you can order a copy of your vaccination records by clicking this link.
- Tuberculosis Skin Test or/X-Ray
Tuberculin (Tuberculosis) skin test, blood test, or negative chest x-ray within the past 12 months. - MMR
Proof of Mumps, Rubella and Rubeola immunity by positive antibody titers or 2 doses of MMR. - Influenza Vaccine
If your rotation (course) occurs between October 1st-March 31st, we WILL require an Influenza Vaccination. - Hepatitis B
Proof of Hepatitis B immunization - Tdap
Vaccination must have been done within the last 10 years and remain current throughout your time in the course. - Varicella
Varicella immunity, by positive history of chickenpox or proof of Varicella immunization. You may also receive a Varicella titer blood test from your PCP.
The book for this course is an eBook, a desktop, laptop, or tablet is required for the course. If you prefer a hard copy of the book, we utilize the AAOS Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured, 12th edition and can be purchased online at the student’s expense.
PLEASE NOTE
You will not officially be accepted into the course UNTIL you have completed all the required steps above, and you have received an email confirmation that you have been officially accepted to the course.
Completion of the application does not mean you are "automatically" in the course. We operate under a first come, first serve basis. Those who complete the process first will be accepted first. We will fill spots until the course is full beginning day one.
If you do not complete the process in time, you will have to reapply for the next session.
If you decide to no longer take the course, please notify us ASAP so that we can open a spot for someone else to join the course.
If a course fills before the deadline, the course will be closed, and any outstanding applicants will have to reapply for a future session.
We are located at 190 W. 6th Ave Denver, CO 80204. If you have additional questions, please contact us at emt_school@dhha.org or at 303-602-2530.
Our primary form of communication is EMAIL. We strongly encourage you to check your email often so you do not miss any important communications about your application. Make sure to check your spam/junk email folder as well, sometimes email filter settings grab these important emails.
