Prerequisites and/or Admission Requirements:

1. Meet CVCC’s institutional requirements for admissions as an EMS student.
2. Letter from EMS director confirming 1000 hours or more of direct patient care.
3. Provider and/or instructor cards for ITLS or PHTLS, ACLS or ACLS-EP, PALS or PEPP.
4. Valid North Carolina or National Registry Paramedic Certification.
5. Letter of reference from service’s Medical Director attesting to the individual’s competence in basic and advanced life support skills.
6. Once the criterion above has been met, the student will then be offered Advanced Placement exams in the following courses so as to facilitate his or her movement through the program. To successfully advance place a student must score a “B” or higher.

• EMS 110 - EMT Credit Hours: 8
• EMS 130 - Pharmacology Credit Hours: 4
• EMS 131 - Advanced Airway Management Credit Hours: 2
• EMS 140 - Rescue Scene Management Credit Hours: 2
• EMS 160 - Cardiology I Credit Hours: 2
• EMS 220 - Cardiology II Credit Hours: 3
• EMS 240 - Patients W/ Special Challenges Credit Hours: 2
• EMS 250 - Medical Emergencies Credit Hours: 4
• EMS 260 - Trauma Emergencies Credit Hours: 2
• EMS 270 - Life Span Emergencies Credit Hours: 3
• EMS 285 - EMS Capstone Credit Hours: 2
• EMS 122 - EMS Clinical Practicum I Credit Hours: 1
• EMS 221 - EMS Clinical Practicum II Credit Hours: 2
• EMS 231 - EMS Clinical Pract III Credit Hours: 3
• EMS 241 - EMS Clinical Practicum IV Credit Hours: 4

Required Courses:

Students are required to complete the following courses, and maintain a 2.0 GPA, in order to successfully complete the program requirements.

The student may transfer and/or advance place up to sixty-five percent of the required course hours. This track will be highly individualized depending on any prior college credits by the student and his or her success with advanced placement scores.

• BIO 168 - Anatomy and Physiology I Credit Hours: 4
• BIO 169 - Anatomy and Physiology II Credit Hours: 4
• ENG 111 - Writing and Inquiry Credit Hours: 3

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• ENG 112 - Writing/Research in the Disciplines Credit Hours: 3

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• ENG 113 - Literature-Based Research Credit Hours: 3

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• ENG 114 - Prof Research & Reporting Credit Hours: 3

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• EMS 235 - EMS Management Credit Hours: 2
• MED 121 - Medical Terminology I Credit Hours: 3
• MED 122 - Medical Terminology II Credit Hours: 3
• PSY 150 - General Psychology Credit Hours: 3
• Humanities/Fine Arts - Elective  Credit Hours: 3

Developmental Course Requirements:

Developmental coursework (both prerequisite and corequisite) will be required of students whose placement test measures indicate a need for greater proficiency in the areas of English and/or mathematics. Please refer to the Course Description section for prerequisite and corequisite course information.

• ENG 002 - Transition English Credit Hours: 3
• ENG 011 - Writing and Inquiry Support Credit Hours: 2
• MAT 003 - Transition Math Credit Hours: 3