EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM

Local History

In the early months of 1979, Coffeyville Community College and Coffeyville Regional Medical Center joined efforts in establishing educational opportunities for those individuals who wished to attain Emergency Medical Technician training.  The first class was offered and a total of twenty local citizens attained EMT Certification. 

            January 1, 1980 was the first day of Emergency Service for Coffeyville and the surrounding community by the newly established ambulance service, CRMC-EMS.  Seven of the twelve initial employees had received their training through CCC. The service was and continues today as a department of the hospital.  

            EMT classes have been held on the average of twice a year since the first class with more than 350 EMT’s receiving their primary training through CCC.  These students have rotated through the hospital clinical areas and the EMS department since the inception of the program. 

            EMS was upgraded to a Type I service in July, 1982.  The first MICT Program was offered through the College in January 1984, and was scheduled on an as needed basis.  In August, 1991, Coffeyville Community College created a full-time position for the purpose of expanding course offerings throughout the area.  At present, CCC employs two full-time Instructor/Coordinators and offers two EMICT Programs per year. The  student population continues to come primarily from local ambulance services. 

            Coffeyville Community College and Coffeyville Regional Medical Center are dedicated to fulfilling the needs of the local citizenry for accessible, quality emergency care and the EMT and MICT Programs are a high priority with both institutions. 

            In September 1992, the first Paramedic Outreach Program was offered in Oswego, Kansas.  The support of other Type I service areas, as well as areas with goals to establish Type I care, was paramount in this major step.  Coffeyville Community College proved their support of the program growth by hiring additional full-time and part-time instructors and support personnel, as well as providing the budget to increase equipment inventory. 

            With foresight and fortitude, the program introduced the first MICT program through Interactive Television in November, 1995.  The program was broadcasted to far southwestern Kansas where the local need for this training had long not been addressed. 

            The outreach portion of the program has grown and continues to be a viable approach to establishing Type I care throughout the state. 

            Outreach programs have been offered in Arma, Fredonia, Sedan, Fort Scott, Moscow/Hugoton, Osage City, Oskaloosa, Protection/Ulysses, and Iola, Kansas, in recent years and continue to offer quality education in other areas of the state, as well as on campus in Coffeyville. 

            In January, 2002, the new revised curriculum of the Paramedic Program will be utilized for the first time.  The revisions include many innovative changes for the educationally sound approach to Paramedic training in the cognitive, psychomotor, and  affective domains, as well as described and prescribed in the National D.O.T. Paramedic Curriculum.

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