Transfer Information: NVCC has a formal articulation agreement for transfer to the B.S. in Health Sciences-Health Care Management at Old Dominion University TELETECHNET.

Prerequisites: Certification as an Emergency Medical Technician-Basic and satisfactory scores on Math and English placement tests.

Students must comply with all General Admission Requirements for Annandale Campus Health Technology Programs. (See page 99.)

Additional Admission Requirements and Information:

First-Year Curriculum Admission Requirements:

For admission to this curriculum, students must be certified as an EMT/B. In order to be certified as an EMT/B in the Commonwealth of Virginia (Section 6:00 of the Rules and Regulations Governing Emergency Medical Services), a student must:

1. Be proficient in reading, writing, and speaking the English language.

2. Be at least 18 years of age or be affiliated with an EMS agency which will attest that the student is a person of mature judgment.

3. Have no physical defect which would render the student unfit to perform all duties required of an EMT as evidenced by satisfactory completion of a medical history form.

4. Have never been convicted of a felony involving a sexual crime.

Second-Year Curriculum Continuation Requirements:

1. Meet all first-year admission requirements.

2. Be certified as an EMT/B for at least one year as evidenced by an EMS agency verification form.

3. Be at least 18 years of age at the beginning of EMT 226.

4. Be affiliated with an EMS agency which provides or is capable of providing advanced life support as evidenced by an EMS agency verification form.

Special Program Completion Requirements:

1. Students who receive an I grade in any of the courses in the EMT sequence must resolve the I before continuing in the EMT sequence.

2. Students must receive a grade of C or higher in the appropriate EMT courses in order to sit for Virginia and/or National Registry certifying examinations.

3. All clinical requirements must be met prior to taking any Virginia and/or National Registry certifying examination. Students also must receive a grade of C or higher in their clinical courses (EMT 190, 225, 235, and 290) to be eligible to take the certifying examinations.

Re-Enrollment: Students who leave the EMT program before being certified must complete the following for reinstatement:

1. In order to meet Virginia Certification requirements, if more than two calendar years lapse between the time the student completes EMT 226 and returns to the EMT program, EMT 226 must be successfully recompleted before enrollment in EMT 231 and EMT 225.

2. In order to meet Virginia certification requirements, if Virginia Cardiac Care Technician certification lapses, the student must retake the entire CCT sequence: EMT 226, EMT 231, and EMT 225.

3. Resubmit current agency verification, health history, evidence of rubella immunity, and negative tuberculin screening.

4. In order to meet the requirements of the National Registry, if a student's paramedic registry lapses, the student must retake the appropriate courses.

Special Accreditation Status: The program is accredited by the Commission on the Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) in cooperation with the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP).

First Year				1st Semester	2nd Semester
	EMT	180	ALS Foundations	4
	EMT	183	ALS Skills I	1
	EMT	186	ALS Clinical Education I	2
	ENG	111	College Composition I	3
	NAS	150	Human Biology	4
	RTH	199	Supervised Study	1
	1 ___		Social Science Elective	3
	EMT	121	Basic Trauma Life Support		1
	EMT	181	ALS Trauma Care		3
	EMT	184	ALS Skills II		2
	EMT	187	ALS Clinical Education II		2
	EMT	215	Principles of Extrication		4
	IST		Elective		1
	MDL	199	Supervised Study		1
	SPD	126	Interpersonal Communications		3
	STD		Elective		1
		Total Credits/Semester		18	18

Second Year				1st Semester	2nd Semester
	EMT	146	Medical Aspects of Hazardous Materials	3
	EMT	182	ALS Medical Care	4
	EMT	185	ALS Skills III	2
	EMT	188	ALS Clinical Education III	3
	EMT	216	Prehospital Physiological Assessment	3
	EMT	251	Advanced Cardiac Life Support
			Provider	1
	2 PED	116	Lifetime Fitness & Wellness	2
	EMT	123	Pediatric Basic Trauma Life Support		1
	EMT	223	Pediatric Advanced Life Support		1
	EMT	280	ALS Speciality Care		2
	EMT	281	ALS Skills IV		2
	EMT	282	ALS Clinical Education IV		3
	EMT	283	ALS Field Internship		6
	1 ___		Social Science Elective		3
		Total Credits/Semester		18	18

Total credits for the A.A.S. Degree in Emergency Medical Services Technology = 72.

To graduate from a degree program, students entering NVCC Fall 1999 or later must demonstrate computer competency skills as described in the Degree Requirements section of the Instructional Programs of this catalog.

¹ The social science elective may be selected from the following: economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, or sociology (includes anthropology).

² The PED requirement may be met by one of the following options: PED 116, 2 cr.; PED 220, 2 cr.; PED 116, 1 cr. plus a PED activities course, 1 cr.; or PED 116, 1 cr. plus RPK 205, 208, 216, or 225. PED 116 is offered as both a 1-credit and a 2-credit course.