EMT & Paramedic Students - Meet your Medical Director

Guardian College is pleased to have as Medical Director for the EMS Division Murry Sturkie, DO, FACOEP, FACEP.  Dr. Sturkie is a graduate of Western University of Health Sciences and a former firefighter/paramedic.  He currently serves as the chairman of the Idaho EMS Physicians Commission and as the ED Medical Director at Weiser Memorial Hospital.  Dr. Sturkie also serves as the medical director for a number of local EMS agencies and is a partner of Emergency Medicine of Idaho, the physician's group that staffs the St. Luke's Health System Emergency Departments.

New EMT Curriculum

Guardian College rolled out the 2012 Idaho EMT curriculum in October, 2011.  This updated curriculum includes additional education in all aspects of emergency care, plus four additional training modules that are available online through the Idaho EMS Bureau website.  The online classes include Incident Command, HAZMAT Awareness, Extrication Awareness, and Landing Zone Officer training and should be completed before the first day of the EMT class.