Welcome to the Paramedic Program at SCC
(Emergency Medical Technician - Paramedic)
Note: SCC will not enroll Emergency Medical Technician - Paramedic
program students in 2011-2012 or 2012-2013. The Emergency Medical Technician - Basic class
will be offered as usual.
» Follow this link for EMT - Basic class information.
The paramedic program at Spokane Community College is a 1,500 hour (plus) program conducted over four college quarters.
The program consist of didactic (lecture), laboratory sessions, clinical rotations, and a field internship.
The program meets or exceeds the requirements set by the United States Department of Transportation, National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration and Washington State Department of Health for Emergency Medical Technician - Paramedic
education.
The program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied
Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) through the
Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for EMS
Professionals (CoAEMSP).
Completion of the program leads either to an Associates of Arts and Sciences (AAS) in Paramedicine or a Certificate
in Paramedicine, both making the successful candidate eligible to test and certify with the National Registry of
Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT), the Washington State Department of Health, and other state agencies that support
NREMT standards.
Participants who successfully complete the program and pass the certification exams for the NREMT and/or their state
equivalent may go on to practice at the paramedic level with fire departments, private ambulance services, emergency
departments, and other various clinical settings where advanced emergency care is required.
For additional details on the paramedic program at Spokane Community College, please see the sections to your left.
If you have additional questions or comments regarding the program, please contact Richard Harless, Program Director, at
RHarless@scc.spokane.edu or (509) 533-8004.
Persons with Disabilities
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, accommodations for
students with disabilities will be considered at the student's request. The student will be required to register
with the Disability Support Services office and provide documentation of disability. Once the student is qualified
by the DSS Manager as having a disability, requested accommodations will be considered. Accommodations for the
classroom, laboratory, or clinical setting will be considered according to reasonableness. Accommodations that
compromise patient care, or that fundamentally alter the nature of the program or activity, are not considered
to be reasonable. A student denied accommodation may request an individualized determination to assure that the
denial is not a result of disability discrimination by contacting the Manager of Disability Support Services and
Testing at 533-7498. Contact the SCC Disability Support Services office to obtain a copy of the procedures for
appeal of an accommodation denial. Other than accommodation issues, procedures for student grievances including academic
dismissal are outlined in the following SCC website:
www.scc.spokane.edu/?concerns.
For additional information, please contact Disability Support Services.