Emergency Medical Science – Associate in Applied Science Degree (A45340)

Want to be a paramedic?

If you thrive on helping others, having a variety of workplace experiences, and think an ambulance is an ideal workplace, consider a career as a Paramedic. It’s challenging, fast-paced, and rewarding. It also offers an excellent wage and the opportunity to advance within the healthcare industry. Students will gain complex knowledge, competency, and experience while employing evidence-based practice under medical oversight.

Your first semester of training focuses on earning your Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) credentials before moving on to the final four semesters of the degree program. Through a mix of classroom and practical training, you will learn to access patients, treat wounds, splint traumatic injuries, provide intravenous (IV) therapy, administer medication, electrical therapy, and more. Students currently holding a valid EMT or Advanced EMT credential can get credit for certain EMS college courses.

Graduates of this program may be eligible to take state and/or national certification examinations. Employment opportunities include emergency medical services, fire departments, rescue agencies, hospital specialty areas, industry, educational, and government agencies.

Get started

If this sounds like you, we invite you to learn more about earning an Associate Degree in Applied Science and begin working as a Paramedic in as little as five semesters at BCC. Review the curriculum outline below, apply today or contact us to learn more. Note: If you’re already a Paramedic with current credentials but haven’t yet earned your degree, consider our Emergency Medical Science Degree Bridge Option. The EMS Bridge option can earn you up to 48 credit hours towards your EMS degree.

Brunswick Community College’s Emergency Medical Science program is approved by the North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical Services.

Minimum Expectations goal statement:
To prepare Paramedics who are competent in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains to enter the profession.