Location(s): General Education Courses are offered at all BC locations. Program specific courses for this program are offered at the A. Hugh Adams Central Campus and North Campus.
Program Entrance Requirements: The Associate of Science in Emergency Medical Services is a limited access program. Admission to the college does not guarantee admission into the program. Students are required to complete a supplemental application and meet specific criteria. There are a limited number of students admitted into the program each year. Please refer to the Health Science Admissions information posted online.

Program Description

The Emergency Medical Services program contains three milestones to meet the needs of the community. The Applied Technology Diploma for the EMT (milestone 1) and the Technical Certificate for the Paramedic (milestone 2) are included in the Associate in Science Degree in Emergency Medical Services (milestone 3). Satisfactory completion of the EMT Applied Technology Diploma program (milestone 1) will enable the student to take the Florida State EMT Examination and the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians EMT Examination. Satisfactory completion of the advanced courses in the Paramedic Technical Certificate Program will enable students to take the Florida State Paramedic and National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians Paramedic Examination.

Additional Program Information

Students spend time in the classroom, the EMS lab, in local area hospitals, and on fire-rescue or on Advanced Life Support ambulances to gain the range of didactic, psychomotor, and affective knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to function as entry-level paramedics. All classes in a semester must be successfully-completed with a “C” or better to move to the next semester in the sequence. All paramedic-level EMS-prefix classes must be taken at Broward College.

The Emergency Medical Services Paramedic Program is 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 Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP).

Technical Certificates represents a subset of specific Health Science courses within degree programs and are not awarded to students as a stand-alone certificate for employment purposes.

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Other General Education courses may be allowable as these are recommended courses, speak with your advisor for more information.

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This course may not be offered every semester, check with the EMS department for availability. Students who complete the Associate of Science in EMS are considered to have met the college’s Digital Literacy requirement. A grade of “C” or higher is required for all courses.

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Spring 2023, EMS2632L will increase to 2.00 credits and EMS2651 will decrease to 1.00

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Summer 2023, EMS2634L will increase to 2.00 credits and EMS2652 will decrease to 1.00

Notes:

 Students earn points by the successful completion of the select courses listed above, see Health Science Admission Criteria for additional details.

See General Education course information here.

In accordance with Florida Statute and Florida Administrative Code, students may need to satisfy the Civic Literacy Graduation Requirement. Visit the Civic Literacy Graduation Requirement page at broward.edu/civic-literacy.

Students are strongly encouraged to meet with an advisor to create a personalized educational plan.

Program Highlights

Credit for Prior Learning

Accelerate your path to completion with these options:

• Credit by exam
• Earned industry certifications
• Prior Learning Assessment
• And much more…

Related Industry Certifications

Upon completing this program, graduates will be eligible to sit for the following industry certifications/licenses: N/A

Get an Internship

After completing your first year of coursework make sure to visit Career Services for internship opportunities and helpful tools like virtual job shadow, to help take your career to the next level!

• Get an Internship
• Virtual Job Shadow Tool

Median Wage and Job Growth Outlook

Broward College has Career Coach! It is designed to help you find a good career by providing the most current local data on wages, employment, job postings, and associated education and training.

Fund Your Education

This program is Financial Aid eligible. Scholarships may be available.

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates from this program will:

• Demonstrate proficiency of entry-level paramedic skills.
• Demonstrate proficiency with professionalism in terms of service, clinical outcomes, and safety.
• Perform patient assessment use appropriate clinical judgement.
• Demonstrate proficiency with communicating with patients, coworkers, and instructors efficiently and professionally which will help students attain and maintain employment.
• Competently communicate with clarity to a group of his / her peers.
• Demonstrate team-building skills.