About Us

New York Methodist Hospital EMS Institute graduated its first paramedic class in 2001 and has over the past nine years completed twenty-eight paramedic courses and graduated over 700 paramedics. In September 2007 the EMS Institute moved to the Center for Allied Health Education and joined the Hospital’s other allied health schools in a new 10,000 square foot, state-of-the-art training facility.

All courses focus on practical skills with intensive hands-on training. This type of training delivers the knowledge, skills and confidence necessary to respond to true-life emergencies.

Mission Statement & Goals

The mission of the New York Methodist Hospital EMS Institute’s Paramedic Program is to set the standard for advanced EMS training at the certificate level in the NYC metropolitan area and to prepare compassionate, clinically competent and technically proficient graduates for positions as entry-level paramedics in the municipal, voluntary, volunteer and private sectors.

We will accomplish this by:

• Providing an environment that is conducive to learning and supportive to the student.
• Providing students with the necessary support and guidance including counseling, remediation and availability of tutoring.
• Ensuring that students have state-of-the-art equipment available to learn, practice and perfect their skills and knowledge.
• Hiring faculty who are experts in their fields and knowledgeable about advance level pre-hospital care.
• Recruiting instructional staff with field experience who meet all instructor guidelines as specified by NYS DOH.
• Ensuring that students have access to a wide variety of clinical experiences through affiliation agreements for clinical rotations and filed internships.
• Providing certification in Basic Life Support.
• Providing certification in Advanced Cardiac Life Support.
• Providing certification in Pediatric Advance Life Support.
• Upon successful completion of the course all students will be eligible to take the New York State DOH Certification Examination for EMT-Paramedic and New York City REMAC Examination.

College Affiliations

   
The New York Methodist Hospital EMS Institute has agreements in place with St. Francis College of Brooklyn, New York St. Joseph’s College of Brooklyn, New York and Clarion University of Pennsylvania’s Online College Programs which stipulate that graduates of the EMS Institute will receive credits towards an associate’s or bachelor’s degree in allied health sciences from these institutions.

Institutional Accreditation

New York Methodist Hospital is institutionally accredited by the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES*).

Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
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Falls Church, VA 22043
Phone: 703-917-9503

*ABHES is recognized as an accrediting agency by the United States Secretary of Education

Programmatic Accreditation

New York Methodist Hospital's Paramedic Program is accredited by The Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs.

CAAHEP
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Clearwater, FL 33756