This program offers a rewarding and challenging career for those individuals interested in providing emergency medical services to the sick and injured in a prehospital care environment. Primary Care Paramedic (formerly known as Emergency Medical Technician-Ambulance) training utilizes the facilities at NAIT, active treatment hospitals, basic and advanced life support ambulance services and other allied emergency services.
Hands-on, industry-relevant skills
In this certificate program students will learn about providing basic emergency care, including assessment and treatment of patients with a variety of medical disorders and injuries. The student learning environment will consist of lectures, labs, clinical simulations and practicum. Areas of learning will be focused on but are not excluded to:
Students will also be trained in physical and mental health self-care, to ensure they are prepared for a demanding patient care environment.
Practicum will consist of placement with an ambulance service and one week in an acute care hospital emergency department. Students will be expected to work shifts including evenings, nights and weekends, and they may be required to travel outside of Edmonton for their practicum placement.
| Level | Undergraduate Certificate |
| Discipline | Medicine and Health Sciences |
| Duration | 12 months |
| Intakes | Jan, Sep |
| Application Fees | CAD 0 |
| Tuition Fees | CAD 11970 |
| Campus | Main |
| Language proficiency (minimum) | |
| IELTS | 6 |
|---|---|
| TOEFL | 80 |
| PTE | 58 |
| Duolingo | 115 |
| Exam proficiency (minimum) | |
| SAT | Not Required / Waiver |
|---|---|
| ACT | Not Required / Waiver |
| GRE | Not Required / Waiver |
| GMAT | Not Required / Waiver |
Minimum GPA - 50%
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