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Paramedic Prerequisites

Paramedic: All applicants must hold a current American Heart Association CPR Healthcare Provider card (contact department for details). Based on the applicant's academic performance history, further eligibility requirements are listed below:

  1. Applicants with a high school cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 2.0 or above are eligible for consideration for admission. Those applicants with a high school grade point average less than 2.0 must successfully complete college work for eligibility in the program (see # 3).
     

  2. Those applicants with a General Education Diploma (GED) are eligible for consideration.
     

  3. Applicants who did not earn a CGPA of a least 2.0 (on a 4-point scale) in high school must have completed at least 9 SC of course work chosen from the list of required general education courses for this program from a regionally accredited higher education institution. (Credit earned through completion of a college-level EMT course taken at a regionally accredited institution of higher education may be applied for up to 3 SC of the 9 SC requirement.) Applicants who have completed 9 SC must have earned a grade of ?C? or better in each of the courses in order to transfer that credit and be eligible for consideration for admission. Students who have completed 9 SC or more of college work must submit transcripts of all the courses taken, and earned a CGPA of at least 2.0 to be considered for admission.

College-level course work is encouraged before entry into the Paramedic program. Students accepted into the Paramedic Program begin in August.  Approximately 30% of the paramedic program course work is delivered via the Internet.  Students who do not have a computer with Internet connectivity can use computer laboratories on the UAMS campus. 

All paramedic students are required to have a thorough medical examination by a physician upon acceptance for admission and prior to registration for classes.  Students are required to begin and complete a hepatitis B vaccination series if one has not been completed, or sign a waiver.

Classes begin in August of every year.  Students are not allowed access to the clinical area in Clinical Practicum I until they receive EMT certification.  Clinical practicum is scheduled primarily on Saturdays with some weekday rotations.  The following is a schedule of the required semester credit courses.

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Department of Emergency Medical Sciences
4301 West Markham Street, #635   Little Rock, Arkansas 72205
Phone: (501) 686-5772   E-mail: Department of EMS