EMT Course Offered at Saint John's

Spring 2010 EMT Basic Course Information

Saint John's University contracts with St Cloud Technical College to offer an EMT-Basic course at Saint John's.

This course is open to all CSB/SJU students and is offered as a four credit Course of the College.  Class meets two evenings per week with some weekend lab time available.  Students are required to complete a 12 hour internship either at St Cloud Hospital Emergency Trauma Center or with Gold Cross Ambulance.

Class Fees

In addition to tuition, this course has extra fees associated with it:

• Class Fees (charged to your student account) $470
• Practical Exam Fee   $100 cash
• Clinical Shirt Fee $30
• Written Exam Fee*   $70 (paid when registering for written exam)

All course participants are required to provide proof of a TB Mantoux test within the past 6 months.  Proof of Hepatitis vaccination or declination of vaccination must be provided as well.

* Written exam is required to become State and Nationally certified as an EMT-Basic.  It is possible to complete the course, pass the practical exam, receive a grade for the course and not become certified.

There are limited seats available for this course and competition is steep!  Course admission is granted according to the following criteria:

• Attendance of informational meeting
• Completion of Questionare
• Personal interview
• As this course is the primary source for EMT Squad membership, preference is given to Sophomore and First Year Students.