Paramedic Snapshot
The Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic program prepares individuals to use critical thinking skills to provide medical treatment for patients with illness or injury-related disease.
Good things to know about Paramedics:
- Working in this field treats patients in various settings, usually in instances of emergencies, pre-hospital.
- What are some skills and abilities you will need?
- Advanced medical and surgical skills
- Comfort in highly stressful and emergency situations
- Excellent communication skills
- Will need good physical health and emotional stability to work under pressure
- Comfortable standing and walking for most of the day
- The DMACC EMS graduates have one of the highest pass rates on the NREMT national certification exam in the State of Iowa.