An EMT is a staff member of a basic life support ambulance providing routine and emergency care and transportation of the sick and injured. Many students also use the EMT training program to obtain entry level positions in healthcare fields.

Upon successful completion of HACC’s 140-hour program, participants should be able to perform complex skills such as spinal immobilization, use of an automated external defibrillator (AED), assisting patients with medications, performing patient assessments, performing CPR and taking vital signs.

Successful students will be eligible to test in PA Department of Health practical and written exams. The certification exam is required to become an EMT in any healthcare setting or in the private sector. The EMT class also may be used as an elective toward a HACC degree program. Tuition is $225 and must be paid in full when registering. Registration will close the Friday two weeks prior to the state date of classes. Students must be 16 years old to enroll. No on-site registrations will be accepted.

Classes are scheduled at the following locations:

Adams County

• 6:30-9:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, Sept. 23-March 26, at the Adams County Emergency Services Training Facility, 230 Greenamyer Lane, Gettysburg.

Cumberland County

• 6:30-10 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, Aug. 25-Jan. 7, with three Saturday sessions from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. TBA, at the Hampden Township EMS building, 295 S. Sporting Hill Road.

Dauphin County

• 6:30-10 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, Aug. 26-Jan. 8, with three Saturday sessions from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. TBA, at HACC’s Sen. John J. Shumaker Public Safety Center on the Harrisburg Campus.

Franklin County

• 6:30-10 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, Oct. 14-March 26, at the Marion Volunteer Fire Co., 5465 Molly Pitcher Hwy S, Marion.
• 6:30-10 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, Oct. 28-March 26, at the Shippensburg Firefighter Activity Center, West Orange Street and Seneca Avenue, Shippensburg.

Lancaster County

• 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays, Aug. 23-Jan. 3, at the Manheim Township Ambulance Association, 1820 Municipal Drive.
• 6:30-10 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays, Sept. 15-Feb. 19, at Ephrata Community Hospital, 169 Martin Ave., Ephrata.
• 6-10 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, Sept. 30-March 5, at Gordonville Fire Co., 3204 Vigilant St., Gordonville.

Lebanon County

• 6:30-10 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, Aug. 11-Jan. 5, in the First Aid and Safety Patrol Building, 254 S. 11th St.

Perry County

• 6:30-10 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, Sept. 22-March 4, Greenwood Elementary School, 405 Sunbury St., Millerstown.

York County

• 6:30-10 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, Aug. 12-Jan. 14, and 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays, Aug. 23, Sept. 27 and Oct. 25, at Delta-Cardiff Volunteer Fire Co./Ambulance, 500 Main St., Delta.
• 6:30-10 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, Aug. 13-Jan. 14 and 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays, Sept. 20 and Oct. 18, at the York County Fire School, 330 Emig Road.

More information is available on the Public Safety Center EMS page of HACC's Web site,