Emergency Medical Services, A.A.S.

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JJC Program Code: FS175

ICCB Program Code: NSCI 0035

Emergency medical services (EMS) have undergone a significant change in recent years, with pre-hospital providers now fully accepted as members of the larger healthcare community. In more than half of the US, 911 emergency response is handled by crosstrained firefighter/paramedics and firefighter/EMT's. With this shift, the demand in northeast Illinois for educated EMS personnel has grown significantly. In many local communities, medical responses make up 85% or more of a fire department's total yearly call volume.

The EMS program is designed to prepare individuals for the medical demands of the modern fire service, as well as for opportunities with non-emergency ambulance agencies, hospital emergency departments, physician's offices, clinics, industrial sites, and trauma nursing. For registration information, contact the EMS coordinator at (815) 280-2356.

Completion Guide

For advisor information and a sample schedule by semester, view our completion guide.

General Education Requirements: 19 Semester Hours

BIO 125 - Human Biology or higher level IAI biology lab course
COMM 101 - Principles of Communication
ENG 101 - Rhetoric I
MATH 127 - Mathematics for General Education or higher level MATH course.
PSYC 101 - General Psychology
PHIL 103 - Introduction to Ethics

Major Core Requirements: 40.5 Semester Hours

Major Core Electives: 12 Semester Hours

Select from the following (please note that for most students, EMS 101 serves as a required pre-requisite to EMS 200. See faculty advisor for details):

Total Required Hours: 71.5 Semester Hours

Includes Online Courses

This program includes the option for distance education courses (online and/or hybrid).