School of Emergency Medical Services

The Conemaugh School of EMS offers initial certification courses in Emergency Medical Technician (EMT).

Read below for more information.

Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Program

The Conemaugh School of EMS is now accepting applications for the Fall 2026 Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Course.

Classes are scheduled to begin on September 8, 2026, with a tentative graduation date of December 17, 2026. The course will meet on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM, with several Saturday sessions scheduled throughout the program.

Individuals interested in enrolling should visit the Conemaugh Allied Health website and complete an application to the EMT Fall 2026 program.

All applicants are required to complete an entrance examination, which will be held on July 15, 2026, at 6:00 PM in the Conemaugh Allied Health Building. Additional details regarding the entrance exam will be provided via email.

We look forward to helping you begin your career in Emergency Medical Services.

Please click the Tuition and Fees tab for estimated costs. 

The 200-hour Emergency Medical Technician program teaches students to provide basic emergency medical care and transportation for critical and emergent patients who access the emergency medical system. An EMT possesses the basic knowledge and skills necessary to provide patient care and transportation. Emergency Medical Technicians function as part of a comprehensive EMS response, under medical oversight. Emergency Medical Technicians perform interventions with the basic equipment typically found on an ambulance. The Emergency Medical Technician is a link from the scene to the emergency health care system. EMTs are taught to perform skills within their scope of practice. Some of these skills include: Insertion of airway and breathing adjuncts, provide supplemental oxygen therapy, perform a patient assessment to include basic vital signs, assist with or deliver some Pharmacologic interventions, perform CPR, assist with childbirth, provide trauma care. Upon successful completion of the EMT Program and certification exam, the entry-level EMTs serve as an EMS team member on an emergency call with more experienced personnel in the lead role. EMTs may serve as a team leader following additional training and/or experience.

• This course is typically held twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall. Fall classes will be forming soon.

• Applications are accepted year-round. However, ALL applications must be received 60 days PRIOR to the start of the next available course. Walk-ins on the first day of the course are NOT accepted.

Applications are available on the menu tab.

For more information on the School of Emergency Medical Services, please contact:

Richard Steel, NRP, FPC, Clinical Coordinator     
rsteel@conemaugh.org
814.534.3139

School of Emergency Medicine Service Catalog

Some information has been taken from the National EMS Scope of Practice, 2009 p20

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is pleased to release a technical assistance video, How to File a Complaint, to help parents, families, student, and stakeholders better understand how they can file a complaint with OCR.  This resource provides clear and concise direction on how an individual may bring incidents of potential discrimination to the attention of OCR, and includes information on deadlines, ways to provide the required information to OCR, and potential outcomes of complaint investigations. A direct link to the video is available here.

Information about the Bureau of Consumer Protection’s process for submitting consumer complaints 
Phone: 800.441.2555

Conemaugh Health System is required by U.S. Department of Education regulations to provide its students and prospective students with contact information for any relevant state official or agency that would appropriately handle a student’s complaint about Conemaugh’s education programs.  Students are encouraged to utilize Conemaugh’s internal complaint policies and procedures prior to filing a complaint with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.  If a concern cannot be addressed through internal processes, students or prospective students may file a complaint with the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Bureau of Consumer Protection (16th Floor, Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA 17120).

Contact Us

Conemaugh School of Emergency Medical Services
1086 Franklin Street
Johnstown, PA 15905

Richard Steel, NRP, FPC, Clinical Coordinator
rsteel@conemaugh.org
814.534.3139