Admission Requirements

1. Attendance at a program information session or call 410-777-7310 for schedule. Detailed information regarding program, profession, admission and academic requirements and selection criteria will be discussed.
2. Submit a completed program application to Florestano Building Room 100.
3. Eligibility for ENG 111  or ENG 115  or ENG 121 .
4. Take the Arithmetic Placement Test and receive a score of 27 or higher or enroll in MAT 005  and complete it with a grade of C or better.
5. Grade of C or better in all prerequisite courses.
6. Applicants must be functioning as an EMT for at least one year and have 100 documented ambulance runs, or if less than one year, have 150 documented ambulance runs.
7. Three (3) letters of recommendation with satisfactory rating.
8. Must have a minimum adjusted grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 at this college.
9. Affiliation with a Maryland Emergency Medical Services (EMS) jurisdiction.
10. Foreign educated students: must have their college transcripts evaluated by one of the following credential evaluators: ECE (Educational Credential Evaluators) at www.ece.org or WES (World Education Services) at www.wes.org.
11. Foreign educated students: must successfully pass the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) with a minimum score of 550 (213 is the equivalent computer score and 79 is the equivalent Internet based score) OR must have completed the ENG 111 /ENG 112  or ENG 115 /ENG 116  or ENG 121  course sequence with grades of C or better prior to applying to the program. Anne Arundel Community College’s code for TOEFL is 5019.
12. Submission of current EMT certification card with application.
13. Submission of current American Heart Association Basic Life Support CPR certification card.

Selection Criteria

Students will be admitted to the Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate course sequence each fall as the number of students permits. Applications received by deadline will be assured consideration based on space availability. Applications received after the deadline will be considered on a space-available basis. Applications will be available after Dec. 1 in the Health Sciences office, Florestano Building Room 100 and on the college website. To be considered for conditional acceptance, applicants must meet the following criteria:

• First consideration will be given to candidates whose resident address is in Anne Arundel County for at least three months prior to the application deadline date.
• Must satisfactorily complete all academic and admission requirements.
• Length of EMT certification and active affiliation with an EMS jurisdiction. (One year with 100 documented ambulance runs, less than one year requires 150 documented ambulance runs.)
• Three (3) letters of recommendation with satisfactory rating.
• Priority is given to students with the highest grade point average.
• Final selection for the Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate course sequence will be based on the criteria described in the EMT department admission requirements available at a program information session.
• Final acceptance into the program shall be contingent upon satisfactory completion of a criminal background check, health examination record, urine drug screen, and submission of current American Heart Association Basic Life Support CPR certification card by designated deadline.
• Information and deadline for completion will be sent in applicant’s conditional acceptance packet. These are not to be completed prior to acceptance notification.

Technical Standards

Students who are conditionally accepted to this program of study will be required to submit a Health Examination Record completed by a physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant validating that the student meets the technical standard of good physical and mental health as established by the School of Health Sciences, and verifying that the student is free of communicable diseases as evidenced by required immunizations/titers.

CPR

Students must successfully complete the American Heart Association Basic Life Support CPR course by designated deadline.

Enrollment Restrictions

Limitations of health care facilities for clinical and field rotations necessitate enrollment restrictions.

Students enrolled in the Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate course sequence must comply with all Maryland Advanced Life Support Protocols and Regulations and maintain current certification as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). Students who fail to maintain current EMT certification or are decertified will not be eligible to continue in the program.

Program Readmission and Completion

Students must complete any interrupted coursework within two years from last enrollment or all EMT-Intermediate courses must be repeated.

Criminal Background Checks and Drug Screening

Students who are conditionally accepted to this program of study wil be required to satisfactorily complete a criminal background check and urine drug screening. For complete details, see the Health Sciences  section of this catalog.

Total credit hours: 1

Fall Term

• EMT 106 - Human Systems for the EMT-Intermediate 2 credit hours
• EMT 110 - Foundations of EMT-Intermediate Practice 5 credit hours
• EMT 111 - EMT-Intermediate Concepts and Practice 1 4 credit hours

Winter Term

• EMT 109 - Cardiac Algorithms for the EMT-Intermediate 2 credit hours

Spring Term

• EMT 112 - EMT-Intermediate Concepts and Practice 2 3 credit hours
• EMT 113 - EMT-Intermediate Concepts and Practice 3 3 credit hours
• EMT 114 - EMT-Intermediate Skills Mastery and Field Internship 5 credit hours
• EMT 203 - 12 Lead ECG Interpretation for the EMT-Intermediate 2 credit hours

Total credit hours: 26