Paramedic

Hours: 1100 hours, approximately 52 weeks Cost: Tuition is approximately $3,100 plus books & fees

Testing Requirements: Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE)

Mission: The mission of the Paramedic program is to provide competent, confident and caring entry level emergency medical professionals for the practice of prehospital emergency medical care.

Paramedic Master Plan of Instruction

This program maintains national accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Programs.

Paramedic

Lake Technical Center’s Paramedic Program is spotlighted on the Florida Career Pathways Network! You can read the article here.

Next Class

  • Tuesday, May 29, 2012 (Orientation will be Thursday, May 14, 2012, at 10:00a
  • Applications* are available February 1, 2012 – May 4, 2012

*The TABE is to be taken prior to picking up an application. Applicants with documented AS degree or higher or TABE results within the previous two years of program start date are exempt from this requirement.

Admission Requirements

  • Current State of Florida EMT Certification
  • Current “professional” CPR card
  • Completed Lake Tech application and Completed Lake Tech EMS Programs application
  • Completed TABE – Level A. State required scores to receive a program certificate of completion are: Reading 11, Language 11, Math 11
  • Consultation with a counselor

What you’ll learn

  • Anatomy & physiology
  • Advanced airway maintenance techniques
  • Medication administration
  • Hospital/clinical & field internship hands-on experience
  • IV therapy
  • Cardiac monitoring and interventions and electrocardiogram interpretation
  • Medical & trauma assessment of the infant, child, adolescent, adult, & geriatric patient
OCP Course Number Course Title Course Length
A HSC0003 Basic Healthcare Worker 90 hrs
B EMS0219
EMs0220
EMS0221		 Paramedic 1
Paramedic 2
Paramedic 3		 336 hrs
336 hrs
338 hrs

Industry Certifications

  • State administered test for paramedic licensure

Employment Opportunities

  • Ambulance / EMS services
  • Hospitals Physician offices
  • Fire services

Starting Salaries

Vary, ranging from $37,000 to 54,200*
*Based on local industry information

Recent Employers of Graduates:

  • Lake-Sumter EMS
  • Lake County Fire Rescue
  • Marion County Fire Rescue

Placement Rate* – 96.15%
Completion Rate* – 96.3%
Licensure Pass Rate* – 80%

For employment information, visit http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/29-2041.00
*Data as reported to COE and is updated annually in December of each calendar year.

Required Book List 

  1. Mosby ‘s Paramedic Textbook Pkg, 4/e Revised, Sanders/Mick, Elsevier, ISBN 323046908, $214.95, tax @ 7% $15.05, total $230.00
  2. Basic Arrhythmias, 7e, Walraven, Goodheart-Willcox, 2010, ISBN 135002389, $79.35, tax @ 7% $5.55, total $84.90
  3. Brady Drug Dosage Calculations, 2/e, Alan A. Mikolaj, Prentice Hall, 2002,  ISBN 9780130912855, $42.99, tax @ 7% 3.01, total $46.00
  4. Anatomy & Physiology for Emergency Care, 2e, Martini/Barholomew/Bledsoe, Pearson Education, 2008, ISBN 132342987, $80.50, tax @ 7% $5.64, total $86.14
  5. Pre-hospital Emergency Pharmacology, 6e, Bledsoe/Clayden, Pearson Education, 2005, ISBN 131507117, $64.00, tax @ 7% $4.48, total $68.48

Steps to Enroll

  1. Apply for financial aid, if applicable
  2. Complete a Lake Tech application
  3. Take the TABE and/or placement tests
  4. Meet with a counselor
  5. Register and pay tuition and fees
  6. Purchase books and supplies
  7. Complete the new student orientation online prior to the first day of class

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