Paramedic
Continuing Education
The Paramedic program is the highest level of prehospital emergency care training, building directly on the Emergency Medical Technician certificate. Students master advanced airway management, cardiac care, pharmacology, and trauma and medical emergency management through an intensive sequence of classroom, skills-lab, clinical, and field-internship coursework.
Students progress through airway and pharmacology, trauma and medical emergencies, and cardiology coursework before completing a capstone clinical and field internship that puts them in charge of an advanced life support ambulance call under supervision. Instruction follows the National EMS Education Standards and prepares graduates for the National Registry Paramedic certification exam.
Graduates lead ambulance crews as nationally certified paramedics and are prepared for advanced roles in fire-based EMS, hospital-based transport teams, and critical care transport with additional training.
Track
Credentials
Learning Outcomes
- Interpret twelve-lead electrocardiograms and manage cardiac emergencies using advanced life support protocols.
- Lead an ambulance crew through complex trauma, medical, and pediatric emergencies.
- Perform advanced airway management, pharmacological intervention, and hemodynamic monitoring in the field.
- Apply critical-thinking and field decision-making skills across the full paramedic scope of practice.
Career Outcomes
29-2043
Data sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Projections Central, and O*NET.