Palomar Community College has an EMT paramedic training program that offers EMT training students the necessary courses for certification from their EMT-Basic level on through to EMT paramedic.

Palomar Community College is located in Escondido, California. The campus is located on East Valley Parkway, in between the Carousel Plaza Shopping Center and the Mission Village Shopping Center. Heritage Charter school is nearby as well.

EMT and Paramedic Program Information

Palomar Community College offers two EMT paramedic programs per year. The application period for the paramedic program runs from September through October for the class that begins in January and from February through March for the program that begins in August.

The paramedic training consists of two semesters. The first semester is didactic and consists of lectures and labs. Classes during the didactic semester meet four to five days a week. The second semester is the clinical portion and students will work in a hospital setting performing direct care for patients for the first four weeks. The rest of the semester will be spent shadowing a trained paramedic at a fire department or private ambulance service. This internship last approximately 3 months. Each paramedic student is assigned to a Paramedic Field Preceptor where they will work alongside trained Paramedics at fire departments and private ambulance services. This prvides the necessary hands on field training and prepares students to take the National Registry EMT-P exam for licensure.

In order to complete the clinical portion of the EMT paramedic school program, students may be required to have a flu and H1N1 vaccination.

Program Prerequisites

In order to be eligible for the Palomar Community College EMT paramedic program an individual must be at least 18 years old and a high school graduate or have a GED. Prospective students must be an EMT-B certification and have at least 6 months of experience in the field. Applicants must complete an approved anatomy and physiology course at the college level. Acceptance into the EMT paramedic training program is based on an application process that requires both a testing and an interview process.

Contact Information

For more information about the program, you may contact Mary Reed, the Academic Department Assistant. Her email address is [email protected]. Her phone number is (760)744-1150 ext. 8150.

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