Paramedic

Paramedic

Applications for 2023-2024 are now closed! 
If interested, you can apply the first of January 2024 for the 2024-2025 school year. 

Program Coordinator/Instructor:  Mark Doerfler
Paramedic Instructor:  Gary Green

 
The goal of this program is to prepare competent entry-level Paramedics in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains with or without exit points at the Advanced Emergency Medical Technician and/or Emergency Medical Technician, and/or Emergency Medical Responder levels.

The Mid-East Career and Technology Center's Paramedic program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Committee on Accreditation of Education Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions (www.coaemsp.org/)

Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
25400 US Highway 19 N., 
Suite 158 
Clearwater, FL 33763 
727-210-2350 

To contact CoAEMSP:
8301 Lakeview Parkway 
Suite 111-312 
Rowlett, TX 75088 
214-703-8445 
FAX 214-703-8992

 
Pre-Admission Requirements
  1. Must be at least 18 years of age
  2. Adult Education Application - will be submitted once you've filled out your online registration. You will also gain access to your online account portal. 
  3. Submit a copy of your high school or equivalency transcript through your online account portal
  4. Take a pre-entrance assessment with passing WorkKeys scores and Wonderlic of 15 or higher
  5. Submit EMT certification through your online account portal
  6. Submit a copy of your driver's license through your online account portal
  7. Submit a copy of your NIMS 100 and NIMS 700 certificates through your online account portal
  8. Submit a copy of your immunization record and current flu shot through your online account portal 
  9. Fill out your FAFSA for Federal Student Aid using the following link https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa
After acceptance but before first clinical experience
  1. After the program begins we will complete a BCI/FBI background check. The background check must be free of any current charges, incarceration, and/or parole or probation for a felony offense.
After class completion
  1. Are eligible to take the National Registry Exam after successfully completing this program.


PREPARE TO EARN CERTIFICATION IN:
Paramedic National Registry Exam

State of Ohio Accreditation: Site #321

1000 hrs  Approx 40 weeks
 
Class for 2023-2024  school year will be a Unit Day Course.
August 2, 2023 - June 27, 2024 (Dates are tentative)
8:00 am - 4:30 pm 

20232-2024 Leap Year Notice
The Mid-East Career and Technology Center Paramedic Program is on a “unit day” schedule,
excluding Saturdays but for 1 or 2. This schedule follows the current “2-unit” schedule. The
2023-2024 Paramedic class will fall on a leap year and some central Ohio agencies do a “unit
day shuffle” on February 29th , resulting in a change of unit day on which you may work. This
paramedic program WILL NOT be participating in the aforementioned “unit day shuffle.” The
schedule will continue every third day excluding weekends unless scheduled. If you are
accepted into the 2023-2024 Paramedic program and choose to attend, you will need to make
the necessary arrangements to be able to continue the original scheduling from February 29th ,
through the remainder of the program.

Clinical Make-Up Time $25/hour


Total Charges:  $10,113
Included in the above are tuition, fees, books, laptop, National Registry test, and materials.
 

 
Breakdown of total:
Books/Laptop:  $2,061
Supplies:  $620
Tuition/Fees:  $7,432


 CIP CODE: 51.0904 

Program also accredited by:
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Paramedic

COMPLETION

PLACEMENT

LICENSURE

2016-2017

97%

100%

75%

2017-201872%100%95%
2018-201997%83%83%
2019-202096%100%
86%

Course Content Includes:

• Anatomy & Physiology
• Disaster Planning
• Defensive Driving
• Ambulance Design
• Care of Coronary Patients
• Intravenous Therapy
• Special Rescue Systems
 
 

Students must pass the Paramedic National Registry Exam to obtain employment as a Paramedic.
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