About Our Program

The Baldy View ROP Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) program is a state and county approved EMT training school. The course follows the new National EMS Education Standards which is based on the National EMS Core Content and the National EMS Scope of Practice. The Baldy View ROP Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) program has an experienced and dedicated group of instructors and administrators to assist students in their success in the program. Each instructor strives to create a supportive and challenging classroom atmosphere to encourage students to participate and learn. All of the instructors are currently working in the field of emergency medicine with either a local fire department, ambulance provider, or a local emergency room. The classroom instructors (7) bring just over a combined total of 125 years of experience to the classroom to facilitate a better learning environment for the students. Students will have the material presented through powerpoint presentations, lectures, videos and manipulative skills demonstrations and practice, and simulated "real-life" scene scenarios to better prepare the student for entering the workforce as an competent EMT.

Students entering our EMT program will benefit from an increased instructor-student ratio during lectures and new skills demonstration, the use of currently working EMT's that have successfully graduated our program to increase small group practice to ensure mastery of the EMT skills, increased full skills class training sessions, increased training equipment for more hands on practice to eliminate "standing around" time. Students are given the opportunity to contact the program director at any time to help answer questions during the semester to help facilitate a positive outcome for the course.

Since the adoption of the National Registry examination as the state EMT certification exam in January 2006, Baldy View ROP's EMT program currently has a first time pass rate of 83.0% and an overall 94.8% pass rate on its students passing the National Registry certification examination. The national average from the National Registry for the EMT-Basic examination is only a 68% first time pass rate published in their 2008 annual report.

In July 2008, Baldy View ROP's EMT Program was recognized and recieved the award of a "Model Program" by the California State Board of Education. Baldy View ROP's EMT Program is the first ROP EMT Program to receive this award in the State of California. There were two members of the Board of Education that flew down from Sacramento to review the EMT training program for the model program nomination. The EMT Program was reviewed in the following topics: DOT curriculum, lecture materials, skills training, quality and quantity of training equipment, and National Registry skills testing standards, ambulance provider ride along agreements, clinical emergency room shift agreements, and National Registry pass rates along with immediate job hiring post course completion. Upon review Baldy View ROP was awarded "Model Program" status by the California State Board of Education.

Baldy View ROP's EMT Program has established articulation with Crafton Hills College and upon successful completion of the EMT program students will earn six (6) units of college credit.

Baldy View ROP's EMT Program has also established articulation with Victor Valley Community College and upon successful completion of the EMT program students will earn eight (8) units of college credit.

Students will be given the choice to pick which college they would like to earn their college credit from for their transcripts. Both colleges require the student to complete and earn course completion from the EMT program with a final grade of 85% or greater to receive the college credit.

EMT Courses Offered:

Fall / Spring Semesters (currently no summer session is scheduled)
* Dates will be posted as soon as they are available.

Fall 2010:

August 16, 2010 - December 16, 2010.
Registration: August 4th, 2010 @10:00am
*Mandatory orientation from 10:00-11:00am*
Students may begin to line up at 7:00am the day of registration.

Spring 2011:

January 2011 - May 21, 2011
Registration: December 2011 @10:00am
*Mandatory orientation from 10:00-11:00am*
Students may begin to line up at 7:00am the day of registration.

High School Session: (afternoon)

Dates: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday (M-Th)

Times: 3:00pm-6:00pm (weekdays)

Adult Session: (evening)

Dates: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday (M-Th)

Times: 6:30pm-9:30pm (weekdays)

*** Students may make arrangements with the program director to switch a class session in the event the student may miss a class to avoid any absences***

***Priority enrollment is for students taking the EMT course for the first time. Students who have enrolled in a previous semester and have dropped will be placed on a wait list to register for the next upcoming semester. It is at the discretion of the EMT Program Director to allow re-entry into the EMT program.***

EMT Program Orientation (Mandatory)
Students entering the EMT program are required to attend a one hour orientation that will go over the expectations of the student to be successfull in the program. This orientation is held in the EMT classroom the same day as registration. Students will be able to ask questions and orient themselves to the classroom where the training will be provided.

Clinical / Ambulance Field Ride Alongs (See specific tabs for more info.)

The Baldy View Regional Occupational Program has established requirements per the state of California’s Department of Transportation’s Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) curriculum, that students will participate and complete emergency room clinical shifts and ambulance field ride along shifts. These are requirements for the EMT student to earn course completion and to be eligible for state EMT certification.