The Emergency Medical Services program prepares students to achieve certification and licensure to enter into EMS career paths. Students begin their training by completing the first career related courses within the program – EMS 30 Emergency Medical Responder, and EMS 20 Emergency Medical Technician with certification as an “EMT” through the California State EMS Authority. The program also includes curriculum necessary to prepare students to become a Nationally Registered Paramedic (NRP). Students, upon successful completion of the Las Positas College Paramedic Training Program, including the didactic, clinical, and field internship components, will be eligible to sit for the licensing examination as a Paramedic with the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT), and successful students will be eligible for licensure as an Emergency Medical Technician – Paramedic (EMT-P) in the state of California.

This program is designed to prepare students to take and pass the National Registry Emergency Medical Technician - Paramedic (NREMTP) examination so they can become Licensed Paramedics in the state of California. It also prepares students to transfer and earn a BA in Paramedics. Students that complete the Certificate of Achievement in Emergency Medical Services EMT-Paramedic degree are able to gain employment as paramedic firefighters, paramedics on ambulances that serve the community as Advanced Life Support 9-1-1 providers, and in certain limited situations work in the hospital setting.

Program Learning Outcomes:

- Upon completion of the Certificate of Achievement in Emergency Medical Services EMT-Paramedic, students are prepared as a competent entry-level Paramedics in the cognitive (knowledge) learning domain with or without exit points at the Advanced Emergency Medical Technician and/or Emergency Medical Technician, and/or Emergency Medical Responder levels.

- Upon completion of the Certificate of Achievement in Emergency Medical Services EMT-Paramedic, students are prepared as a competent entry-level Paramedics in the affective (behavior) learning domain with or without exit points at the Advanced Emergency Medical Technician and/or Emergency Medical Technician, and/or Emergency Medical Responder levels.

- Upon completion of the Certificate of Achievement in Emergency Medical Services EMT-Paramedic, students are prepared as a competent entry-level Paramedics in the psychomotor (skills) learning domain with or without exit points at the Advanced Emergency Medical Technician and/ or Emergency Medical Technician, and/or Emergency Medical Responder levels.

- Upon completion of the Certificate of Achievement in Emergency Medical Services EMT-Paramedic, students are prepared to become a Nationally Registered Paramedic (NRP).

Careers Opportunities:

Students that earn this degree can find employment as a firefighter, paramedic with an ambulance company, and in specific and limited cases, work in a hospital.