Program description
Emergency Medical Technology
The goal of our program is to prepare competent entry level Paramedics in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains with or without exit points at the EMT-Intermediate, and/or EMT-Basic and/or First Responder Level.
The College of Lake County’s three (3) Paramedic programs: North Lake County EMS Program at Vista Health, the NorthShore Highland Park Hospital EMS program, and Advocate Health System Condell Medical Center (CMC) EMS program are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs. This comes upon the recommendation of the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMPS).
Admission requirements
To qualify for unconditional admission to these programs, students must provide evidence that they have attained a certain level of knowledge in the arts and sciences through previous learning.
Evidence may be provided by observing the following procedures:
- Successfully complete the admission requirements.
- Submit either a high school transcript or a student profile report from the American College Testing (ACT) Program
International Students test scores required for placement in college level classes:
For the College’s academic college-level programs, students must verify their language proficiency by:
- a minimum score of 153 on the Language Skills section of the College of Lake County Academic Proficiency Test
- a minimum TOEFL score of 527 on the Paper Based Test, 197 on the Computer Based Test, 71 on the Internet Based Test
- ELI Accuplacer score of 320 or higher
- 6.0 – Academic Format – on the IELTS
- ELS Language Centers, Completing Level 112
For more information about admission requirements, please visit the website.
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First Semester
- Emergency Medical Technician-Basic
- Technical Composition I
- English Composition I
- Medical Terminology
- Medical Terminology
- Pharmacology
- CMM Elective
Second Semester
- Human Form and Function
- Anatomy and Physiology I
- Anatomy and Physiology II
- Cultural Anthropology
- Cross-Cultural Relationships
- Introduction to Psychology or Social Science Elective
- Critical Thinking
Third Semester
- Paramedic Clinical Practicum
- Paramedic Field Experience Practicum
- Introduction to Advanced Pre-hospital Care
- Patient Assessment
Fourth Semester
- Medical Emergencies
- Trauma Emergencies
- Special Considerations and Operations
Fifth Semester
- Applied Mathematics I
- MTH Elective
- Electives
Scholarships & funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the website for more information.
Tuition fees
Tuition Fees for Spring 2021 (per credit hour):
- In-district: $125.00
- Out-of-district: $322.00
- Out-of-state and international residents: $436.00
For more information about tuition fees, please visit the website.
Qualification
This program offers an Associate in Applied Science degree and two certificate options to prepare graduates for careers providing emergency medical care. All EMT courses are held at area hospitals or fire and rescue departments. General education course requirements for the degree are offered at CLC locations.
Career opportunities
- Emergency Medical
- Technician (EMT)
- Paramedic
- Firefighter/EMT
- Firefighter/Paramedic
- EMT/Dispatcher
- Fire Fighter First Responder
- Flight Paramedic
- MultiCare Technician
- Paramedic Supervisor
- Patient Technician
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About this institute
College of Lake County
The College of Lake County (CLC) is a comprehensive community college committed to equitable high-quality education, cultural enrichment and partnerships to advance the diverse communities it serves. CLC is located in Grayslake, Illinois, 45 minutes northwest of Chicago, Illinois. There...
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