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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Emergency Medical Services - Paramedicine, A.S.


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The two-year Emergency Medical Services-Paramedic associate degree is designed to prepare persons to provide immediate primary emergency care to people in health crises. The graduate will be able to provide basic and advanced life support under the direction of a physician to all age groups and populations. Extensive didactic instruction, skills, practicum, and internship experiences will be completed to provide the student with the foundational knowledge and skills to successfully attain the national registry of Emergency Medical Technicians-Paramedic certification. The primary goal of the program will be to produce competent, entry-level paramedics to serve in career and volunteer positions.

For further information on the Emergency Medical Services - Paramedic  Program please contact the School of Health Science at 307-268-2235 

Prerequisite Courses (9 Credits)


Freshman Year


Sophomore Year


Total Program Credits (79 Credits)(With prerequisites Total 88 Credits)


Note:


All general education courses must be passed with a “C” or better.  The normal length of this program is two academic years at 15-17 credit hours per semester.

Program Note:


The program has specific admission requirements in addition to general Casper College requirements. Students must maintain a GPA of at least 2.0 and must earn a grade of “80% (B)” or better in all paramedic courses in order to progress to the subsequent semester.

Graduation Requirements:


A minimum of 60 approved semester credits are required for graduation. For specific graduation requirements see “Academic Information ” and “Degree Requirements .”

Only courses numbered 1000 or above can be used toward the Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, Associate of Business, Associate of Fine Arts, Associate of Applied Science and Associate Degree in Nursing.

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