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Contact Vistage Chair, George Casey 207-869-5491 | george.casey@vistagechair.com | vistage.com/chairs/george.casey 1 CAAHEP = Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, NAEMT = National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians 2 ACLS = advanced cardiovascular life support, AEMT = advanced emergency medical technician, AMLS = advanced medical life support, AVOC = ambulance vehicle opera- tors, CEH = continuing education hours, CPR = cardiopulmonary resuscitation, EMR = emergency medical response, EMT= emergency medical technician, GEM = geriatric emergency medical, PALS = pediatric advanced life support, PEPP = pediatric education & pre-hospital professional, PHTLS = pre-hospital trauma life support 3 AED = automatic external defibrillator, CTE = career & technical education 4 30 additional adjunct instructors 5 Some hybrid online and in-person classes offered. N O T E S : As of January 1, 2010 courses leading to EMS licensure that are held in Maine must be conducted by a Maine EMS Authorized Training Center. The Maine State EMS office does not directly deliver EMS licensure classes. All Paramedic programs must also be CAAHEP accredited, a process separate from Maine EMS training center licensure. A training center must be licensed by Maine EMS as well as accredited by CAAHEP to con- duct paramedic classes leading to NREMT certification. / Washington County Community College's application is being processed to become a Maine EMS training center; students currently take EMS courses through Kennebec Valley Community College's program. / Carver, Mass.-based National Institute of EMS has a satellite campus in Bangor; unable to confirm details by press time. N/A = not available or not applicable. S O U R C E : Maine State EMS office and each training center via survey. Purchase this list and more as an Excel document at mainebiz.biz/DataCenter @ Maine's EMT & paramedic training center s Rank ed b anted in 2022 T raining center No. cer tificates granted 2022/ no. instr uctor s Accreditation 1 Cour se(s) offered 2 Cour se a vailability/ online cour ses? Other offerings 3 Director/ year founded 1 United T raining Center 192 Russell St., Le wiston 04240 782-8414 • unitedambulance.com 300 20 CAAHEP Maine EMS NAEMT AEMT , A CLS, AMLS, A V OC, CEH, CPR, EMR, EMT , GEM, P ALS, P aramedic, PEPP , PHTLS Da y , night, w eek end yes Community paramedicine education P aul Gosselin executive director Dennis Russell dean of training center 1981 2 Delta Ambulance T raining Center 29 Chase A ve., W ater ville 04901 861-4226 • deltaambulance.org/education- community 200 10 Maine EMS NAEMT A CLS, AMLS, A V OC, CEH, CPR, EMR, EMT , GEM, PEPP , PHTLS Da y , night, w eek end no Community-based CPR and F ir st Aid classes K e vin Gur ne y director of education 2021 3 Souther n Maine Community College 2 F or t Road, South P or tland 04106 741-5672 • smccme.edu/academics/ pathw a ys/public-safety/emergency-medical- ser vices-paramedicine-associate-degree 155 4 4 CAAHEP Maine EMS AEMT , EMR, EMT , P aramedic Da y , night no Cour ses at Y or k County Community College and four CTE high schools Leah Mitchell Donald Sheets depar tment co-chair s 2000 4 K ennebec V alle y Community College 92 W ester n A ve., F 04937 453-5000 • kvcc.me.edu/academics/ programs-of-study/advanced-emergency-care- emergency-medical-ser vices-ems 151 8 CAAHEP Maine EMS AEMT , EMR, EMT , P aramedic Da y , night, w eek end no 5 Cour ses at three CTE high schools Stephanie Cord w ell EMS depar tment chair & training center director 1969 5 Easter n Maine Community College 354 Hogan Road, Bangor 04401 974-4744 • emcc.edu/academics/programs/ programs-of-study/emergency-medical-ser vices 70 11 CAAHEP Maine EMS AEMT , EMR, EMT , P aramedic Da y , night, w eek end no N/A Aiden K oplo vsk y program director & faculty 1966 6 Nor ther n Maine Community College 33 Edgemont Drive, Presque Isle 04769 768-2700 • nmcc.edu/academics/programs/ academic-programs/emergency-medical- ser vices 32 5 CAAHEP Maine EMS AEMT , EMR, EMT , P aramedic Da y , night, w eek end yes Cour ses at two CTE high schools AJ Gagnon program director 1961 7 T ri-County EMS Inc. 300 Main St., Le wiston 04240 795-2880 • tricountyems.org 30 6 Maine EMS A CLS, CEH, CPR, EMR, EMT , P ALS Da y , night yes American Hear t Association T raining Center with AED , CPR and F ir st Aid cer The Bleed T raining , a cour se created b y American College of Surgeons; training , education and quality re vie ws to suppor t EMS staff Joanne Lebr un regional director 1978 ve y . NOTE: As of Januar y 1, 2010 cour ses leading to EMS licensure that are held in Maine must be conducted b y a Maine EMS Authorized T raining Center licensure classes. All P aramedic programs must also be CAAHEP accredited, a process separate from Maine EMS training center licensure. A training center must be licensed b y Maine EMS as w ell as accredited b y CAAHEP to conduct paramedic classes leading to NREMT cer W ashington County Community College's application is being processed to become a Maine EMS training center ; students cur rently tak e EMS cour ses through K ennebec V alle y Community College's program. Car ver , Mass.-based National Institute of EMS has a satellite campus in Bangor m details b y press time. N/A = not a vailable or not applicable. 1 CAAHEP = Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, NAEMT = National Association of Emergency Medical T echnicians 2 A CLS = advanced cardio vascular life suppor t, AEMT = advanced emergency medical technician, AMLS = advanced medical life suppor t, A V OC = ambulance vehicle operator s, CEH = continuing education hour s, CPR = cardiopulmonar y resuscitation, EMR = emergency medical response, EMT= emergency medical technician, GEM = geriatric emergency medical, P ALS = pediatric advanced life suppor t, PEPP = pediatric education & pre-hospital professional, PHTLS = pre-hospital trauma life suppor t 3 AED = automatic exter , CTE = career & technical education 4 30 additional adjunct instr uctor s 5 Some h ybrid online and in-per son classes offered. - This list w as compiled b y Stephanie R. Meagher and pre viously published in the June 26, 2023 issue of Mainebiz. 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