2024-2025 Course Catalog

Emergency Medical Services Certificate (2069)

Prerequisites to Apply

  1. Eligible for ENGL 101 and MATH 110
  2. Currently Illinois licensed EMT, AEMT, or EMT-I
  3. Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification (HLTH 110)

Graduation Requirements

  1. Total Credit Hours: 41 credit hours in courses numbered 100 and above
  2. Cumulative Grade Point Average: 2.00 (‘C’) or better for all work applicable toward the degree that was completed at Richland
  3. Residency: 15 credit hours or more at Richland Community College
  4. Coursework: Achieve ‘C’ or better in all prerequisite and other program courses

Additional Requirements

  1. Students are required to complete the Health Professions’ Health and Immunization Record form to demonstrate current immunizations and physical ability to perform program requirements.
  2. Students must submit to a FEE APP fingerprint-based background check.

Curriculum Requirements

Required Courses

EMS 200Introduction to Prehospital Medicine

2.0

EMS 201Pathophysiology for the Paramedic

4.0

EMS 210Fundamentals of Clinical Care

4.5

EMS 215Paramedic Clinical 1

1.0

EMS 220Principles of Trauma

4.0

EMS 225Paramedic Clinical 2

1.0

EMS 230Cardiopulmonary Emergencies

4.0

EMS 235Paramedic Clinical 3

1.5

EMS 240Medical Conditions and Management

4.0

EMS 245Paramedic Clinical 4

1.0

EMS 250EMS Special Populations

4.0

EMS 255Paramedic Clinical 5

1.5

EMS 260EMS Operations and Certifications

3.0

EMS 265Paramedic Clinical 6

1.5

EMS 270Paramedic Capstone

4.0

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