The Division of Health Sciences offers a twelve-week Certificate Course : Emergency Medical Technician (EMT).

Who is an Emergency Medical Technician?

 An Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) is someone who has successfully completed and attained a level of certification recognised by the Paramedical Professions Council of Barbados.

This course prepares the EMT to function in three areas:

• Controlling life-threatening situations, including maintaining an open airway, providing artificial ventilation, delivering automated defibrillation, controlling severe bleeding administering a limited number of medications, and treating shock.
• Stabilising non-life-threatening situations, including dressing and bandaging wounds, splinting injured extremities, delivering and caring for infants, and dealing with the psychological stress of the patient, family members, neighbours, and colleagues.
• Using non-medical skills, such as driving, maintaining supplies and equipment in proper order, using good communication skills, keeping good records, knowing proper extrication techniques, and coping with related legal issues.

Start Date: June 22, 2026

Class days and times: Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Method of Delivery: Face to Face - theoretical and practical sessions

Application fee: $10

Cost: $1,225.00

Forms available from the Office of the Registrar

EMTs may practice: 

• On government or privately-owned emergency or non-emergency ambulances
• At any public place requiring the presence of a pre-hospital care provider.

Certification 

A student must complete all of the modules and pass all examinations throughout the course. The final mark consists of 40% Course-work mark and 60% Final Examination marks.

MODULE 1. PREPARATORY

MODULE 2. AIRWAY

MODULE 3. PATIENT ASSESSMENT

MODULE 4. MEDICAL, BEHAVIOURAL AND OBSTETRICS/GYNAECOLOGY

MODULE 5. TRAUMA

MODULE 6. INFANTS AND CHILDREN

MODULE 7. OPERATIONS

MODULE 8. ADVANCED AIRWAY ELECTIVE