Our Emergency Medical Service programs are designed to train prehospital providers to care for and stabilize the sick and injured until they can reach our hospital. We offer training at all four levels of EMS provider: Certified First Responder, Emergency Medical Technician-Basic (EMT-B), EMT-Intermediate, and Paramedic (refresher only). All courses are based on the federal and state guidelines for emergency medical training, and our program is certified by the State of New York. All training is overseen by our physician medical director and taught by or certified or licensed emergency medicine specialists.

Certified First Responder-Defibrillation
Certified First Responder is a 51-hour program designed to meet the needs of providers who will provide first-response to community emergencies, like police officers or firefighters. It gives a basic education in emergency medical techniques and can be a bridge into a more complex EMT Program. (Custom programs for groups only)

Emergency Medical Technician-Basic
The EMT-Intermediate program is a 300-hour program with both classroom and clinical components, providing certified EMT-Bs with at least one year of experience in the advanced skills of intravenous therapy, endotracheal intubation and electrocardiographic interperetation. Students are prepared to sit for the NYS exam, the National Registry exam, and for paramedics, the Hudson Valley or New York City Regional EMS Council Exams.

Refresher Programs
Phelps offers the complete line of New York State-approved challenge refresher programs which prepares students for the NYS EMS exams.

On-Request Programs

PreHospital Trauma Life Support - PHTLS is a 16-hour program developed by the National Association of EMT's and is designed to teach EMT's and paramedics how to manage traumatic injuries.

PreHospital Pediatric Care - PPC is a 16-hour program developed by the National Association of Emt's and is designed to teach EMT's and paramedics how to manage pediatric patients.

12-Lead ECG in the Acute Coronary Syndromes - This 16-hour course, developed by Physio-Control, will teach you how to take and interpret 12-lead ECG's.

OSHA HazMat Awareness- This program is a 4-hour course designed to teach the basics of recognising a hazardous material emergency.

OSHA Hazardous Material Operations- This 20-hour program teaches EMS and hospital providers how to safely manage decontamination of potentially contaminated patients.

Incident Command for EMS- This 4-hour program teaches basic Incident Command Systems from an EMS perspective.

Bloodborne Pathogens - This 2-hour class teaches students how to avoid contamination from bodily fluids and how to use protective equipment.

Pet First Aid