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Purpose:
To prepare students to be knowledgeable,
competent pre-hospital care practitioners and fill positions at the level
of Paramedic
Occupational Objectives:
Emergency Medical Services Paramedic
Admission Requirements:
General college curricular admission
Program Notes:
In addition to the general college curriculum admissions requirements, the student must have current
Virginia or National Registry EMT-B and a valid CPR for Healthcare Providers
card. Applicants to the program must have completed one unit of high
school biology and one unit of high school chemistry with a minimum grade
of "C" or obtain the permission of the EMS program head for a waiver to
that requirement.
All applicants to the Emergency Medical
Services AAS degree program must declare their curriculum plan as the
Pre-Emergency Medical Services Career Studies Certificate. (Please see
http://www.jsr.vccs.edu/curriculum/programs/Pre-Emergency_Medical_Services_ParamedicCSC.htm for information on this
career studies certificate.) In order to be officially accepted into the
Emergency Medical Services program, applicants will need to fulfill
certain prerequisites included in the career studies certificate and
meet with the program head to review their records.
In compliance with Virginia State Board
of Health, Virginia EMS regulations (12 VAC 5-31-1200 and 12 VAC 5-31-1460),
students wishing to register for any of the courses with an EMS prefix in
this program must be at least 18 years of age at the time of their enrollment.
Students younger than 18 are encouraged to enroll in any of the non-EMS
prefix courses until they reach their 18th birthday and are legally eligible
for enrollment in EMS courses.
To determine current tuition and fees,
go to this web page
http://www.jsr.vccs.edu/jsr_ar/paying_for_college.htm, or call the School of Nursing and Allied Health office at
(804)523-5375. Additional fees for the Paramedic program include certification
for CPR, ACLS, PHTLS, PALS, and AMLS. National Registry Advanced Life Support
certification exams cost approximately $150-$200, including practical testing
and National Registry of EMTs application fees. The instructor will
inform students of the textbooks and other required learning materials needed
in the syllabus for each course.
Progression
through the Program: The college offers this program in affiliation
with the healthcare agencies and practitioners in the communities the
college serves. The college relies on its community affiliates to
provide clinical education opportunities for its students, expert
clinical preceptors, and course instructors for many courses. The often
rapid changes in healthcare law, standards of practice, technology, and
content of credentialing examinations increasingly necessitate sudden
changes in the program’s course content, policies, procedures, and course
scheduling. As a result, the college cannot guarantee every student
continuous and uninterrupted clinical and course instruction as outlined
in the printed catalog curriculum for this program. Circumstances beyond
the control of the college may necessitate the postponement of course
offerings or changes in the sequencing and/or location of scheduled
courses or clinical assignments. Additionally, the college may have to
change the instructor for courses after instruction has started.
Computer Competency Requirement:
Students in this program will meet
the college’s computer competency requirement by successfully completing
ITE 115. Students
can also meet this requirement by passing the college’s computer competency
exam, administered in the testing centers on each campus, in which case
they will receive college credit for
ITE 115. Students
not passing the computer competency exam may retake the exam only once.
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