EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

The Certificate of Achievement in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) offers the required course and learning domains for students to apply for employment with organizations that provide EMS and healthcare, such as fire departments, ambulance companies, hospitals, and medical offices.  

No projections for this program yet 

The addition of a Certificate of Achievement in Emergency Medical Services would assist our graduating EMT students during the hiring process with ambulance companies, hospitals, and fire departments. Currently, there is no degree or COA of this type available on our campus.

The Certificate of Achievement in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) offers the required course and learning domains for students to apply for employment with organizations that provide EMS and healthcare, such as fire departments, ambulance companies, hospitals, and medical offices.  

This COA would align well with the existing certificates available for Fire Technology, Wildland Fire Technology, Fire Academy, Administration of Justice and Homeland Security. This would also complete the set of COA's that students can achieve in the Administration of Justice and Fire Technology Division.

I am not aware of any other certificates of achievement at other colleges in our service area. There is an associate's degree available at Mt. SAC. However, that is in Paramedicine, which is the most advanced level of Prehospital emergency medical care.

The objective of providing graduating students a COA is to assist them with becoming employed in our local workforce. Our partner companies and agencies have stated that this would assist our students in the hiring processes to show that they have completed a recognized and well respected EMT program in our region.

Currently, there is not a certificate of achievement available to students in Emergency Medical Services. This would complete the series of COAs that are available in the Administration of Justice and Fire Technology Division.