Emergency Medical Technology, Paramedic

The Paramedic is an allied health professional whose primary focus is to provide advanced emergency medical care for critical and emergent patients who access the emergency medical system. This individual possesses the complex knowledge and skills necessary to provide and manage advanced patient care and transportation. Paramedics are advanced emergency care providers and function as part of a comprehensive EMS response, under medical oversight. Paramedics perform medical interventions with the basic and advanced equipment and medicines typically found in an ambulance.

Goal: “To prepare Paramedics who are competent in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains to enter the profession.”

The 64- credit hour Associate of Applied Science degree Paramedic program is comprised of 26 general education credits and 38 certified Paramedic credits in three consecutive courses.

The Paramedic program combines classroom and lab instruction with clinical field experience that ends with a Clinical Capstone Internship under the guidance of an experienced provider. Upon successful completion of the program, graduates will be eligible to apply to take the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) Examination to become a Nationally Registered Paramedic (NRP).

The Paramedic program's mission is to provide high quality healthcare education and prepare the Paramedic student to function as a registered Paramedic providing and managing patient care. The Paramedic is a critical link between the scene of an emergency and the health care system.