CBC Alice partners with HALO-Flight to offer EMT Basic Training Course beginning July 6

Headline: CBC Alice partners with HALO-Flight to offer EMT Basic Training Course beginning July 6

Coastal Bend College (CBC), in partnership with HALO-Flight, is offering an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Basic Training Course this summer. The course is being offered at CBC’s Alice location, which is located at 704 Coyote Trail.

The EMT Basic Training Course will begin on Wednesday, July 6 and end on Monday, December 12. Classes are will take place on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 6 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. Students in the EMT Basic Training Course will participate in 210 classroom hours, 24 hours of a hospital clinical internship and at least 48 hours of observation time in an ambulance.

Prerequisite for entry is a high school diploma or GED and a minimum age of 18 by the end of the course. A criminal background check will be required of all students. A current American Heart Association (AHA) Healthcare Provider CPR is required prior to clinical internship.

Students may apply now for the EMT Basic Training Course by contacting CBC’s Allied Health Coordinator Susie Gaitan at (361) 354-2549 or via email at mgaitan@coastalbend.edu.