Hawthorne A 2025 - March

You may do all 40 hours (CE and Skills Testing) at our Long Beach Campus. That’s 40 hours of CE’s in total. Please remember 20 hours out of the 40 hours must be in specific subjects (Those specific subjects can be found on the NREMT website). You may also take a 24 hours Refresher course and do the additional hours required at the Long Beach campus with CE classes.

In California, for most positions, you are not required to renew your NREMT card. (If you want to, you can. This will require twice as many CE hours, which will increase the cost greatly). You must renew your state certification that you applied for through your local county EMS agency. State certifications are renewed every two years and require 24 hours of CE (continuing education), a valid CPR card, and a skills validation exam. You may do that by coming to any 3 of our regular lecture classes (7 hours each, the scheduled dates for each year are available for registration and payment on our website and are $40 for each 7 hour class). For renewal you must also attend Skills Validation Testing session that we give at the end of each month (dates, registration and payment are on our website and are $95 which includes 6 hours of CE if you pass all skills). If your certification is expired, you cannot work as an EMT, but you can still renew by doing the following:

Up to 6 months expired:
24hrs CE, a skills validation and a valid CPR card (same requirements as a timely renewal) 

6mo-12mo expired:
36hrs CE, the skills validation and a valid CPR card

12mo- to forever expired:
48hrs CE, a skills validation, current CPR card and retake the NREMT

You will choose from several ambulance companies that CIEMT has contracted with to perform your ride-along. These are scheduled outside of class time, at the discretion of the ambulance company and you, with regard to availability. You must have them completed by the designated date for your course, which will be set by the CIEMT program director. If the clinical hours and contacts have not been completed by the designated date the student will not complete the course.

Clothes would be good. The only dress code for class is that flip flops, or short skirts, are not permitted on skills days. There is, however, a dress code for your clinical ride-along. The ambulance company that you choose will dictate exactly what you will need to wear. General dress code is: Dark blue or black paints, white button down shirt and black boots.

Almost right away after your course is over!!! If you wait over two weeks to take the exam your chances of passing are greatly diminished. It’s a computer-based exam that you will take at a Pearson View testing center. There are several in the L.A. County area. Make sure that you are registered and paid for the exam before the end of your course to ensure timely authorization from CIEMT to sit for the exam.

Once you successfully complete the program, you must take the State Certification exam (National Registry Exam). This is done at a separate testing facility. See the NREMT website, a link to it is on the bottom of our homepage. After passing the exam, you will take your NREMT card that they send you, your completion certificate from the EMT course, and your CPR card and make application to local EMS agency to get an EMT certification from the State. You will also have to complete the Live-Scan background check when you make application. Each county has and EMS agency, pick one. There is also a link to LA County’s EMS Agency’s website on the bottom of our homepage.

The short answer is no. This is a certification course and students are required to complete a specific amount of hours. All course material is vital to your training and no part of the course can be missed. However, students are given the opportunity to make-up ONE missed non-mandatory lecture class meeting. The hours and training must be made up at a rate of $40 / hour. Of the twenty-one days of instruction, six days are considered mandatory and are not eligible for make-up for any reason, those days being skills practical days and review days.

You may pay the registration fee via the CIEMT web site after you complete the registration form with a credit card, debit or ACH (electronic check). If you wish to pay your second balance via check, cash or money order with appointment only. You may send the check or money order to our main campus office at 2669 Myrtle Ave. #201 Signal Hill, CA 90755, or pay via cash at the office. (Please note on the check or money order the course start date and the registered students full name). The full balance of the EMT Program must be paid by the start date for your course.

All EMT Basic Programs are 21 total days of instruction. The night courses are all four weeks. The morning courses meet three days a week and last for seven weeks. The Start and end dates for each program given is posted under the registration link for each specific EMT Program. The Online Hybrid EMT Basic Program runs 11 weeks and has 6 “on site” training days at our Hawthorne location.

The only prerequisite is an American Heart Association (AHA) or Red Cross BLS CPR certification. We offer the AHA BLS CPR training on the first day of the class in the course (if needed) after rules and regulations. You do not need to complete that training prior.

We do not offer any federal aid and because we don’t offer units towards a degree the GI bill at present cannot be used. However, we will accept payment from any organization that offers student scholarships, so long as the payment is made out to CIEMT in the exact tuition amount. ( CIEMT, does not take state or federal funding)

Bring your note-taking stuff, dress appropriately for the CPR training (considered a Skills day, see dress code question below) and bring the $40 cash if you need a CPR card to be issued to you from us. If you already have a CPR card the only cards accepted will be (AHA Healthcare Provider or Red Cross Professional Rescuer), bring it with you so we can make sure it’s the proper level, and bring a copy to hand in for your file.

