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Paramedicine

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Realistic Training

All our EMS programs include hands-on training in realistic scenarios, like when students trained how to transfer a patient on to a helicopter for a Life Flight.

What you'll earn

An innovative and evolving medical profession, Paramedicine has evolved from providing a means of patients transport to a fully integrated emergency medical treatment option. Boost your career beyond EMT certification with an Associate Degree.

Associate Degree

Lane Community College’s Paramedicine Program prepares you to take the Paramedic National Registry Cognitive and Psychomotor exams. After passing the NREMT Exams, you'll be eligible for both a National and Oregon EMT License. After completing your degree, you'll also be awarded Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, and Neonatal Resuscitation Program certifications.

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2 years Full-Time + Summers
$27,200 Total program cost
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WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

  • Patient Interview Skills
  • Practical Hands-On Training
  • Vehicle Extrication & Technical Rope Rescue Skills
  • Emergency Medical & Trauma Assessments and Skills
  • Advanced Airway, Intravenous Access (IV) & Emergency Advanced Cardiac Arrest Skills
  • Advanced Cardiac, Pediatric, Neonatal Assessment, Practical, and Management Skills

AFTER LANE

A paramedic license from Lane Community College opens the doors to many different experience opportunities including: Community First Responders, Paid Emergency and Non Emergency Ambulance Transportation, Rapid Extraction Module Support Teams (REMS), EMS Contract Services, Fire-Based EMS opportunities, and more.

Not sure which is for you? Learn more about the types of degrees & certificates Lane has to offer

Accreditation

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The Paramedicine AAS degree program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) upon the recommendation of the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP).

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Program Outcomes

  • 2022 Graduates
    • NREMT Written - 100%
    • Retention - 92.3%
    • Positive Job Placement - 70.8%
  • 2021 Graduates
    • NREMT Written - 100%
    • Retention - 92.0%
    • Positive Job Placement - 87.0%
  • 2020 Graduates
    • NREMT Written - 100%
    • Retention - 88.9%
    • Positive Job Placement - 92.8%
  • 2019 Graduates
    • NREMT Written - 84.2%
    • Retention - 87.5%
    • Positive Job Placement - 85.7%

Faculty Spotlights

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Kris Siewert

Program Director

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Darrek Mullins

Clinical Coordinator

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Raleigh Taylor

Faculty

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Building 1, Room 102
Lane Community College
4000 E. 30th Avenue
Eugene, OR 97405
M-W, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Th, 10:00 a.m. - 5 p.m.
F, 8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
(541) 463-5678