New Delhi : Vivo Healthcare Institute, specialize in Emergency Medical Services(EMS), has announced the introduction of two-short term courses for Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) for both working professionals and students, enabling them to secure rewarding career in booming healthcare industry.

With a 100 percent placement support, these programs will upgrade skills of healthcare professionals with diploma and degrees in Nursing (GNM) B. Pharma and B.Sc. Life Sciences as well as 10+2 students to become Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) in government, private hospitals, NGOs and health and safety departments of corporate companies.

For healthcare professionals, the duration of Emergency Medical Technician (Basic) course is 2 months while it is 4 months course for 10+2 students with Science background. The institute is also offering another highly useful training program — Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) – to train people for critical response during the medical emergencies. This program is certified by American Heart Association (AHA).

“Healthcare infrastructure is being improved worldwide and in India, we still have a long way to go to set up an adequate healthcare system for all. This is leading to remarkable growth in both government and private healthcare sector, with the number of hospitals and healthcare providers growing by every passing day, we need a large number of professionally trained emergency medical technicians who play a crucial role in both pre and post hospitalization phases, said Vivo Healthcare spokesperson Mr. Vikas Tripathi.

With these programs we intend to prepare young people for careers in emergency medical care in a variety of situations and institutions. The ‘Compassionate caregivers’ that come out of VIVO are required in numerous situations and industries. It will benefit the healthcare industry by filling the lacunae that exist due to the absence of trained personnel to handle emergencies and set a new standard for first response in emergencies in the country,” he added.

Reports says that there were no emergency medical technicians in India less than a decade ago, and only about 10,000 have been trained since 2005 in the nation of 1.2 billion. By contrast, the United States has 240,000 for a population that is a fourth of India’s.With so many hospitals coming up and their numbers likely to grow in the next 10 years, the need for well qualified and trained EMT staff providing emergency care is increasing and the prospects for EMT paramedic are very bright.