All students must meet certain minimum conditions to be accepted into the advanced EMS training.
- Must hold current Texas EMT-Basic certification
- Or proof of current enrollment in an EMT-Basic class
- Or eligible for National Registry Exam
- Students must be 18 years old prior to the first day of class - no exceptions
- Students must show proof of immunizations
- Students must be recently certified in CPR through an American Heart Association class at a healthcare provider level
- Students must pass a criminal background check
- Students must show proof of competency exams outlined in the Intermediate-Paramedic Requirements
Once a student is accepted into the program, to maintain this status with the program the student must do the following:
- Each unit exam in EMSP classes must be passed
- Students have a total of two retests in each class that may be used in order to pass these exams. Any course or program final exam may only be retested once.
- Certain skills exams in EMSP classes must be passed
- Students may have up to two attempts to pass specific skills. Only one of these skills in each class may be retested a second time. The list of mandatory pass skills is provided for each course at the beginning of the semester.
- Skills include all psychomotor skills as well as other pass/fail competency checks (such as math competency)
- Students must abide by all college and departmental policies including (but not limited to)
- Dress code
- Attendance (classroom and clinical)
- Paperwork/documentation
- Students must adhere to strict attendance rules
- Students may not miss more than 10 percent of total classroom clock hours
- Students must attend all assigned clinicals
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A student will be required to withdraw from the EMSP program for violation of these requirements
- For a complete description of the program policies, please consult the current EMSP Advanced Program Handbook
All departmental policies are contained in the appropriate program handbooks