Emergency Medical Services
What is EMS?
Emergency medical services, also known as ambulance services or paramedic services, are emergency services that provide urgent pre-hospital treatment and stabilisation for serious illness and injuries and transport to definitive care.
The Yavapai College Basic EMT Certification is now available for financial aid.
Applicant Information for the January 2023 Paramedic Class
The YC EMS Department per Governor Ducey's order does not require a COVID-19 vaccine to apply to or attend the paramedic program.
Paramedic Program Application - pdf
Paramedic Program Goals: To prepare competent entry-level Paramedics in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains with or without exit points at the Advanced Emergency Medical Technician and/or Emergency Medical Technician, and/or Emergency Medical Responder levels.
Program Resource
Program Accreditation
The Yavapai College 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).
- Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
- 727-210-2350
- www.caahep.org
- To contact CoAEMSP:
- 214-703-8445
- www.coaemsp.org
To contact the Emergency Medical Services Department
- ems@yc.edu
- (928) 776-2288
QUESTIONS? GET ANSWERS.
ycadmission@yc.edu
(928) 717-7777
Degrees
Paramedicine - Associates of Applied Science
- SEMESTERS: 4
- CREDITS: 62
- LOCATIONS:
- Prescott
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Certificates
- SEMESTERS: 4
- CREDITS: 43
- LOCATIONS:
- Prescott
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Short Term Certificates
- SEMESTERS: 1
- CREDITS:
- LOCATIONS:
- Prescott, Verde Valley
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Basic certificate provides fundamental knowledge and emergency medical procedures and techniques. Yavapai College offers students entry-level emergency response training with its EMT-Basic program. It prepares the student to become an EMT through relevant coursework and extensive hands-on practical training, clinical work, and instructors who have years of experience and know what is needed to succeed. Successful completion of this program will prepare the students for the required Arizona and National Registry EMT exams. Our EMT students have excellent pass rates on the National Registry Exam.
Accreditation: This program is accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP), and is approved by the Arizona Department of Health Services, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services toward certification as an EMT in the both the state of Arizona and in the USA.
The Yavapai College Basic EMT Certification is now available for financial aid.
Additional Program Information
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