Emergency Medical Technician - Paramedic
The School of EMS offers two Paramedic courses a year:
The 800-hour Paramedic course includes 420 classroom and lab hours in 105 four-hour sessions over an eleven and a half month period. In addition, following a quarterly schedule, students also do a minimum of 370 clinical hours and 10 hours of special projects.
Fall Paramedic course - late-August through the middle of the following August. It meets Mondays and Wednesdays and ten scheduled Fridays from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Winter Paramedic course - early January through mid-December. It meets every Tuesday and Thursday evening and ten scheduled Friday evenings from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m.
The Paramedic Course follows State of Ohio and DOT National Standard Guidelines. Upon successful completion of the course, students are eligible to sit for the National Registry EMT-P exam, which presently serves as the Ohio Certification Test. In addition to National Registration and Ohio Certification, Graduates from the School of EMS Paramedic Program are also certified in:
- AHA Healthcare Provider CPR Instructor
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support
- Basic Trauma Life Support
These courses are included in the program and reinforce the skills taught in the Paramedic course that are attractive to prospective employers.
One-on-one faculty help when you need it! We provide students who are working hard and seek help with free personal individual tutorial time covering the topics, skills, or material with which they are having difficulty. Understanding the scheduling problems students have coordinating class, clinical, and work hours, instructors will tutor students beyond their regular office hours by appointment.
We offer an exceptional educator program at one of the lowest student costs in the region.
See course calendar for current schedule.