Johnson County Ambulance District Paramedic Program

You must be a EMT basic to enroll.  Students do not have to have previous experience, but it is highly recommended.  Students will be required to meet with the program director prior to the start of class to be sure they are committed to the rigorous program.  Students should plan on the program taking about 14 months. The course requires an EMT Basic exam to evaluate student's knowledge upon entering the program.  Students are expected to complete 400 hours of hospital clinicals and 400 hours of field clinicals during the program, as well as pass the classroom portion of the class.  Our goal is "to prepare competent entry-level Paramedics in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains with or without exit points at the Advanced Emergency Medical Technician and/or Emergency Medical Technician, and/or Emergency Medical Responder levels."  If you are interested, why wait?  Contact us now!

Our Convenient shift-based program allows students to pick which day they come to class each week.  The program is innovative and uses multiple teaching styles to reach out to the student.  Not only do we provide in-person lecture, we also use video-based learning to help students visualize concepts.  When we move to the lab portion of the course, students are able to utilize skills rooms that are designed to mimic their future surroundings.  For example, students can start a call in the nursing home room, move the patient to the mock ambulance, 2 doors down, and then transfer the patient to the ER room.  This hands-on practical application pushes our program ahead of the competition.  The training center also has its own dedicated ambulance so students can practice skills in a moving truck.  Our program includes all costs to graduate.  The only additional fee is when the student goes on to test for practical exam and NREMT exam.  The cost of the program is $8800, which includes A&P.

Clinical experience is required in multiple areas including the Emergency Department, ICU, Labor and Delivery, OR, psych, and pediatrics.  We provide a number of clinical sites throughout the region so students have multiple opportunities to learn in different varieties.  Students should expect to start clinical shifts after about 4-5 months into the program.  Students must start clinicals early and maintain an aggressive approach to complete on-time.  

JCAD's paramedic program requires 400 hours of clinical time, and 400 hours of field time.  In addition, JCAD follows CoAEMSP and NREMT guidelines.  Students are required to meet certain competency levels on individual skills even if they have hit their minimum hours.  Clinical hours and field shifts may be extended based on a need of a certain skill or on the student's ability to function as a competent paramedic.  

The field internship is the education the student receives with an emergency medical services agency.  The field experience hours can be completed towards the end of clinical hours, once a field experience practical has been completed.  This allows the student to complete 60 hours of ambulance time.  Students must then pass a practical examination and have all hospital clinical hours completed to move on to the capstone (team lead section).