Emergency Medical Technician / Paramedic

Program Type: Face-to-Face
Program Level: Degrees, Certificates
Department: First Responders Academy
Institute: Public Service
College: SAC
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What is the EMT program?

To prepare Paramedics who are competent in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains to enter the profession.

What will I learn?

You will learn the skills to provide lifesaving care for patients who are ill or injured. You’ll be able to assess a patient’s condition and manage respiratory, cardiac and trauma emergencies. Paramedics provide more advanced life support than EMTs, with the training to administer medications orally and intravenously, interpret electrocardiograms (EKGs), perform endotracheal intubations, and use monitors and other complex equipment.

What are our program outcomes?

For NREMT exam pass rates, retention, and positive placement averages review our Paramedic Program Outcomes CAAHEP.pdf

What can I do with this course of study?

An EMT-Basic certification prepares you to care for patients at the scene of an accident and while transporting patients to the hospital under the direction of more highly trained medical personnel. An AAS Degree is required for paramedics who wish to obtain a paramedic licensure from the Texas Department of State Health Services.

The program is a pathway to a variety of careers in medicine, including nurses, physicians, physician assistants, dispatchers, instructors or emergency medical equipment sales. You can also use the program to evaluate your interest in healthcare before training as a nurse, physician or other healthcare worker.

What is special about the program?

The Emergency Medical Services degree program offers the only AAS Paramedic Degree in the San Antonio metropolitan area. The program also offers a college Certificate Level II in Paramedic and an Occupational Skills Award Certificate in EMT-Basic. An AAS degree is often an advantage in hiring and promotion processes. Some fire and EMS agencies offer incentive pay for AAS degree holders.

Accreditation

The San Antonio College A.A.S. degree and Certificate Level II programs are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon recommendation of the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Profession (CoAEMSP).

CAAHEP
9355 - 113th St. N, #7709
Seminole, FL 33775
P: (727) 210-2350
F: (727) 210-2354
mail@caahep.org

To contact CoAEMSP:
8301 Lakeview Parkway
Suite 111-312
Rowlett, TX 75088
(214) 703-8445
FAX (214) 703-8992
www.coaemsp.org

EMS Program Information Sessions for Spring 2025 Semester

When September 13, 2024 October 4, 2024 November 1, 2024 November 22, 2024 December 6, 2024
Location NAHC 108 NAHC 108 NAHC 108 NAHC 108 NAHC 108
Time 10 a.m. 10 a.m. 10 a.m. 10 a.m. 10 a.m.
Note: Nurses Allied Health Center is the location at San Antonio College, NAHC.

Contact Us

Rolando Barrientez
Director
Law Enforcement Academy & Emergency Medical Services
(210) 486-0987
rbarrientez4@alamo.edu

Jeff Bailey
Program Coordinator
Nursing Allied Health Complex (NAHC 103)
(210) 486-1536
sac-ems@alamo.edu

Jamie Powell
NAHC 111
(210) 486-1507
sac-ems@alamo.edu

First Responders Academy - Main Office
NAHC 105
(210) 486-1692
sac-ems@alamo.edu

William Lawson
NAHC 108B
(210) 486-1539
sac-ems@alamo.edu

Robert Dixon
NAHC 111
(210) 486-1533
sac-ems@alamo.edu