CertificateParamedic

The Three Rivers College Paramedic program is a hybrid of online curriculum and hands-on training. With this program, students only need to be on campus one day a week for skills and high-fidelity simulation training.

Both general education and paramedic courses are included in the program of study. Clinical internship experiences are planned in local healthcare facilities under direct guidance of experienced preceptors.

Admission Criteria: To become an eligible applicant, individuals must:

• Have a program intake form on file in the Emergency Medical Services Office.
• Be a licensed EMT or AEMT.
• Have current Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers status.
• Place into College Writing and Mathematical Reasoning and Modeling on the ACT or Accuplacer placement tests (ACT scores are valid for 5 years).
• Subject to physical examination, negative drug screen, and clear criminal background check on the first day of class.

Career and Technical Education. To prepare competent entry-level Paramedics in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains with or without exit points at the Advanced Emergency Medical Technician and/or Emergency Medical Technician, and/or Emergency Medical Responder levels.

The Paramedic program of Three Rivers College is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP).

Paramedic courses begin in August. Students must meet certain criteria for internship practice in agencies, including, but not limited to, random or for-cause drug screenings.