Jan-Care Ambulance Service, Inc. in conjunction with RESA offers EMT Basic classes throughout the state of West Virginia. Our classes are taught using the 120 hour national registery EMT-Basic standard, and we offer the classes as a community service to the general public.

This means that if you are interested in getting into the EMS field, this class is for you. Our classes are very low cost and staffed by professional, full-time EMT instructors. Upon successful completion of the course, you will have the opportunity to test for your national registery EMT-B card. With this card you will be able to obtain your state EMT card. Although, Jan-Care teaches these classes, you do not have to come to work for Jan-Care upon completion.

Our primary training center is located in Beckley, WV, however we do teach the classes at our training centers located in Morgantown and Huntington too.

The EMT-I program was made available in WV for the first time in 2006. Jan-Care was at the forefront and acted as one of the first pilot classes in the state. Jan-Care has invested over $200,000 in advanced equipment and will conduct the EMT-I, Paramedic, and Bridge programs in a new state-of-art facility. Jan-Care/MSU provides a solid educational foundation and conducts laboratory practical skill exams prior to assigning EMS students to the various Hospital Clinical Rotations.

EMT-I are advanced life support providers that can provide many of the same pre-hospital or field skills and medications as EMT-Paramedics.

EMT-I can work a cardiac arrest utilizing defibrillation, intubation, resuscitation drugs, etc. very similar to paramedics. They do not need ALS back-up any more than another paramedic. (All arrest patients should have back-up)

EMT-I can work pre-hospital trauma patients, pediatric patients, OB patients etc. EMT-I can do Chest Decompression, IO, IVs, Nasal Intubations, etc. etc.

EMT-I, unlike Paramedics MUST call and speak directly to Regional-Medical Command Physicians or Staff for many of the meds and procedures they perform. It is critical that you assist them should they ask dispatch to relay orders because EMT-I training is one-half the hours of the paramedic they cannot perform many of the ALS skills without direct verbal orders.

EMT-I cannot administer sodium bicarb, thiamine, dopamine, toradol, (meds rarely used in the field, even by paramedics)

EMT-I cannot administer Benadryl (used for allergic reactions), nor Phenergan (used for nausea, etc.) which are used by Paramedics more frequently. EMT-I can use the other 21 meds in the ALS Drug Bag including Morphine-Valium.

Our Paramedic Program is taught in cooperation with Mountain State University. The program is taught to the National Standard of 1000 hours, broken down into the following categories: 390 hours of classroom lecture, 246 hours of lab time, and 364 hours of in the field ride time.

The course is conducted over an 11 month time frame, with classes being held on Tuesdays and Thursdays of each week, with the occasional class on Saturday. The hours that the class is scheduled are determined at the time of each new class. Once the class times are set they remain the same for the entire class. The class is in session for 8.5 hours each class day, which includes a half hour for lunch. The course is a very intense and time consuming. Students should have a commitment to the program and be willing to work and study hard, being a paramedic requires dedication that is far above the normal job