The CCBC Emergency Medical Services Technology program educates and trains individuals to both EMT basic and paramedic.
EMTs and paramedics provide vital life-sustaining assessment and care to those who are experiencing an out of hospital medical or traumatic emergency, and transports those persons to an appropriate medical facility where more definitive care can be rendered.
The Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) course is a one-semester course of approximately 200 hours of combined classroom, laboratory and field experience. The curriculum is designed based on the current Emergency Medical Services Education Standards for EMT.
The paramedic program is 16 months of study with approximately 1500 hours of combined classroom, laboratory, hospital clinical and field experience. The curriculum is based on the current Emergency Medical Services Education Standards for Paramedic.
Get a better understanding of the admission requirements for the Emergency Medical Services Technology program.
Review the admission packet for this program.
Collect pertinent materials like unofficial transcripts for all U.S. college-level coursework and testing completed. Use these to help you complete the application.
If you have never before applied through the Central Application Service (CAS) system, create an account in SHP CAS through the applicant portal and follow the directions to complete the applications.
If you applied using the SHP CAS System before, login and verify that all areas are correct. If you have taken additional courses, you must add them and send an unofficial transcript showing the completed or in-progress courses.
Once all sections of the application have a green check mark, you will be able to pay the $50 non-refundable application fee. It is better to submit the application at least a month before the application deadline: June 1 for Fall start.
Upload your unofficial U.S. college transcript into the SHP CAS. Official transcripts from all US schools attended, must be received by the CCBC Registrar’s office to obtain transfer of credit for the certificate and degree programs. Complete the Transfer Evaluation Request Form to ensure that your submitted transcripts will be evaluated.
CLEP, AP and non-U.S. college transcript evaluations (AACRAO. WES, etc.) should be sent directly to the CCBC Registrar’s office, for transfer of credit to occur.
Upload all required documents to the SHP CAS.
They are:
After you have completed the SHP CAS application and your application is marked Complete, the SHP Admissions Office will email you directions to complete the supplemental application, if applicable to your application.
There is no fee associated with the supplemental application.
Expect communication regarding your application to the email address that you entered into the SHP CAS. You may also log into your SHP CAS account to see notifications and updates by clicking on the “Check Status” button.
SHP Admissions Office will contact eligible applicants via email, to schedule a required interview.
Program Director, Emergency Medical Services Technology
