Paramedic

Application Process

Ready to get started? An application and entrance exam are required as part of the acceptance process into the Paramedic Certificate or AAS degree program. You don't need to be accepted and enrolled in the Paramedic program to take major support or general education prerequisite classes. Students working towards the AAS and certificate will require successful completion of the specified prerequisites before the program start date.

Application Information

The 2025 Paramedic program application is now available! There will be two program start dates, winter and summer quarters, for the 2025 academic year. Please see the application deadlines for each quarter on page 3.

Before you apply, please read these important details:

• The application will be a fillable PDF. Please download to your device, fill it out, save it, attach required documentation, then submit.
• The program application must be received via email by noon on the due date listed for consideration.
• Completed applications and all supporting documentation should be combined and emailed as a single PDF document.
• The subject line should include your name and the program for which you are applying, i.e. "Jack Hansen - January 2025 Paramedic". Please read the application thoroughly.
  
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Entrance Requirements for the AAS and Certificate Programs

National Background Search & Drug Screen Requirements

As part of the admission requirements for Health Science programs, applicants must successfully pass a criminal background check and drug screen prior to working with patients in clinical areas. The background check and drug screen are paid by the student and administered through a third party company, CastleBranch. In addition to the background check required by 网赌正规真人实体在线平台, each clinical facility reserves the right to conduct its own criminal background check prior to allowing a student to enter its health care facilities for clinical participation.

Certain criminal convictions, pending charges or negative actions may automatically disqualify a person from having unsupervised access to vulnerable adults, juveniles and children. Clinical facilities reserve the right to accept or decline a student’s placement in its facility.     

 

The Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions, CoAEMSP, requires the program to provide current and consistent summary information about the 网赌正规真人实体在线平台 Paramedic student/graduate achievements. This includes the results of the three-year review-window average of the outcomes for National Registry (NR) written and practical exams, retention and positive placement. Those results can be found in the following information below, which is updated annually.

Graduation Year	NR Psychomotor Pass Rate	NR Written Pass Rate	Program Retention Rate	Job Placement Rate
2016	100%	100%	82%	100%
2018	100%	100%	79%	93%
2020	100%	100%	67%	100%
2021	100%	100%	100%	100%
2022	100%	100%	73%	100%
2023	100%	100%	100%	100%

*Job placement 6 months post-graduation

Program Goal

The minimum goal for Paramedic program is to prepare competent entry-level Paramedics in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains with or without exit points at the Advanced Emergency Medical Technician and/or Emergency Medical Technician and/or Emergency Medical Responder levels.

Program Learning Outcomes for Certificate and AAS 

Program learning outcomes are the knowledge, skills, and abilities that students will achieve before they graduate. The outcomes below were developed by the faculty in the Paramedic Program with input from accrediting bodies, advisory committees, employers, etc. This collaboration ensures that the outcomes are relevant for careers that this degree leads to.

Students who graduate with a One-Year Certificate or Associate of Applied Science (AAS) in Paramedicine will be able to:

1. Apply and evaluate critical information relative to the role of an entry level paramedic such as anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, medical terminology, pharmacology and EMS protocols.
   
   
2. Demonstrate technical proficiency in all of the psychomotor skills necessary to fulfill the role of an  entry level Paramedic.
   
   
3. Develop an effective treatment plan after performing an appropriate patient assessment.
   
   
4. Demonstrate appropriate affective behaviors expected of helath care providers such as teamwork, communication, empathy, accountability, respect, patient advocacy, and cultural competency.

The AAS and the certificate have the same core courses. Students who complete the AAS will also take general education courses such as English, psychology, and biology.

There are many career options for Paramedics including:

• Ambulance Paramedic
• Critical Care/Flight Paramedic
• Education and Instruction for EMT and Paramedic
• Director or Supervisor within a hospital or clinic
• Community Health Paramedic
• Rural Medicine Paramedic
• Overseas Paramedic foreign services
• Overseas medical base contract paramedic
• Gateway to higher education career fields, RN, PA, MD
• Medical sales and equipment representative
• Ski Patrol

Full-Time Faculty

Adjunct Faculty