EMT Academy and HCC Paramedic CONSORTIUM
What is a Paramedic?
The Paramedic is an allied health professional whose primary focus is to provide advanced emergency
medical care for critical and emergent patients who access the emergency medical system. This individual
possesses the complex knowledge and skills necessary to provide patient care and transportation.
Paramedics function as part of a comprehensive EMS response, under medical oversight. Paramedics
perform interventions with the basic and advanced equipment typically found on an ambulance. The
Paramedic is a link from the scene into the health care system. (CoAEMSP Standards Interpretations 2020)
Why choose our Paramedic Program?
- Classes start every 6 months and meet 3 times a week
- One (1) year program from start to finish
- Students may be eligible for scholarships and financial aid
- Bridge program for employment available
- Clinical internships at multiple local hospitals
- Field internships with a variety of ambulance services providers
- State of the art training center with multiple high fidelity simulation rooms
Additional Information
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Course Cost - $12,995
EMT Academy and HCC Paramedic Consortium Paramedic Program all-inclusive course tuition is $12,995.00, which includes:
- Textbooks
- Tablets
- Uniforms
- Malpractice Insurance
- Drug Testing (as required by our clinical and field sites)
- Access to our training facility
- Access to our resource library
- Additional certifications
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
- EMS Safety
- Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS)
- Advanced Medical Life Support (AMLS)
- Geriatric Education for EMS (GEMS)
- Emergency Pediatric Care (EPC)
- BLS Provider CPR (Recert to keep students current)
Deposit
Students who are accepted into the course, after an admission interview, must pay an initial deposit of $2,000 to hold their seat in the course. A second deposit of $2,000 will be due at orientation approximately 3 weeks prior to the course start date. The remaining balance must be paid in full on the first date of the class, unless the student has set up a payment plan with EMT Academy and HCC Paramedic Consortium.
Available payment options include cash, check, bank check, money order, credit card (American Express, Visa, Master Card, Discover) and purchase orders from municipalities, fire departments, and lending institutions.
Financial Aid
Scholarships and financial aid are available to qualified candidates, also we offer payment plans to qualified individuals. Payment options, available scholarships, and financial aid options will be discussed during your information session.
Refund Policy
Students who terminate enrollment (including voluntary resignation, illness, suspension, or involuntary resignation or dismissal) may be eligible for a refund in accordance with our current policies.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The EMT Academy and HCC Paramedic Consortium Paramedic Training Program (“Paramedic Program”) is a twelve-month course designed to prepare students to successfully pass the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) Paramedic certifying exam. The course includes a mix of both didactic (e.g. classroom) and clinical experiences that provide students with the basic medical knowledge, clinical reasoning, and judgment, and psychomotor skills necessary to function as competent and safe entry-level paramedic in the emergency pre-hospital and inter-facility transfer environments.
The course is divided into two parts:
- The first six months are spent primarily in the classroom and focus on developing the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor competencies necessary to function in a clinical environment. This portion of the course consists of two full days (8 hours) on Monday and Wednesday and one evening (4 hours) Wednesday of didactic time per week. A mixture of lectures, small-group discussions, simulations, skills stations, and self-directed learning experiences are utilized to introduce students to the essential knowledge and concepts they must master to become effective clinicians. Students can expect to dedicate a significant amount of time outside of class reading, studying, completing homework assignments, and preparing for quizzes and exams during this portion of the course. Students also complete all necessary certification courses (e.g. ACLS, PALS, PHTLS, GEMS) during this time.
- The second part of the course is 6 months of intensive clinical rotations in the hospital and field settings. Students complete rotations in an emergency department where they gain experience assessing and diagnosing patients under the direct supervision of experienced ED clinicians. Students also gain significant experience with most of the important psychomotor skills (e.g. intravenous access, medication administration, patient assessment, etc) during this time. Students also complete rotations in labor and delivery, the operating room (for airway management experience), and optionally the intensive care unit. Following the in-hospital rotations, students complete field experience where they accompany working paramedics on actual emergency incidents. This experience affords students the greatest insight and most accurate representation of the working environment, expectations, and challenges faced by active paramedics. Although they are expected to perform skills in this environment, the primary aim of field internship is to give students experience functioning as “team leader” on emergency calls, responsible for both patient assessment and treatment decisions, under the direct supervision of experienced pre-hospital clinicians. Following the successful completion of ride time, students will have gained significant experience operating in the real-work clinical environment unique to pre-hospital medicine.
