Paramedic/Emergency Medical Services

Technical Certificate

Paramedic/Emergency Medical Services

(60 Semester Credit Hours)

  •  Fall


    Prior to admission to the technical phase of the Paramedic/Emergency Medical Technician program, students must provide documentation verifying (through entrance exam score or official college transcript) that remediation in English, mathematics, and reading is not required; or complete the appropriate remedial coursework with a grade of "C" or better to satisfy remediation requirements; and complete HSCI 1113, HSCI 1123, and HSCI 1243.

    Course # Course Name Hours
    HSCI 1113 Medical Terminology
    3
    HSCI 1123  Human Anatomical Structure I 
    HSCI 1243 Human Anatomical Structure II
    Total Hours   9

    Students must apply to and be admitted into the technical phase of the Paramedic program before taking any of the EMTP courses below. 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.

  •  Spring
    Course # Course Name Hours
    EMTP 1233 Medical Emergencies I w/Lab
    3
     EMTP 1234 Clinical Practicum I
    (prerequisite:  EMTP 1007 or licensed EMT)
    4
     EMTP 1243 Pharmacology
    (prerequisite: TMAT 1203)
    3
     EMTP 2101 Cardiology I 1
    Total Hours   11
  •  Summer (10 week courses)
    Course # Course Name Hours
    EMTP 2202 Cardiology II Lab
    (co-requisite: EMTP 2203)
    2
     EMTP 2203 Cardiology II
    (co-requisite: EMTP 2202)
    3
     EMTP 2313 Medical Emergencies II 3
    Total Hours   8
  •  First Summer Session (five week courses)
    Course # Course Name Hours
    EMTP 2111 Clinical Practicum II
    (prerequisite: EMTP 1234)
    1
    Total Hours   1
  •  Second Summer Session (five week courses)
    Course # Course Name Hours
    EMTP 2211  Clinical Practicum III
    (prerequisite: EMTP 2111) 
    EMTP 2212 Emergency Medical Services Operations  2
    Total Hours   3
  •  Fall
    Course # Course Name Hours
    EMTP 2311 Assessment Based Management 1
    EMTP 2316  Paramedic Internship
    (prerequisite: EMTP 2211) 
     EMTP 2323 Trauma Management 3
    EMTP 2413 Medical Emergencies III w/Lab
    (prerequisite: EMTP 2313)
    3
    Total Hours   13