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Emergency Medical Technician: #8333, #8334 (ACE) Honors

  • Emergency Medical Technician I Course No. 8333

  • Emergency Medical Technician & II Course No. 8334

  • Emergency Medical Technician III Honors Course No. 8335

1 year – 3 high school credits, 8 college credits – Advanced Career Education (ACE) Center at Hermitage

ACE @ Hermitage Instructor: J. Chandler, JT Lawhorn

State Course Title: Emergency Medical Technician I, Emergency Medical Technician II.

Emergency Medical Technician I (1 credit): The tasks for this course represent the National Emergency Medical Services Educational Standards. Students explore and apply the fundamentals of emergency medical services, anatomy, physiology, and medical terminology. They demonstrate skills in assessing and managing patient care, including assessing the scene and understanding shock, resuscitation, and trauma. Successful completion of this course and instructor endorsement qualifies students to enroll in EMT II to complete the program sequence. Students must complete a minimum of 85% of the didactic and lab aspects of the course, per 12VAC5-31-1501 in the Virginia Administrative Code. Successful completion of all course requirements and instructor endorsement may lead to eligibility to take the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians cognitive exam. Students must meet the requirements of the functional position description for the basic life-support provider (refer to EMS.TR.14B and 12VAC5-31-1501). Contextual instruction and student participation in co-curricular career and technical student organization activities will develop leadership, interpersonal skills, and career skills. High-quality work-based learning will provide experiential learning opportunities related to students' career goals and interests, integrated with instruction and performed in partnership with local businesses and organizations.

Emergency Medical Technician II (1 credit): This course builds on the knowledge acquired in EMT I. Students will continue to develop their skills in emergency medical services, focusing on advanced topics such as exercise physiology, biomechanics, exercise program design, and injury prevention, assessment, treatment, and management. Students will assess fitness, measure body composition, and design an exercise program. Students prepare for a career in both sports medicine, including completing an internship, practicing interview skills, and building a resume.

The Henrico Fire Department assists the ACE Center at Hermitage EMT students in the acquisition of assessment skills in both the school setting with skill labs and on weekends when students participate in field training side by side with the firefighter/EMT’s answering real 911 calls.

NOTE: Students must be at least 16 years old prior to the first day of EMT instruction.

Students have the opportunity to become certified in the following field(s)

  • Emergency Medical Services Assessment

  • Emergency Medical Technician License

  • Workplace Readiness

For questions, please click here to visit the Health & Medical Sciences Specialist page.

Please see your counselor or instructor if you have questions. Click here for more information on this program.

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Published: January 11, 2022. Click here to listen. In the first episode of our 4th season, we interview Marrie Vargas and Emma Crider, ACE Center EMT graduates who have started a CPR program for Henrico County. It’s a great ACE Center Success Story you are going to wan

Published: May 4, 2021. Click here to listen. In this podcast episode, we interviewed the wonderful Kaitlyn Schmidt. We met with Kaitlyn at the ACE Center at Hermitage where she attended the Emergency Medical Technician class. Since she graduated, she has worked for a local medical transport company and is now under contract with Henrico County Fire Department. We spoke with her about her time at the ACE Center and how it has already helped with her current position with the Henrico County Fire Department and her future as an EMT.  Click here to listen.

Published: June 16, 2020. Click here to listen. We are continuing our coverage of essential workers and careers out there during COVID 19. This interview is with Johnna Chandler, an Emergency Medical Technician instructor at the ACE Center at Hermitage. Johanna talks to us about her many years of experience and training in the EMT field and her most recent experience when she went to New York to help during the height of the pandemic. 

Published: September 24, 2019. Click here to listen. Spencer Werneth, an EMT student at the Hermitage ACE Center, and his parents Bonnie and Sam are with us today to talk to us about Spencer’s journey to be Life Ready through Henrico CTE. Spencer is a senior that took Sports Medicine as a junior last year and is currently in the EMT program. We talked to Spencer and his parents about his experiences with the ACE Centers as he prepares himself for college.