You will receive an e-mail confirmation at the time of registration. You will receive a receipt of payment from a Credit Card or Debit Card or ACH payment method, then your registration is confirmed. If you choose to pay your second balance in person at the Long Beach/Signal Hill office, please make an appointment before doing so. Aside from the initial registration confirmation and course information packet, CIEMT does not send out any other emails or mailings regarding your enrollment. ALL course documents are on the student's dashboard under course documents in their ciemt.com account.

As stated in the CIEMT course catalog, you may pay in full at the time of registration or a minimum registration fee listed for the course prior to the start date of the course you are registered for to reserve your spot. The remainder is due by the start date of the course. If the deposit is not made before ten working days prior to the start date of the course, you will be removed from registration. See the CIEMT Course Catalog for current pricing.

You need to email [email protected]

First and Last name

Start Date of your course and campus

Last day you attended (if applicable)

THE FOLLOWING IS THE REFUND POLICY YOU AGREED TO WHEN YOU REGISTERED FOR THE COURSE:

* Cancellation and refund policy: STUDENT’S RIGHT TO CANCEL Students are required to submit a two-hundred-dollar ($250.00) registration fee as a condition of registration for the Initial Certification Program for EMT-Basic. Cancellation of attendance in this program will allow the student a full refund only if cancellation is made Ten (10) working days prior to the start date of the class in which the student has registered. If cancellation is made less than ten working days prior to the start date of the course, the registration fee is considered nonrefundable. Cancellation is defined as sending a date verifiable e-mail to the CIEMT course program directors e-mail address. If the provisions of cancellation described herein are not met the registration fee is considered non-refundable. (Matthew Goodman CIEMT Program Director, 562 989-1520, [email protected])

EXAMPLE PRORATED REFUND BELOW

* Example: If a student withdraws from the CIEMT EMT course after attending 75 hours of program, the refund of tuition would be calculated as follows:
1. $1110.00 Course Fee - $2.50 STRF - $250.00 Registration Fee =$857.50
2. $857.50 divided by the number of hours in the program 146 Hrs = $5.87 an hourly charge for the program.
3. The amount owed by the student would be the hours in which the student attended the course 75 hours X the hourly charge $5.87 = $440.25 plus the registration fee of $250.00 equaling a student owed amount of $690.25
4. The amount in excess and refund to the student would be tuition amount $1110.00 – $690.25 the amount owed by the student, which would equal a refund amount paid to the student of $419.75.
If you have attended 60% of the program which calculates to Skills day 2 there is no refund.
REFUND REQUEST MADE THRU OUR CHAT SYSTEM OR PHONE CALL WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. YOU MUST EMAIL [email protected].

Once your payment (either the $250 registration fee or full tuition) is processed, you will gain access to your class schedule and course documents through your student account.

To view your materials:
Log into your account
Click the arrow next to your registered class
Access your schedule and course documents

Students are responsible for reviewing all course materials and instructions to understand how the program will operate.

No. We do not offer payment plans.

All students must have their balance paid in full prior to the first day of instruction.

No. Our system does not allow partial payments.

At the time of registration, you may choose to:
Pay the registration fee only, or
Pay the full course balance

If you choose to pay only the registration fee, the remaining balance must be paid in full by the first day of class. The system does not allow the remaining balance to be split into multiple payments.

CIEMT is not responsible for errors made during payment by the student or payer. Any eligible refund will be processed in accordance with our refund policy and is subject to a 3% administrative fee. All refund requests must be submitted via email to [email protected].

To be approved for the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT), you must complete the following:

✅ Before Your Class Ends
You must create and pay for your NREMT application before your program end date.
Failure to do so will result in your name not appearing on the class roster for NREMT approval.

📧 After Your Class Is Submitted
Once your class is approved, you will receive an email from NREMT confirming you are eligible to schedule your exam.
This email may take 24–72 hours to arrive.

⚠️ If You Did NOT Apply & Pay on Time
You will be placed on a waitlist roster and approved with a future class.
To be added to the waitlist, you must:

Ensure your NREMT application is completed and paid
Email [email protected] with:
Full name
Class start and end date
Class location

Once submitted, you will be approved when the next class is processed.

🚫 Important Policies
No exceptions will be made for late applications
Do not call or email asking for status updates — this will not expedite the process
Requests must be submitted via email only CIEMT does not revisit completed class rosters once they have been submitted
Only students who have successfully completed the CIEMT program will be approved
⛔ Do Not Email If:
Your class has not yet ended

No. Enrollment is specific to the course selected at the time of registration. By enrolling, you agree to the terms and conditions outlined in the enrollment agreement for that specific class.

CIEMT is not responsible for errors made during registration by the student or payer.

If you choose not to attend your registered course, you may request a refund in accordance with our cancellation and refund policy. All refunds are subject to a 3% administrative processing fee.

All cancellation and refund requests must be submitted via a date-verifiable email to [email protected]. Requests made through phone calls, chat, or other methods will not be accepted.