Online EMT Course

Welcome to First Response's EMT-Hybrid program
                                       (Orlando, Florida)

This course is a self-paced EMT course broken into three parts Didactic, Psychomotor Skills, and Clinical. Students must maintain an 80% to prevent being put on academic probation as well as fulfill the weekly participation requirements. These requirements are set to help with retention of information and to ensure success at the NREMT & State level of testing. Students that are successful at First Response are self-motivated and problem solvers, which happens to be natural instinct for EMS professionals. Instructors and Doctors are incorporated into a student’s training to guide mentor and mold students while they attend as well as teach anything taught in a classroom or from a lecture is performed online in the way of PowerPoint presentations, video lectures, homework assignments and research exams. 

In addition, there are weekly instructor/student chat rooms covering scenario training, documentation and legally scenarios. In the chat rooms, the students can question the instructor on course material. All students are required to attend 2 chat rooms before completing the course but are encouraged to attend as many as they wish. All students are required to complete 100 hours of clinical rotation. Skill days are The first and third Monday of every month from 9am - 4pm.  

This course offers you a convenient schedule, the ability to learn from home, and access to faculty during on-line office hours.  This course is ideal for the technological savvy and strongly self-motivated student. 


If you prefer in-person, classroom-based instruction, please see our traditional Emergency Medical Technician program, which is offered on weekday, weeknight, and weekend schedules.

The 250 hour EMT Certification Program includes classroom instruction, hospital rotations with an emphasis on emergency department experience, and emergency ambulance experience. You'll receive instruction in basic life support, such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation, automated external defibrillation, physical assessment, bandaging and splinting, traction splinting, spinal immobilization, airway management, oxygen therapy, and other noninvasive procedures. Upon completion of this program, all students will be eligible to take examinations for certification as: 
  • Florida State EMT 
  • Nationally Registered EMT 



At First Response our mission is to provide the best possible EMS training and develop future EMS professionals by accepting nothing short of excellence in every aspect of our performance, this is not a catch phrase - it is a fundamentally held belief, and to fully realize that mission we understand that we must embody certain attributes and principles that are sometimes lacking in the industry.

Possible occupations for a graduate students are: 
                                29-2041 EMT 

EMT Admission Requirements 
In order to be eligible for registration students must be 18 years old and possess all of the following 
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  • Provide a valid State ID card or Driver’s License
  • Be at least 18 years of age by Graduation
  • Be financially capable of covering the cost of the course
  • Provide a copy of a High School Diploma, G.E.D. or College Transcript
  • Be free of any felony convictions
  • Be, and remain, drug and substance abuse free
  • Be Florida EMT-Basic certified by the end of Phase-1 (Medic students ONLY)
  • Be able to obtain and/or provide proof of the following:
  •  AHA HCP CPR that must remain current throughout entire course (available at the School for $55 (not included in Tuition)
  • Mandatory 10-panel Drug Screening and Background Investigation conducted at Orientation ($55 (not included in Tuition))
  • Up-to-date Shot Record showing: MMR, Hep-B, Varicella, PPD/TB, Tetanus and FLU vaccines. (Refer to Vaccination and Medical Testing Requirements Form provided at Orientation)
  • Solid black, closed-toed boots, watch with a second hand or easily read digital readout, stethoscope, safety glasses, and Trauma shears (not included in the Tuition)
  • Submit a statement (on the School approved form) signed by a Physician proclaiming you are of sufficient health to participate in the chosen course and are free of any communicable diseases
  • Ability to comply with the requirements for EMS personnel set forth in the Americans with Disabilities Act
  • Able to participate in clinical rotations at various hours/days
  • Participate in a screening interview
  •  Read, sign and submit all applicable paperwork
Online EMT Course