Iowa's EMS Education

Consider the resources available through the emergency medical services programs at University of Iowa Health Care.

You’ll learn from physicians, nurses, and experienced EMS personnel who are part of Iowa’s only academic medical center. Our small-group approach, advanced learning laboratories, hands-on and clinical experience opportunities has made the EMSLRC a leader in providing education for EMS clinicians in Iowa and across the country. 

The EMSLRC Difference

• The EMSLRC is one of Iowa’s first EMS education programs, educating EMS professionals for over 45 years.
• The state’s only EMS education program located in an academic medical center with a Level 1 adult and pediatric trauma center, burn center, and comprehensive stroke center.
• Iowa’s only program with faculty from an academic emergency medicine department and an accredited EMS fellowship program.
• EMSLRC students graduate ready to enter the field and are sought after by EMS providers throughout Iowa and the region.

An Exceptional Experience

Our EMS students learn their skills in an environment that provides realistic exposure to the practice of prehospital emergency medicine. In addition to modern skills trainers and high-fidelity simulation manikins, you will also learn in the ambulance environment using our Sim Squad, an ambulance outfitted for teaching mobile emergency care. EMSLRC EMS students work with in-hospital and field professionals throughout Iowa during their clinical and field experiences.

Programmatic Accreditation

The University of Iowa Health Care EMSLRC is approved by the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Bureau of Emergency Medical and Trauma Services as an authorized EMS training program (#018).

The University of Iowa Health Care EMSLRC Paramedic program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) upon the recommendation of the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP).

Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
727-210-2350
www.caahep.org

To contact CoAEMSP:
214-703-8445
www.coaemsp.org

The University of Iowa Health Care EMSLRC is an American Heart Association Training Center in the disciplines of Heartsaver, Basic Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (IA-05137).