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NYS EMS Certification Courses and Program Information

Erie County EMS is a NYS EMS Course Sponsor & Specialty Course Sponsor that offers all levels of NYS Prehospital Provider certifications. Select a link below to learn more about a specific course and register.

Certified First Responder (CFR)

Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)

Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT)

Paramedic

Certified Instructor Update (CIU)

Additional EMS Certification Courses

Erie County EMS offers American Heart Association (AHA) and National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians certification courses that are designed for health care providers. We currently offer the following courses:

  • AHA BLS Provider
  • AHA Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Provider
  • AHA Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Provider
  • NREMT Pre-hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS)
  • NREMT Emergency Pediatric Care (EPC)

Learn more about additional EMS certification courses

Simulation Training

Erie County EMS and Catholic Health can provide simulation training to your agency using our high-fidelity patient simulators. Our instructors can direct this training or can assist your agency’s instructors if you desire. We can create custom-made patient scenarios based off your requests to create a truly unique and memorable training experience. We can host your agency at one of our training centers or travel to your agency to provide this training.

Schedule simulation training

CME Training 

Erie County EMS can continuous medical education (CME) training to your agency. Whether you are looking for an interactive CME lecture, EMS skills testing and review, or someone to manage your CME program; Erie County EMS is here to assist your agency in keeping your EMS providers trained and certified.

Learn more about CME training 

EMS Speaker Series

Erie County EMS will be hosting a guest speaker to provide a presentation once a month at the Erie County Training & Operations Center on an EMS topic. CME will be awarded at each session.

Learn more about the EMS speaker series

EMS Training Staff

Erie County EMS employees over 50 NYS CICs and CLIs as well as multiple administrative staff members. Do you have a question? Make sure you are contacting the right staff member to get your question answered faster.

Learn more about the EMS training staff 

General Contact

Erie County Department of Health (ECDOH) 
Division of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) 
3359 Broadway 
Cheektowaga, NY14227 
Office: (716) 681-6070 
Email: ems@erie.gov

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