Emergency Medical Services EMT-Paramedic

Certificate of Achievement 
2022-2023

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About the Program

The Emergency Medical Services program prepares students to achieve certification and licensure to enter into EMS career paths. Students begin their training by completing the first career related courses within the program – EMS 30 Emergency Medical Responder, and EMS 20 Emergency Medical Technician with certification as an “EMT” through the California State EMS Authority. The program also includes curriculum necessary to prepare students to become a Nationally Registered Paramedic (NRP). Students, upon successful completion of the Las Positas College Paramedic Training Program, including the didactic, clinical, and field internship components, will be eligible to sit for the licensing examination as a Paramedic with the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT), and successful students will be eligible for licensure as an Emergency Medical Technician – Paramedic (EMT-P) in the state of California.

About the Certificate

This program is designed to prepare students to take and pass the National Registry Emergency Medical Technician - Paramedic (NREMTP) examination so they can become Licensed Paramedics in the state of California. It also prepares students to transfer and earn a BA in Paramedics. Students that complete the Certificate of Achievement in Emergency Medical Services EMT-Paramedic degree are able to gain employment as paramedic firefighters, paramedics on ambulances that serve the community as Advanced Life Support 9-1-1 providers, and in certain limited situations work in the hospital setting.

Career Opportunities

Students that earn this degree can find employment as a firefighter, paramedic with an ambulance company, and in specific and limited cases, work in a hospital.

Program Outcomes

• Upon completion of the Certificate of Achievement in Emergency Medical Services EMT-Paramedic, students are prepared as a competent entry-level Paramedics in the cognitive (knowledge) learning domain with or without exit points at the
  Advanced Emergency Medical Technician and/or Emergency Medical Technician, and/or Emergency Medical Responder
  levels.
• Upon completion of the Certificate of Achievement in Emergency Medical Services EMT-Paramedic, students are prepared as a competent entry-level Paramedics in the affective (behavior) learning domain with or without exit points at the Advanced Emergency Medical Technician and/or Emergency Medical Technician, and/or Emergency Medical Responder levels.
• Upon completion of the Certificate of Achievement in Emergency Medical Services EMT-Paramedic, students are prepared as a competent entry-level Paramedics in the psychomotor (skills) learning domain with or without exit points at the Advanced Emergency Medical Technician and/ or Emergency Medical Technician, and/or Emergency Medical Responder levels.
• Upon completion of the Certificate of Achievement in Emergency Medical Services EMT-Paramedic, students are prepared to become a Nationally Registered Paramedic (NRP).

Required Core: (51 Units)Units

Course	Units
BIO 50 Anatomy and Physiology	4
EMS 10 Paramedic Theory 1	6
EMS 11 Paramedic Theory 2	6
EMS 12 Paramedic Laboratory 1	4
EMS 13 Paramedic Laboratory 2	4
EMS 16 Paramedic Clinical Occupational Work Experience	4
EMS 17 Paramedic Capstone Occupational Work Experience	10
EMS 20 Emergency Medical Technician	7
EMS 30 Emergency Medical Responder	3
EMS 62 Basic Medical Terminology	3

Units

Units Category	Units
Total Units	51

Passing the California Paramedic Licensing examination administered by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians is required at the conclusion of the program in order to work in California as a paramedic.

• Registration Information for Paramedic Licensing Examination

 

Updated: July 2022