Emergency Medical Technician EMT

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Emergency Medical Technician EMT
Course Aim: To provide students with the essential skills and knowledge necessary to provide care management to a wide spectrum of sick and injured patients, it also prepares students to undergo the Pre-Hospital Care Council (PHECC) examination. This is the minimum requirement to work on an ambulance in Ireland.

Course Structure: 120 classroom hours followed by 40 hours clinical placements.
This course can be run either as a full-time or part-time basis 

Course Content Overview: The course provides practical information, skills and knowledge on  a diverse range of injuries and illness faced by an operational EMT on a daily basis. Please see below for a course overview.

  • Introduction to the Irish EMS System.
  • Ambulance Operations.
  • The wellbeing of the EMT.
  • Relevant Anatomy & Physiology
  • Patient Assesment.
  • Airway Management
  • Care & Management of Cardiac Patients
  • Medical Emergencies
  • Trauma, including fracture management
  • Soft Tissue Injuries
  • Spinal immobilisation
  • Medication Administration (additional medications to EFR standard)
  • Emergency Childbirth
  • Special Need Patients
  • Major Incidents



Tutors:  All tutors are experienced Paramedics or Advanced Paramedics.

Discounts for In-Company & Group Courses

Contact us for a quote for both in-house and on-site training

Booking For Individuals: This course is available as an open course for individuals to join, just call us or join our email list for updates of new courses and check our main page for details of our next open course.

Need A Course Urgently:If you require this course urgently for work or safety audit, we can arrange this course at any time and in any location. This is possible even if it's just for one person. Just contact us for a quote.

Equality, Access, Transfer and Progression
Place on the course are provided on a first come basis. If a course is full additional courses may be scheduled if there is adequate demand. Pro-Medi Training  will at all times ensure equality in our service provision. We therefore ask any learner that has specific learning requirements to contact our office at the time of booking the training and we will ensure that all possible measure are taken to meet requirements.
English is the language that the training in provided in and participants must have a good understanding of the English language, in the case where this is not so participants are permitted to bring an interpreter they may do so but prior notice must be give to Pro-Medi Training