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[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1538085332653{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}”]The ACC Emergency Medical Services Professions Program offers a one-semester EMT certification (Basic) along with three upper level awards: an Advanced EMT Level 1 Certificate; a Paramedic Level 2 Certificate; and\u00a0an Associate Degree in Applied Sciences in Emergency Medical Services. All curricula combine classroom teaching with a supervised clinical, laboratory and ambulance experience. Emphasis is placed on patient assessment and initial treatment techniques of medical and traumatic emergencies appropriate to the certification or licensure level being sought.[\/vc_column_text][vc_tta_accordion c_icon=”chevron” c_position=”right” active_section=”99″ collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”EMT Basic” tab_id=”emt-basic”][vc_column_text]EMT classes prepare the student for certification as a Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Technician with the\u00a0National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians<\/a>. Once a student successfully completes the requirements for the National Registry, he or she may then become certified by the Texas Department of State Health Services EMS-Trauma System<\/a>\u00a0as an EMT.<\/p>\n EMT classes last one semester and are offered every Fall, Spring, and 11-week Summer semester. The following classes may be taken for college credit. Both classes must be taken concurrently:<\/p>\n Classes are primarily offered in the evenings, usually from 5:30 \u2013 10 p.m. twice a week. In the Summer semester, the class is held three times per week. Consult the current\u00a0credit course schedule<\/a>\u00a0for specifics.<\/p>\n There may be at least two other weekend dates required during the semester to cover state-mandated hours for skills or extrication practice. These dates would be considered class dates and are mandatory.<\/p>\n Mandatory clinicals are a defining part of EMT education. Clinical orientation is scheduled one of the first two Saturdays of the semester, and attendance is mandatory. Clinical schedules are chosen by the student from available dates\/times provided on FISDAP\u00ae, the computerized software used for all ACC-EMSP clinical scheduling. Clinicals may include shifts with area 911 EMS services, hospital emergency departments, hospital labor and delivery wards, and non-emergency ambulance transfer services.<\/p>\n Certification as an EMT-Basic is the entry-level for a career in EMS and is a required certification for admission into the Advanced EMT\/Paramedic programs at ACC. EMS certification is also a requirement for anyone seeking a commission as a firefighter in Texas.<\/p>\n To see the EMT Basic Degree Plan, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Visit the\u00a0EMT Basic Application Process page<\/a>, or view the\u00a0EMSP Program FAQ<\/a> for more information. You may also contact Steven Villavicencio at (512) 223-5918 or svillavi@austincc.edu<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”EMT Advanced\/Paramedic” tab_id=”emt-advanced-paramedic”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n The program enrolls students to begin advanced training each semester. Classes are offered in the daytime only, twice a week. In the summer semester, the class is held three times per week and is only offered in the daytime. Consult the current\u00a0credit course schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n Once accepted into the program, students must continue to make\u00a0satisfactory progress\u00a0in order to maintain enrollment:<\/p>\n In order to move into the subsequent semester, or to receive a course completion, a student must pass each EMSP course with a score of “B” or better. Students not achieving this score will be allowed to repeat the class to make the required grade of “B” or better. Students may only take a course twice. If they are unsuccessful in a second attempt they will be released from the program.<\/p>\n Students will be allowed an automatic readmission for the next offering of a course, if the student has not reached the maximum number of admissions. 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