Program Requirements
The Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) program use a competitive admission process to select students. Program faculty and the Admissions Office staff designed the process to ensure maximum opportunity for student success in the program. When the number of applicants exceeds the number of seats available in the program, the Admissions selection committee ranks and admits applicants according to their official placement test scores. Students will be admitted based on their score on the TEAS – AH exam. Applicants who are on academic probation or are academically dismissed from the college as of the application deadline will not be considered for admission. The Admissions Office staff admits students during summer semester with the program start in the fall semester. Applicants must submit all required documentation to the Admissions Office by June 1.
**Application Deadline – June 1**
**TEAS-AH Deadline – June 1**
All applicants to the EMT program must attend one EMS Programs Information Session before their application will be considered. Applicants not selected for the program may reapply during subsequent admission intake periods. The college does not maintain a waiting list of people seeking admission to the program. Applicants must submit the following information to the Admissions Office by the application deadline for the semester they are seeking admission to the program:
• Completed and signed application for college admission and a $25 nonrefundable application fee.
• Official high school or GED transcripts and/or official college transcripts from all colleges attended in the past (see General Admission Requirements).
• Attendance at one information session
• Valid TEAS – AH test scores.
• Proof of legal presence in the United States.
• Completed and signed Intent form. Blank forms are available on the EMT/AEMT webpage.
Applicants must attend a mandatory program orientation session.
Failure to attend this session or failure to make alternate arrangements to obtain the necessary information will result in the forfeiture of admission to the program. Prior to the beginning of the program, applicants must have the following current official documents on file with program faculty:
• A signed document acknowledging that the commission of a felony before or during their enrollment in this program may prevent graduates from taking the licensure exam to become emergency medical technicians.
• Students are required to complete drug testing and/or background checks at their own expense prior to participating in internships, practicums, or clinical activities at certain host sites for these activities (see Drug Testing/Background Checks).
• Completed academic honesty form.
• Verification of completion of the online version of New Student Orientation.
Readmission Policy
If students withdraw from the program for any reason, they must follow the steps detailed under Life Sciences Programs Readmission. In addition, students seeking readmission will abide by all policies and procedures in place at the time of their request for readmission.
Residency Policy
Only in the event that the program slots cannot be filled with Georgia residents who meet the minimum admissions criteria can out-of-state students be admitted to the Emergency Medical Technician program.
Competitive Health Program Mandatory Information Sessions
Students interested in the Emergency Medical Technician Program/Advanced Emergency Medical Technician program must attend one Mandatory Information Session. Mandatory Information Sessions for the EMS Programs provide an overview of the roles each level of provider plays in the healthcare systems, the various programs available, educational steps, and the application and program requirements for all programs.
Graduates of the Emergency Medical Technician program will be able to complete the following tasks:
- Perform an EMT level assessment.
- Form a general patient impression.
- Formulate a patient care plan within their scope of practice.
- Implement patient care.
- Transport patients to appropriate medical facilities or higher levels of care while delivering EMT level of care.
- Demonstrate the personal and professional ethics and interpersonal skills that are expected in the workplace.
- Pass the state psychomotor skills exam.
- Pass the National Registry EMT written exam.
Students earning the EMS Professions Diploma or Pre-Hospital EMS Operations TCC are expected to meet the EMT learning outcomes followed by the AEMT learning outcomes after completing the EMT portion.
Graduates of the Advanced Emergency Medical Technician program will be able to complete the following tasks:
- Perform an AEMT level assessment.
- Form a general patient impression.
- Formulate a patient care plan within their scope of practice.
- Implement patient care.
- Transport patients to appropriate medical facilities or higher levels of care while delivering EMT level of care.
- Demonstrate the personal and professional ethics and interpersonal skills that are expected in the workplace.
- Pass the National Registry AEMT written and psychomotor exam.
Students earning the EMS Professions Diploma or Pre-Hospital EMS Operations TCC should have already met the EMT program learning outcomes before entering the AEMT program.
The following technical standards and essential functions outline reasonable expectations of a student in the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) program for the performance of common EMT functions. The EMT student must be able to apply the knowledge and skills necessary to function in a variety of classroom, lab, and/or clinical situations while performing the essential competencies of an EMT. These requirements apply for the purpose of admission and continuation in the program. A general summary of the technical standards is listed below.
Essential Function: Observation
The ability to actively participate in all demonstrations, laboratory exercises, and clinical experiences in the professional program component and to assess and comprehend the condition of patients assigned to him/her for examination, diagnosis, and treatments. Such observations require the ability to see, hear, fell, or even smell cues related to the patient’s condition.
Examples
- Observe skill demonstrations.
- Read small medication labels.
- Assess patients, including color changes, distinguishing location and types of injuries, lung sounds, and odors.
- Observe details about patient environment, including odors, colors, and sounds.
- Read small gauges on oxygen regulators and blood pressure cuffs.
- Listen to and distinguish patient lung sounds, heart tones, and blood pressures using a stethoscope in noisy environments.
Essential Function: Communication
The ability to communicate effectively in English using verbal, non-verbal, and written formats with faculty, other students, patients, families, and other members of the healthcare team.
Examples
- Read patient charts, medication labels, clinical documentation, physician orders, legal forms, and e-mail.
- Produce written communication with faculty or a healthcare team, including physicians, dispatchers, supervisors, patients (via charts, pre-hospital care forms, and/or narratives).
- Communicate verbally with healthcare team members, including physicians, dispatchers, supervisors, patients (in person, via telephone, and/or via two-way radio).
- Communicate effectively with instructors using a variety of methods such as email, voicemail, and messaging.
Essential Function: Motor
Sufficient motor ability and dexterity to execute the movement and skills required for safe and effective care and emergency treatment.
Examples
- Lift and move patients with and without assistance.
- Perform emergency skills such as bandaging, splinting, moving patients, applying oxygen, and administering medications (pills, sprays, auto-injectors).
- Assess patients on and extricate patients from irregular surfaces, stairs, trails, roadways, ditches, vehicles, dwellings, businesses, waterways, etc.
Essential Function: Intellectual
The ability to collect, interpret, and integrate information and make decisions.
Examples
- Combine findings from patient and scene assessment with knowledge of anatomy and physiology to develop or follow treatment plans.
- Solve problems to meet challenges of emergency scenes.
- Recognize changing patient conditions and adapt care to address changing conditions.
- Synthesizing patient treatment plans in the absence of concrete findings or in the presence of contradictory findings.
Essential Function: Behavioral and Social Attributes
Possess the emotional health and stability required for full utilization of the student’s intellectual abilities, the exercise of good judgment, the prompt completion of all academic and patient care responsibilities, and the development of mature, sensitive, and effective relationships with clients and other members of the healthcare team. Possess the ability to tolerate taxing workloads, function effectively under stress, adapt to changing environments, display flexibility, and learn to function in the face of uncertainties inherent in clinical settings with patients. Possess compassion, integrity, concern for others, and motivation. Possess the ability to demonstrate professional behaviors and a strong work ethic.
Examples
- Interact with people (such as patients and their families, bystanders, healthcare team members, and members of the general public) from diverse socioeconomic, ethnic, educational, religious, moral, and cultural backgrounds in a professional and non-judgmental manner.
- Respond to and manage emergency scenes under stressful and time-pressured circumstances.
- Respond to and manage non-emergency situations during an entire shift (up to 48 hours of continuous duty) while maintaining a compassionate, caring, and professional demeanor.
- Interact with people with learning, developmental, psychological, and/or behavioral disorders while maintaining a compassionate, caring, and professional demeanor.
