UT Health San Antonio, Emergency Health Sciences Initial Ed

UT Health San Antonio, Emergency Health Sciences Initial Ed UTHSCSA EHS offers initial training for EMT-B and Paramedic Certification. We also offer an online Bachelor's degree available to certified paramedics.

The Department of Emergency Health Sciences is committed to bringing you the best in emergency and pre-hospital education and training. For over 30 years we have been a recognized leader in EMS education and we look forward to maintaining and improving that tradition! With three divisions, our department is designed to facilitate the needs of our customers and communities of interest. Division of

EMS Education

Under the direction of Leslie Hernandez EdE., this division coordinates all levels of EMS certification, Bachelor of Science in Emergency Health Sciences, NREMT and DSHS approved EMS continuing education; and, as an AHA designated Training Center, all American Heart Association Life Support certificate courses. . Our EMT-Basic and Paramedic programs award college credit for successful completion. Division of Pre-hospital Services

Under the direction of Mark Dieterle, the Pre-hospital Services division offers continuing education, medical direction, infection control activities, and quality assurance and improvement for contracted EMS agencies.

Next paramedic class will start in January.
08/31/2022

Next paramedic class will start in January.

At UT Health San Antonio, we provide outstanding educational and training programs for those who want to serve the community as EMTs or paramedics. Our Param...

01/11/2020

Our prayers to Lubbock FD and PD...very sad to hear the news of a Police Officer and Firefighter struck and killed by a motorist early this morning while working an emergency vehicle accident scene. Another Firefighter is fighting for his life. Prayers for them all...very tragic.

11/15/2019

Our very own Adjunct Faculty Member Conrad Gonzales a retired SAFD Paramedic making a difference in the education of our students. Conrad has a wealth of knowledge that he loves to share with our students. Way to go Conrad!

Rest In Peace Scott Deem.
05/18/2019

Rest In Peace Scott Deem.

A program from the Department of Emergency Health Sciences Office of the Medical Director that reduces EMS wall times an...
03/22/2019

A program from the Department of Emergency Health Sciences Office of the Medical Director that reduces EMS wall times and ER overcrowding, by navigating Psych patients to the appropriate facility so they can get the help they need.

Savvy systems are finding alternatives to just taking them all to hospitals.

ECPR protocols were put into place in San Antonio with SAFD EMS and Methodist Hospital on October 1, 2018.
02/03/2019

ECPR protocols were put into place in San Antonio with SAFD EMS and Methodist Hospital on October 1, 2018.

Research on extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) by emergency physicians in the Twin Cities will soon expand in scope, as researchers work to develop a self-sustaining, community…

Congratulations to the members of the SAFD 18 Bravo Class that graduated from the SAFD Academy on December 14, 2018. Th...
01/11/2019

Congratulations to the members of the SAFD 18 Bravo Class that graduated from the SAFD Academy on December 14, 2018. These young men and women spent 7 weeks at UT Health San Antonio Department of Emergency Health Sciences for their EMT school. We wish you all the best in your Fire career!

Video I did at work for the SAFD 2018 Bravo class. Recaps their hard work and journey into becoming firefighters.

Great things happening in the Department of Emergency Health Sciences and the OMD!
01/09/2019

Great things happening in the Department of Emergency Health Sciences and the OMD!

So very proud of one of our former students and the work he is doing with SAFD. Especially when it involved his own fath...
11/21/2018

So very proud of one of our former students and the work he is doing with SAFD. Especially when it involved his own father.

David Nielsen has responded to hundreds of cardiac arrests in his 11 years as a San Antonio firefighter and paramedic, but nothing could have prepared him for the call he took two months ago while on duty.

Some of the Life Saving procedures coming out of the Office of the Medical Director at UT Health San Antonio and the Dep...
10/16/2018

Some of the Life Saving procedures coming out of the Office of the Medical Director at UT Health San Antonio and the Department of Emergency Health Sciences !

San Antonio is the first large metropolitan city in the nation to begin carrying whole blood inside ambulances and response trucks.

Great things happening with SAFD EMS.
10/12/2018

Great things happening with SAFD EMS.

On Sept. 30, San Antonio launched a city-wide initiative to provide blood transfusions inside ambulances to people who have suffered major blood loss.

Congratulation to the 20 San Antonio Firefighter Engineers from Paramedic Class #52 who graduate tonight from our Param...
09/14/2018

Congratulation to the 20 San Antonio Firefighter Engineers from Paramedic Class #52 who graduate tonight from our Paramedic Program September 14, 2018. These 20 Firefighter Engineers will be working as Paramedics for San Antonio Fire Department. We wish you all the best!

Congratulation to the 21 San Antonio Firefighters from Paramedic Class #51 who graduated from our Paramedic Program Mar...
08/14/2018

Congratulation to the 21 San Antonio Firefighters from Paramedic Class #51 who graduated from our Paramedic Program March 30, 2018. These 21 Firefighters are now working as Paramedics for San Antonio Fire Department.

08/14/2018

Congratulations to the 26 members of San Antonio Fire Department Cadet Class 2018 Alpha who graduated the SAFD Fire Training Academy on Thursday August 2, 2018. This is the 75th class of Fire Cadets who have attended EMT school at UT Health San Antonio Department of Emergency Health Sciences. We wish you all the best in your new careers with SAFD!

09/18/2017

We would like to welcome the 26 Civilian Paramedic Students who began class on August 21, the 21 San Antonio Fire Department Firefighters who began Paramedic class on August 28 and the 38 San Antonio Fire Department Cadets who began EMT school on September 11, 2017. We wish you all the best this academic year!

Congratulation to the 29 San Antonio Firefighters from Paramedic Class #50 who graduated from our Paramedic Program Aug...
08/23/2017

Congratulation to the 29 San Antonio Firefighters from Paramedic Class #50 who graduated from our Paramedic Program August 11, 2017. These 29 Firefighters will now be working as Paramedics for San Antonio Fire Department.

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