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.

Students must comply with all General Admission Requirements for Annandale Campus Health Technology Programs. (See page 86.)

Additional Admission Requirements and Information:

First-Year Curriculum Admission Requirements:

For program placement, 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 Joint Review Committee on Education Programs for EMT/Paramedic.

				Credits
First Year				1st Semester	2nd Semester
	EMT	106	Basic Emergency Med. Tech.	6
	EMT	190	Coordinated Practice	1
	ENG	111	College Composition I	3
	NAS	150	Human Biology	4
	SPD	110	Intro. to Speech Communication or
		SPD	126 Interpersonal Communication	3
	STD		Elective	1
	EMT	146	Med. Aspects of Hazardous Materials		3
	EMT	215	Principles of Extrication		4
	EMT		Electives		4
	HLT	141	Intro to Medical Terminology		2
	HLT	250	General Pharmacology		3
	1 PED	116	Lifetime Fitness & Wellness		1
	1 PED	/RPK			1
		Total Credits/Semester		18	18

				Credits
Second Year				1st Semester	2nd Semester
	EMT	216	Pre-Hospital Phys. Assessment	3
	EMT	225	Clin. Exper./Cardiac Care Tech.	3
	EMT	226	Dysrhythmia Recognition/Mgt.	3
	EMT	231	Paramedic Procedures I	5
	2 ___		Social Science Elective	3
	EMT	232	Paramedic Procedures II		6
	EMT	235	Clin. Exper./Paramedic		4
	EMT	290	Coordinated Practice		3
	EMT	298	Seminar and Project		1
	IST		Elective		1
	2 ___		Social Science Elective		3
		Total Credits/Semester		17	18

Total credits for the A.A.S. Degree in Emergency Medical Services Technology = 71.

¹ 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, 207, 208, 216, or 225. PED 116 is offered as both a 1-credit and a 2-credit course.

² The social science elective may be selected from the following: economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, or sociology (includes anthropology).