EMS Certification Levels offered by the
Calhoun EMS Department
Emergency
Medical Technician (EMT) courses are offered
EVERY semester. Class options exist for either
daytime or evening classes. EMT is the first level
of EMS licensure. Successful completion of EMS 118
and EMS 119 are required for EMT program completion.
EMT is considered a short certificate. Students
may enroll in this program without meeting with an EMS
faculty member or college advisor.
Advanced
Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT) courses are
offered every semester. Class
options exist for either daytime or evening classes in
the fall and spring semester but only the daytime for
summer semester.
AEMT is the second level of EMS licensure.
Successful completion of EMS 155 and EMS 156 are
required for AEMT program completion. The AEMT has
an extended scope of practice over the EMT. AEMT
is considered a short certificate, but students are
required to meet with an EMS faculty member prior to
course registration. Alabama EMT license
required PRIOR to course admission.
Paramedic
(NRP) course begin every summer semester.
Calhoun Community Colleges offers either a long
certificate or Associates of Applied Science degree
options for Paramedics. The program is three
semesters long and students are required to complete BIO
201 PRIOR to admission into the program. The
Paramedic Program Application (see below) should be
printed and completed in its entirety and returned with
all requested documents to the Allied Health Department
secretary no later than April 1st for admission in the
summer semester. AEMT licensure required PRIOR to
course admission. Other general education courses
are required prior to course completion.
Paramedic Program Application
Due: April 1, 2012 - Please click
on the above link to access the application. Either
return via mail to the address published on the
application or in person to the Administration Desk on
the third floor of the Health Science Building.
The application should be printed and returned in its
entirety by the posted deadline. Please review
your application prior to submission to the EMS office
to ensure all requested attachments are with the
application. Individuals will be notified within
two weeks of the application deadline by mail of
acceptance into the program. Please call Mark Branon at 256-306-2854 with questions.
- All new and prospective EMT,
AEMT or Paramedic students, please contact the EMS office for more information and registration dates by calling Ann Wagnon at (256) 306-2786 or Email at aww@calhoun.edu
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