Accredited Prehospital Education Institutions

Accredited Prehospital Institutions in Singapore

The National Prehospital Emergency Care Training Committee (NPTC) helps to uphold the standards for the education and preparation of EMT and Paramedic to ensure that graduates are well prepared and competent based on the following standards:

Healthcare Services Act (HCSA).
License Conditions for Emergency Ambulance Service and Medical Transport Service
Standard & Scope of Practice: EMT (Level 2) & Paramedic (Level 3)
Requirement of EMT Training Center by NPTC
Requirement of Paramedic (Level 3) Training Center by NPTC

For the accredited institutions and training programs in Singapore, please refer to below:

Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) as of Jan 2025

SingHealth Alice Lee Institute of Advanced Nursing (IAN)			2012 to 2020
SAF Medical Training Institute (SMTI)			since 2015
Civil Defence Academy (CDA)			since 2015
HMI Institute of Health Sciences			since 2020
Co-operative of Singapore Civil Defence Force Employees (COSEM)			since 2020
Lentor Ambulance			since 2021

Paramedic

Certificate Programmes

Diploma Programmes

Diploma in Health Sciences (Paramedicine) by Nanyang Polytechnic
Diploma (Conversion) in Paramedic Science by Nanyang Polytechnic
Diploma in Paramedicine by Insitute of Technical Education

Higher National Institute of Technical Education Certificate (NITEC) Programmes

Institute of Technical Education

EMT and Paramedic Trained Overseas

Please refer to the credentialing framework for Foreign-Trained Paramedics and Medical Technicians