This 12-credit Community Paramedic certificate program provides additional training to certified, experienced paramedics in the following areas:
Public health
Health preservation
Patient advocacy
Triage
Disease management
Mental health
Management of ongoing illness or injury
As a community paramedic, you’ll work for an EMS medical director in cooperation with a primary care doctor. Community paramedics are employed at EMS agencies, health care organizations, or in other areas of public health.
Note: If you have been arrested, charged or convicted of any criminal offense, you should investigate the impact that the arrest, charge or conviction may have on your chances of employment in the field you intend to study or on your chances to obtain federal, state and other higher education financial aid.
Some courses within this program require a criminal background study to successfully complete. Please see the course description section of the catalog for more details. Please refer to the Criminal Background section of the catalog for more information on the criminal background study.
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