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Emergency Medical Services

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Program Snapshot
Academic CredentialAssociate in Science (AS)
Total Credit Hours73
Average Time to Complete2 yrs.
Academic PathwayPublic Safety
Related ProgramsEmergency Medical Technician
Related ProgramsParamedic, C.T.
AdvisorLiliana Zamora - NRP, BS
EMS Program Director
850.769.1551 ext. 5623
lzamora@gulfcoast.edu

Senior Administrative AssistantVictoria Byrd
850.769.1551, ext. 5615
vbyrd1@gulfcoast.edu
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Emergency Medical Services, AS (EMSA-AS/EMS-AS)

Communications Area
•+*ENC 1101English Composition I3 credit hours
Humanities Area
  â€¢*³§See General Education Core Requirement 3 credit hours
Mathematics Area
  â€¢+*See General Education Core Requirement
Natural Sciences Area
  â€¢See General Education Core Requirement 3 credit hours
Social Sciences Area
•@POS 2041Amer National Government3 credit hours
  OR
•@AMH 2010United States History I3 credit hours
  OR
•@AMH 2020United States History II3 credit hours
Major Courses
+#*EMS 1761Assistant Teaching in EMS3 credit hours
+#*EMS 1119Emergency Medical Tech5 credit hours
+#*EMS 1335Emergency Vehicle Operator I1 credit hours
+#*EMS 1401EMT Lab5 credit hours
+#*EMS 1555EMS Trauma Management1 credit hours
+#*EMS 2231Paramedic I9 credit hours
+#*EMS 2232Paramedic II8 credit hours
+#*EMS 2233Paramedic III2 credit hours
+#*EMS 2425Paramedic Internship6 credit hours
+#*EMS 2435Paramedic I Lab7 credit hours
+#*EMS 2436Paramedic II Lab7 credit hours
+#*EMS 2553Ped Adv Life Sup1 credit hours
+#*EMS 2934Adv Med Life Suppt1 credit hours
*#EMS 1310EMS Management1 credit hours
+*#EMS 2552Advanced Cardiac Life Support1 credit hours
Total Degree Hours73


Students must have competed the Emergency Medical Technician program before they can be admitted into the Emergency Medical Services degree program.

Additional graduation requirements: Students must have fulfilled the requirement for the chosen major, earned a minimum of 25 percent of the total hours required for the degree in residence at Gulf Coast State College, and be registered as a student at Gulf Coast State College during the semester of graduation.


• General Education Core.
+ Prerequisites and/or corequisites required. See course descriptions.
# Applies to AS degree and certificate programs.
= Career Certificate course.
* Minimum grade of "C" required.
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