Training schedule

This is a hybrid course that lasts approximately 16 weeks. Course content consists of online synchronous and asynchronous course work as well as in person lab skills days.

This is a traditional course that lasts approximately 20 weeks

The competency based paramedic course follows the 2009 National EMS Education Standards and consists of at least 1,000 hours of classroom instruction, laboratory, clinical and field rotations through the Midlands Region. In addition students will complete provider level courses in trauma, advance cardiac life support, and advance level pediatric life support. The course will prepare students to participate in the National Registry Paramedic exam.

"ACLS is designed for healthcare professionals who either direct or participate in the management of cardiopulmonary arrest and other cardiovascular emergencies. This includes personnel in emergenc response, emergency medicine, intensive care and critical care units. The American Heart Association’s ACLS Course builds on the foundation of lifesaving BLS for Healthcare Providers skills, emphasizing the importance of continuous, high-quality CPR. This advanced, instructor-led classroom course highlights the

This course provides instructor candidates with the knowledge and skills necessary to teach Basic Life Support (BLS) courses for health care providers and lay rescuers. BLS Instructors may teach the BLS for Health Care Providers and Heartsaver-level courses including Heartsaver CPR, Heartsaver AED, Heartsaver CPR in Schools, and CPR for Family and Friends.

This course provides the critical concepts of high-quality CPR. Teaches the AHA Chain of Survival and 1- and 2-rescuer CPR/AED for Adult/Child/Infant. Shows the differences between Adult, Child and Infant rescue techniques. Teaches bag-mask techniques for Adult, Child and Infant, Rescue breathing for Adult, Child and Infant, Relief of choking for Adult, Child, and Infant and Intro to CPR with an Advanced Airway

The American Heart Association Pediatric Advanced Cardiac Life Support Instructor Course is designed to provide instructor candidates the knowledge and skills necessary to teach pediatric advanced life support providers.

The PALS Course is for healthcare providers who respond to emergencies in infants and children. These include personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care and critical care units, such as physicians, nurses, paramedics and others who need a PALS course completion card for job or other requirement

The American Heart Association Pediatric Emergency Assessment, Recognition, and Stabilization Instructor Course is designed to provide instructor candidates the knowledge and skills necessary to teach pediatric basic and advanced life support providers.

The AHA’s PEARS (Pediatric Emergency Assessment, Recognition and Stabilization) Course has been updated to reflect science in the 2015 AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECC. In this classroom-based, Instructor-led course, students learn how to use a systematic approach to quickly assess, recognize the cause, and stabilize a pediatric patient in an emergency situation.

The EMS Instructor Training Program focuses on those skills necessary to successfully present any of the Certificate EMS courses (EMT, AEMT, Paramedic, CEP) and meets the SCDHEC Requirements for Instructional Methods.

International Trauma Life Support for Paramedics and Advanced EMS Providers is a 16-hour comprehensive course covering the skills necessary for rapid assessment, resuscitation, stabilization and transportation of trauma patients

Principles of Ethics and Personal Leadership (PEPL) is a 16-hour course that provides EMS and Mobile Healthcare (MHC) practitioners at all levels with the necessary knowledge and skills to effectively interact with patients and their families, other medical personnel, co-workers, supervisors and community residents at large.

This course prepares students for Paramedic School with Midlands EMS. The course is a fully online course with Bi-Weekly synchronous virtual meetings.

EMT Skills Verification Day