Emergency Medical Training was formed by 3 Durham Region Paramedics in 1989 and formally became a part of the Base Hospital Program in 2006. EMT received official recognition as a WSIB approved training agency in 1996 and is listed on the WSIB website. (http://www.wsib.on.ca/wsib/wsibsite.nsf/Public/FAP)

A primary philosophical focus in our First Aid program delivery is the conviction that experienced prehospital health care providers bringing real world experience to the classroom will provide a significant benefit to the students in our programs. All of our instructors are experienced paramedics or firefighters who bring personal emergency experience to the classroom.

To ensure that the education developed and delivered by EMT instructors is current, medically sound and focused on industrial and community responders, we have developed a corporate medical advisory committee. The members of that group include:

• Mr. Andrew Benson, BSc, AEMCA, ACP;
• Mr. James Harris, BA, AEMCA, ACP;
• Rudy Vandersluis, MD, CCFP(EM), FRCPC; and
• Phil Moran, MD, FRCPC, DABEM

Successful participants receive 2 certificates, the first, an EMT First Aid certificate valid for 3 years. The second, a Heart and Stroke Foundation (HSF) CPR certificate. The HSF and EMT recommend annual retraining of CPR skills

Course Length:

• Emergency First Aid with adult choking and CPR = 8 hours
• Standard First Aid with adult choking and CPR = 16 hours

We currently offer WSIB approved first aid courses to groups or organizations who are interested in receiving training from emergency professionals. We do not currently offer first aid courses on an individual sign up basis.

If you would like more information about the courses offered by EMT please contact us at 1-866-423-8820 or by email through our contact page.