misstiff Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 Does anyone know of training courses in Houston for the EMT-B that are not at a community college? Any help you can offer will be greatly appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustdevil Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Does anyone know of training courses in Houston for the EMT-B that are not at a community college? Any help you can offer will be greatly appreciated! Here is one topic that covers a lot of info about Houston area schools. Supposedly, Cypress Creek EMS offers a pretty good in-house course. Why are you specifically looking for a non-collegiate school? Just FYI, they are a lot less expensive than most private and hospital-based schools. And once you start looking at Paramedic school, the college you choose will look more favourably on you if you graduated from their EMT course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmasher Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 I have done some research, and have ended up signing up with cypress-fair for the emt-b course (spring semester) and will hopefully attend the paramedic program the following semester(s). They offer two ways to go about getting to paramedic. 1. paramedic academy - accelerated program (3 semesters i believe) and culminates in you being eligible for nremt-p testing. 2. a 2 year program in which you actually get an associates degree and get some really useful classes (a&p 1 and 2, writing courses, and a few others) This is the plan I am pursuing. I would not recommend the program offered by Houston community college. On 3 different days I could get no one on the phone after numerous attempts, and they took an entire week to reply to an email (and they used a pasted response). On the other hand, the receptionist at cy-fair was incredibly helpful, answered all my questions and was generally just plain pleasant to talk to. I have also visited their campus, and it is very new, nice, and professional. I know you were looking for non-community colleges, but I believe they are a very viable option, and cy-fair is also accredited. Hope this helped a tad. ps. Dust, thanks for all your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustdevil Posted November 10, 2007 Share Posted November 10, 2007 2. a 2 year program in which you actually get an associates degree and get some really useful classes (a&p 1 and 2, writing courses, and a few others) This is the plan I am pursuing. Total respect for choosing the longer, but better road! :thumbright: But you've got a big edge too, bro. You're going to breeze that thing. Best of luck, and invite me to your graduation. I should be coming home about then, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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