School of EMT | Paramedic

Overview

Paramedics are health professionals whose primary focus is to respond to, assess, and triage emergent, urgent, and nonurgent requests for medical care. They apply the basic and advanced knowledge and skills necessary to determine patient physiological, psychological, and psychosocial needs; administer medications; interpret and use diagnostic findings to implement treatment; provide complex patient care; and facilitate referrals and/or access to a higher level of care when the need of the patient exceeds the capability level of the paramedic. Paramedics often serve as patient care team members in hospitals or other healthcare settings to the full extent of their education, certification, licensure, and credentialing. Paramedics may work in community settings where they take on additional responsibilities monitoring and evaluating the needs of at-risk patients, as well as intervening to mitigate conditions that could lead to poor outcomes. Additionally, they help educate patients and the public in the prevention and/or management of medical, health, psychological, and safety issues.

Paramedics commonly facilitate medical decisions at an emergency scene and during transport. They work in a variety of specialty care settings including, but not limited to, ground and air ambulances, occupational, hospital, and community settings. Academic preparation enables paramedics to use a wide range of pharmacology, airway, and monitoring devices as well as critical thinking skills to make complex judgments, such as the need for transport from a field site, alternate destination decisions, the level of personnel appropriate for transporting a patient, and similar judgments.

The paramedic program duration is four terms that are approximately fourteen weeks in duration that will run consecutively over eighteen months.

The program is sanctioned by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Preparedness, EMS, and Systems of Care as an EMS Education Program Sponsor.

It is the goal of the UPHS Marquette School of Emergency Medical Technology to prepare paramedics who are competent in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains to enter the profession.

Enrollment is now open.

UP Health System – Marquette School of Emergency Medical Technology Application

Applicants who meet the following criteria will be fully considered on an individual basis for admission.

Admissions criteria:

Must be 18 years of age.
Must be an EMT upon admission (Paramedic and CIP Programs ONLY).
Must have a high school diploma or GED certificate—students requiring assistance in attaining this requirement can locate the contact person for Region 1: Adult Education Programs offered through the Michigan Workforce Development Agency here.
Valid, government-issued ID.
Must be capable of meeting the Essential Requirements for the profession of Emergency Medical Services.
You may be asked to complete a personal interview with an admissions committee.
Must have reliable internet and email access throughout the program.
Must provide completed School of EMT forms required for admission and clinical.
Required to submit to a Criminal Background Check based on the applicant’s social security number—with acceptable results—to continue in the program upon receipt of the results by the School of EMT. (Results of a Background Check that are consistent with felony or misdemeanor convictions as identified in MCL 400.701 to 400.737, including 34(b) and 34(c), may result in disqualification for participation in the education program.)
Must submit an approved UPHS Drug Screen at your own expense with acceptable results to continue in the program upon receipt of the results by the School within 30 days of the course start date. You are also required to provide the results of the completed 10-panel UP Health System Drug Screen to the SEMT to be maintained as part of any current student’s active file. (Please call Occupational Medicine at 906.449.1140 to schedule.)
Course participation requires the submission for verification of completion to the SEMT official documentation of the following vaccinations/health examinations (positive titer will be accepted if vaccination records are not available). Any vaccinations that may be required by the student must be initialized before completion of any clinical time. Waivers of any vaccinations will be considered for religious or medical reasons with facility documentation.

Applicant must submit proof of the following to the School of EMT:

Hepatitis B Vaccination
TB Testing
Two completed TB tests or chest x-rays from an approved public health source; provide proof of annual testing for each year enrolled in any EMS Education Program. The student must provide proof of these requirements that will remain current (within one year of the last day of the course).
MMR Vaccination
Varicella Vaccination
COVID Vaccination
SEMT Health Examination Report

Incomplete applications will not be considered.