The Emergency Medical Services A.A.S. degree is designed for students intending to go into the public or private sector as EMT–Paramedics. Individual lives often depend on quick reaction and competent care of paramedics. Incidents as varied as auto accidents, heart attacks, slips and falls, childbirth, and gunshot wounds all require immediate medical attention. EMT–Paramedics provide these vital services as they care for and transport the sick and injured to a medical facility. The EMT–Paramedic provides the most extensive pre-hospital care, which includes administration of medications orally and intravenously, endotracheal intubation, and defibrillations of patients in lethal arrhythmias. The EMT–Paramedic is employed in a number of industries, including the private ambulance service, municipal fire department or facility responses on helicopters and fixed wing transport vehicles. The EMT–Paramedic may also take the National Registry Examination for Paramedics, which will permit a graduate flexibility when seeking employment opportunities.
Required General Education Courses
19 credit hours:
Select 3 credit hours from Humanities and Fine Arts:
ARB, ART, FRE, GER, HUM, LIT, MUS, PHI, SPA, THE
Select 3 credit hours from Social/Behavioral Sciences:
ANT, ECO, GEO, HIS, PSC, PSY, SOC, SSC
Select 4 credit hours from Physical and Life Sciences:
BIO, CHM, EAS, GEL, NAT, PHS, PHY
MTH-120: A minimum level of competency in mathematics is required for graduation for all A.A.S. degrees. This minimum competency may be demonstrated in one of two ways:
- Placement into MTH-120 or higher; or
- Successful completion with an earned grade of “C” or better in BUS-120, MTH-102, or MTH-109 for designated career programs or higher level mathematics course, or
- An equivalent transfer course from another college with an earned grade of “C” or better.
Required Career Courses
38 credit hours as follows:
Elective Courses
Select 5 credit hours from the following:
(Note: In addition, any course that fulfills the general education requirement for an A.A. degree can be taken as an elective. See the Transfer Programs section in the catalog for more information.)
Suggested Schedule
Semester 1 (15-16 credit hours)
| COM-101 | Composition I | 3 |
| EMS-102 | EMT-Paramedic I | 9 |
| ___-___ | Humanities and Fine Arts Elective | 3-4 |
Semester 2 (14 credit hours)
| MTH-120 | General Education Mathematics | 3 |
| EMS-103 | EMT-Paramedic II | 8 |
| ___-___ | Social and Behavioral Sciences Elective | 3 |
Semester 3 (15 credit hours)
| IMS-115 | Microsoft Office I | 3 |
| EMS-104 | EMT-Paramedic III | 8 |
| ___-___ | Physical and Life Sciences Elective | 4 |
Semester 4 (18 credit hours)
| COM-103 | Speech Fundamentals | 3 |
| EMS-233 | EMT-Paramedic-Internship | 5 |
| EMS-237 | EMT-Paramedic-Seminar | 5 |
| ___-___ | Elective | 5 |