Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) serve as first responders to persons with a medical emergency due to accident or illness.  EMTs are trained to have the knowledge and skills necessary to provide non-invasive life support techniques.  They control bleeding, administer oxygen, splint fractures, bandage wounds, and use other interventions to stabilize patients before transporting them to a hospital for further care.

EMTs may work for private ambulance services, fire departments, hospitals or other rescue services. Career opportunities also exist in areas such as wilderness EMS, special operations, special events, hazardous materials, industrial safety, quality management and other fields.

A goal of the CCC Emergency Medical Services Program is to prepare competent entry-level Paramedics in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains with or without exit points at the Advanced Emergency Technician and/or Emergency Medical Technician, and/or Emergency Medical Responder levels.

The Emergency Medical Technician program at Calhoun Community College meets the state education requirements for EMT certification in the state of Alabama. Calhoun Community College has not determined if the EMT program at Calhoun Community College meets the state education requirements in any other state, any U.S. Territory, or the District of Columbia.