Emergency Medical Services
Associate in Science Health · Chabot College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Description
The Emergency Medical Services program prepares students to achieve certification and licensure to enter into EMS career paths. Students begin their training by completing EMS1 Emergency Medical Responder. This program includes curriculum necessary to prepare the student to become a Nationally Registered EMT. Students, upon successful completion of the Chabot College EMT training program, including didactic and clinical, will be eligible to sit for the licensing exam with the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT), and successful students will be eligible for licensure as an Emergency Medical Technician in the state of California.
Program Learning Outcomes
Upon the successful completion of this program, students should be able to:
- Competently perform in the entry-level EMT cognitive (knowledge) learning domain with or without exit points at the Emergency Medical Technician and/or Emergency Medical Responder levels.
- Competently perform in the entry-level EMT psychomotor (skills) learning domain with or without exit points at the Emergency Medical Technician and/or Emergency Medical Responder levels.
- Competently perform in the entry-level EMT affective (behavior) learning domain with or without exit points at the Emergency Medical Technician and/or Emergency Medical Responder levels.
- Become a Nationally Registered EMT.
| Course | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| BIOS 15 | Anatomy and Physiology (Active) | 4 |
| EMS 1 | Emergency Medical Responder (Active) | 3 |
| EMS 3 | Emergency Medical Technician Academy (Active) | 9 |
| EMS 8 | Health & Fitness for Emergency Medical Services (Active) | 3 |
| HLTH 51A | Medical Terminology & the Human Body (Active) | 4 |
| BUS 14 | Business Communications (Active) | 3 |
| COMM C1000 | Introduction to Public Speaking (Active) | 3 |
| CSCI 8 | Computer Literacy (Active) | 3 |
| CHEM 31 | Introduction to College Chemistry (Active) | 4 |
| NUTR 1 | Introduction to Nutrition Science (Active) | 3 |
| HLTH 40 | Introduction to Health Professions (Active) | 1.5 |
| HLTH 18 | Introduction to Public Health (Active) | 3 |
| HLTH 1 | Introduction to Personal Health (Active) | 3 |
| FT 7 | Health and Fitness for the Fire Service (Active) | 3 |
| Total | 60 | |
Other Information
Discipline: Law & Public Safety
Program Control Number:
TOP Code: 125000 - Emergency Medical Services
CIP Code: 51.0904 - Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)