Page 154 - Southwestern Community College Catalog 2019-2020

148
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SCIENCE
PHASE II
Those individuals who have completed all the components of the Phase I requirements are scheduled for a personal interview. Applicants will be noti ed of date and time. After the interview process is complete, the top applicants will be accepted into the program.
PHASE III
Selected applicants will be noti ed by the Admissions Of ce of provisional acceptance to the program. Once an applicant returns the signed Acknowledgment of Acceptance form to the Admissions Of ce, they will be fully accepted into the program. Accepted applicants will receive health forms in their provisional acceptance package. The completed medical forms must indicate that you are capable of meeting the physical requirements for the program. These forms should be sent to the program coordinator by Jan. 5. Failure to complete the health packet may result in relinquishment of full acceptance status.
Notes:
1. The EMS program has a limited enrollment and only admits a class in the spring of
each year. Applications must be completed and supporting documents submitted by Oct. 31 of the year in which the student wishes to enroll in the program. If all slots have not been lled after the above deadline, there may be extensions to the deadline. Please check with the Admissions Of ce about the status of the program.
2. Selected learning experiences (clinical education) will be provided at cooperating emergency medical care providers. Students are responsible for providing their own transportation to these sites.
3. The program requires that students maintain a high level of academic and clinical performance. Failure to meet these standards will prevent normal progression through the program.
4. Applicants are responsible for submitting all the necessary records to the Admissions Of ce.
5. Applications must be updated annually by applicants who were not accepted the previous year.
6. Applicants may take non-EMS, general education and related course work prior to being accepted into the program.
7. All students accepted into the program must successfully obtain EMT-Basic certi cation upon completion of the rst semester. Failure to do so will prevent progression through the program.
8. Students who already hold current EMT or Advanced EMT (state or national) may be eligible for advanced placement credit.
9. Current high school students meeting program requirements may only be accepted into EMS certi cate program.
BRIDGING PROGRAM COURSE WORK
The Emergency Medical Science Bridging program is designed to allow a currently certi- ed, non-degreed EMT paramedic to earn a two-year associate of applied science degree in Emergency Medical Science. Bridging students have attained a Paramedic certi cation through a continuing education certi cate program and passed the North Carolina National Registry, or another state certi cation examination.
2019-20 Catalog