Career Programs

In this week’s edition of the Heartbeat Blog, we will continue to discuss our upcoming lecture series on “Assisting Residents with Heart Disease and Promoting Heart Health.” Today’s discussion will focus on helping us understand the meaning of heart disease. Heart Disease: Is it a Disease? According to the CDC, heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women. About 1 in 4 individuals die from heart disease. That’s a staggering and frightening number. But what is [...]

In this week’s edition of the Heartbeat Blog, we will continue to explore one of our upcoming courses, Infection Control Guidelines for Long Term Care Facilities. As promised this week we are back with a blog discussing standard precautions to protect both you and your patients. This week we will be using the following eight scenarios to help teach what types of personal protective equipment (PPE) should be required to keep both you and your patients safe. Take a minute [...]

Become an EMT with Project Heartbeat's EMT Academy With the California unemployment rate holding at 4.3%, many Californians are looking for a job. Do you have grit, a strong stomach and the will to provide service to your community? If so, perhaps you should consider becoming an  emergency medical technician (EMT)  at Project Heartbeat's EMT Academy in Oakland, CA or our new campus in Sacramento California. Are There Actually Jobs for EMTs in California? A quick search of Indeed [...]

How Does Having an EMT Certification Help Your Career? For those new to medicine or the world of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) it may not be clear what a national certification as an EMT can do for your career.  Here are a few of the more obvious benefits: 1. Employers want candidates with real world experience. More and more candidates these days have one or more college degrees, but it also seems like fewer candidates these days have actual real-world [...]