This program is designed to meet the educational and training needs of those individuals who wish to gain Arkansas Department of Health Licensure and National Registry of EMT's Certification as a Paramedic.
The 91吃瓜网- Ozark Campus Paramedic program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs () upon the recommendation of the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP).
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
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To contact CoAEMSP:
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This program is utilizing a traditional lecture with lab model where students will follow a prescribed outline at home that will prepare them for classroom scenarios and activities.
This program is designed to meet the educational and training needs of those individuals who wish to gain Arkansas Department of Health Licensure and National Registry of EMT's Certification as a Paramedic.
To prepare competent entry-level Emergency Medical Technician-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.
Career opportunities exist with air and ground emergency medical services, fire departments, medical centers and industry. Among other characteristics, a Paramedic should possess dignity, empathy and tolerance. Under the direction of a physician, the student will be presented with material to aid them in: assessment of the pre-hospital needs of the acutely ill or injured patient, triage, basic as well as advanced life support, communication skills and maintaining the level of care as the patient is transported to a health care facility.
Students must apply to and be admitted into the technical phase of the Paramedic program before taking any of the paramedic program courses. Students must be currently licensed with the Arkansas Department of Health Division of EMS as an EMT or have taken, and passed with a grade of "C" or better, an Emergency Medical Technician course within the last one year and be eligible to take the state exam prior to being admitted into the program.
(479) 508-3325
alliedhealth@atu.edu
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Health Sciences and Wellness Building
1700 Helberg Lane
Ozark, AR 72949
Prior to admission into the technical phase of the Paramedic/Emergency Medical Technician program, students must provide documentation verifying, through entrance exam scores or official college transcripts, that remediation in English, mathematics, and reading is not required. Students who require remediation must complete the appropriate remedial coursework with a grade of 鈥淐鈥� or better prior to admission into the program.
Students must also complete the following prerequisite courses prior to admission into the Paramedic program:
In addition, students must currently be licensed as an EMT with the Arkansas Department of Health Division of EMS, or have successfully completed an Emergency Medical Technician course within the past year with a grade of 鈥淐鈥� or better and be eligible to take the state exam prior to admission into the program.
Students pursuing the Associate of Applied Science (AAS) Degree in Paramedic/EMS must also complete the following general education courses:
These general education courses are required in addition to the program prerequisite courses; however, they are not required to be completed prior to admission into the Paramedic program. Students may complete them concurrently with prerequisite coursework or after completion of the Paramedic program.
Applications are accepted between June 1 and October 1. Please read application instructions
first. The paramedic program does not require the TEAS test.
Students must be currently licensed with the Arkansas Department of Health Division
of EMS as an EMT or have taken, and passed with a grade of "C" or better, an Emergency
Medical Technician course within the last one year and be eligible to take the state
exam, pass the exam and be licensed prior to being admitted into the program.
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