{"id":373,"date":"2018-11-26T11:43:02","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T19:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/escondido\/?p=373"},"modified":"2026-05-27T14:36:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T22:36:03","slug":"paramedic-training-as-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/escondido\/paramedic-training-as-ca\/","title":{"rendered":"Paramedic Training"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Paramedic Program prepares the student in the elements of pre-hospital advanced life support.  Upon successful completion of the program, the student is eligible to take the State of California EMT-P certification exam, which is the National Registry Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic Exam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Admission to the program is by special application<\/strong>.  To be eligible for consideration, the applicant must: 1) Have 6 months full-time pre-hospital experience of equivalent as an EMT Basic.  2) Be eligible for admission to Palomar College. 3) Meet academic requirements outlined in the Paramedic Program brochure produced by the EME Program. AND <\/strong>4) Have completed ZOO 145 or BIOl 145 with a grade of “C” or better and EME 175 and EME 175L with a “B” or better.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Emergency Medical Education Department<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Associates Degree in Science (AS) \/ Certificate of Achievement (CA)<\/h2>\nTo earn a Certificate of Achievement in this program, simply complete program requirement courses listed below. To earn an Associate\u2019s Degree in this program, complete the program requirements below and the Associate Degree General Education requirements found here<\/a>.
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Course<\/th>Units<\/th>Face-To-Face at ESC<\/th>Online<\/th>Pre-Req<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Prerequisite Courses<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EME 106: Emergency Medical Technician (Lecture)<\/td>6.0<\/td>Summer 2026, Fall 2026<\/td><\/td>EME 105 with a minimum grade of B; Must be age 18 by the first day of class; Current American Heart Association CPR for BLS Provider or American Red Cross for the Health Care Provider.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EME 106L: Emergency Medical Technician Skills (Laboratory)<\/td>1.5<\/td>Summer 2026, Fall 2026<\/td><\/td>EME 105 with a minimum grade of B; Must be age 18 by the first day of class; Current American Heart Association CPR for BLS Provider or American Red Cross for the Health Care Provider.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EME 175: Paramedic Preparation (Lecture)<\/td>3.0<\/td>Summer 2026, Fall 2026<\/td><\/td>Current EMT with a minimum of 3 months full time pre-hospital experience<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EME 175: Paramedic Preparation Skills (Laboratory)<\/td>1.0<\/td>Summer 2026, Fall 2026<\/td><\/td>Current EMT with a minimum of 3 months full time pre-hospital experience<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BIOL 145: Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology<\/td>3.0<\/td>Summer 2026, Fall 2026<\/td>Summer 2026, Fall 2026<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Program Requirements<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EME 206: Introduction to Paramedic Training (Lecture)<\/td>5.5<\/td>Fall 2026<\/td><\/td>Admission into Paramedic Program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EME 206L: Introduction to Paramedic Training (Laboratory)<\/td>1.5<\/td>Fall 2026<\/td><\/td>Admission into Paramedic Program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EME 207: Paramedic Medical Training (Lecture)<\/td>10.0<\/td>Fall 2026<\/td><\/td>Admission into Paramedic Program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EME 207L: Paramedic Medical Skills (Laboratory)<\/td>2.0<\/td>Fall 2026<\/td><\/td>Admission into Paramedic Program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EME 208: Paramedic Trauma Training(Lecture)<\/td>4.5<\/td>Summer 2026<\/td><\/td>Admission into Paramedic Program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EME 208L: Trauma Skills (Laboratory)<\/td>1.0<\/td>Summer 2026<\/td><\/td>Admission into Paramedic Program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EME 209: Paramedic Obstetrical and Pediatric Training (Lecture)<\/td>2.5<\/td>Summer 2026<\/td><\/td>Admission into Paramedic Program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EME 209L: Paramedic Obstetrical and Pediatric Skills (Laboratory)<\/td>1.0<\/td>Summer 2026<\/td><\/td>Admission into Paramedic Program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EME 210: Hospital Clinical Experience<\/td>3.5<\/td>Fall 2026<\/td><\/td>Admission into Paramedic Program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EME 211: Clinical Integration I<\/td>1.0-1.5<\/td>Fall 2026<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EME 212: Clinical Integration II<\/td>1.5-2.0<\/td>Summer 2026<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EME 215: Field Internship<\/td>10.0<\/td>Fall 2026<\/td><\/td>A minimum grade of “B” in EME 210, or concurrent enrollment in EME 210<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
Total Units <\/em><\/th>44.0-45.0<\/em><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Paramedic Program prepares the student in the elements of pre-hospital advanced life support.  Upon successful completion of the program, the student is eligible to take the State of California EMT-P certification exam, which is the National Registry Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic Exam. Admission to the program is by special application.  To be eligible for consideration,… Continue Reading Paramedic Training<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":339,"featured_media":1866,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-associates-degree-in-science-as-certificate-of-achievement-ca"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/escondido\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2019\/01\/cLASS-43-Copy-1102x350.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5qSVg-61","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/escondido\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/escondido\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/escondido\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/escondido\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/339"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/escondido\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/escondido\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3635,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/escondido\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373\/revisions\/3635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/escondido\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/escondido\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/escondido\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/escondido\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}