Interested in a career in EMS?

Are you interested in starting a career in EMS? Here's how to get started:

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Complete a full EMS provider course at the level that you wish to practice.

Locally, any Colorado Mountain College offers a one semester Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) course.

Gain a National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) registration by passing both NREMT exams (written and psychomotor).

Go to www.nremt.org/EMT/Certification

Create an OATH account on the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) to apply for certification.

Go to colorado.emsbridge.com/licensure/public/colorado/portal#/login

Submit a fingerprint-based criminal history record information search to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for both CBI and FBI.

View the instructions for obtaining your fingerprint-based background check here.

CDPHE will receive the fingerprinting results from the CBI

The results will be added to your submitted OATH application for further processing.

Submit all other required documentation to CDPHE Oath account including: your valid NREMT registration, your current and valid CPR card, and a lawful presence document such as a driver license or passport.

Once approved, CDPHE will email the applicant with instructions on printing the Colorado EMS provider certificate.

Check back here for open positions and apply!

Eagle County Paramedic Services employs EMS professionals but also experts in various fields including communications, human relations (HR), finance, IT and more. Here are some of the job opportunities at EC Paramedics.

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Eagle County Paramedic Services is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Eagle County Paramedic Services has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.

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Call us at 970.926.5270

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In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards, Eagle County Paramedic Services regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.

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See an opportunity for us to improve? Please contact our accessibility officer or call us at 970.926.5270.

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Interested in a career in EMS?

Are you interested in starting a career in EMS? Here's how to get started:

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