The St. John's University Emergency Medical Service Institute,
formally Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers (SVCMC), Brooklyn
and Queens Region Emergency Medical Service Institute, has been
providing quality training since 1991. In that time, we have
successfully run numerous New York State certifying Emergency
Medical Technician Basic (EMT-B) programs
and Emergency Medical Technician Basic Refreshers.
Since 1994, we have also provided New York State Paramedic
Original (EMT-P) Programs
as well as
Paramedic Refresher programs. We have successfully run
numerous Paramedic Original Programs. We are currentley running St.
John's University Paramedic class #6. (Class number 26 which
includes SVCMC).
Our Paramedic Program is accredited by CAAHEP
the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education
Programs. Our program is one of three within the New York City,
Nassau County and Suffolk County area to be accredited. Student
loans are available thru different banking institutions for our
paramedic and EMT programs and our Paramedic and EMT programs are
recognized by The New
York State Veterans Administration for V.A. benefits. In
addition to our EMS programs, we offer
American Heart Association Courses (
BCLS and
ACLS), pediatric emergency care (
PALS and NRP)
and emergency trauma care courses (PHTLS)
for the healthcare professionals.
Our AHA
Training Center offers courses to teach all health care
providers to become instructors in all American Heart Association
Courses. Our continued goal is to provide the finest pre-hospital
emergency care training to support the community we serve and the
healthcare industry we support. Our goals are to increase our
student population while maintaining academic integrity. We will
keep striving to produce quality pre-hospital care providers.
Please see a list of all the programs
we offer.
The Emergency Medical Service Institute does not
discriminate on the basis of sex, race, national origin, religion,
age, political beliefs, handicap, or any other factor, in its
employment practices or in its policies relating to recruitment of
students. We do reserve the right to revise tuition and fees
without prior notice if it becomes necessary.