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EMT Paramedic
 

Students completing our initial courses will be qualified to test for the North Carolina and/or National Registry credentials.

Course


This course will follow the guidelines established by the NC Office of EMS. The curriculum for the EMT-Paramedic educational program shall be the 1998 Release of the United States Department of Transportation (US DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) EMT-Paramedic Course: National Standard Curriculum.

Prerequisites

  • NC EMT Credential
  • High school or General Educational Development (GED) diploma
  • TABE test for basic reading comprehension and English language writing skills at a minimum of 12.1 or higher
  • TABE test for mathematical skills at a minimum 9.1
  • Anatomy and Physiology

Hours

  • This 1100-hour course is divided into to five modules and covers approximately 20 months.
  • Modules 1-3 (200 hours each) are classroom and meet 2 nights a week (Monday and Wednesday or Tuesday and Thursday), 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm, for 20 weeks; some Saturdays and Sundays are involved that meet 8:00 am - 5:00 pm.
  • Module 4 (200 hours clinical) and Module 5 (300 hours internship) will meet at varied times and days.

Books

Entire Course:

  • Brady: Paramedic Practices and Principles
  • Brady: Paramedic Lab Manual

Module 1:

  • Brady: Pre-Hospital Emergency Pharmacology
  • Brady: Basic Trauma Life Support

Module 2:

  • Brady: Basic Arrhythmias
  • Brady: 12-Lead ECG for Acute and Critical Care Providers
  • AHA: Advanced Cardiac Life Support Provider Manual

Module 3:

  • AHA: Advanced Cardiac Life Support Provider Manual
  • Jones and Bartlett: Pediatric Education for Pre-Hospital Providers

Module 4 & 5:

  • No additional books are required.

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