Emergency Medical Services
Continuing Education
Respiratory & Cardiac Topics, September 27 or 28
OB and Pediatric Topics, October 17 or 18
(flyer coming soon)
EMT: Sign up now for EMT classes for the winter
(The fall term EMT Course is full)
Winter/Spring Term EMT
This EMT class will be offered starting winter term of 2017, at the Table Rock Campus:
Tuesday/Thursday from 9:30-12:50 pm, winter and spring terms (10 credits total)
NOTE: Plan ahead...space is limited and our EMT classes usually fill far in advance!
Paramedic: The application process is now closed for the 2016-17 class.
- Deadline to COMPLETE the application each year is June 1st!
- Paramedic Application Process
Advanced EMT (AEMT): Due to low demand, we do not plan to offer the AEMT class again until fall 2017
If you are interested in the AEMT class before then, email Jim Shaw at jshaw@roguecc.edu.
NOTE: You must be currently licensed as an Oregon EMT to take the AEMT course.
Oregon EMT Intermediate (EMT-I): We have no plans to offer the Intermediate course at RCC at this time, although we will consider options if there is a clear demand.
If you are interested in the EMT-Intermediate class, email Jim Shaw at jshaw@roguecc.edu.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT EMS COURSES
RCC provides realistic hands-on training which prepares students for both national certification and Oregon licensure testing, and more importantly, helps them to be successful in EMS. Students are routinely presented with challenging scenarios using manikins or live actors, and they learn how to provide excellent medical care using state-of-the-art EMS equipment.
Our highly experienced EMS faculty stay current in EMS best practices and training to ensure excellent instruction. Partnerships with area hospitals and ambulance services provide outstanding clinical opportunities for students to observe and participate in actual emergency care.
EMT or Paramedic: Which job is right for you?
Emergency Medical Technician
An EMT cares for patients at the scene and while taking patients by ambulance to a hospital. An EMT has the emergency skills to assess a patient's condition and manage respiratory, cardiac, and trauma emergencies. More...
Paramedic
The RCC Paramedicine program is nationally accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMS Professions (CoAEMSP).
Paramedics provide more extensive care than EMTs. In addition to carrying out the procedures that EMTs use, paramedics can start IV’s, give numerous medications, interpret electrocardiograms (ECGs), and use other monitors and complex equipment more...
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