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The Advanced Emergency Medical Technician program provides individuals with the knowledge, skills and attributes to provide advanced emergency medical care and transportation of critical or emergent patients as part of a comprehensive response, under medical oversight. The AEMT student learns to bridge the gap between EMT and paramedic by gaining knowledge and skills from lectures, demonstrations, near-to-real life skills evaluations, hospital clinicals and field internships. Graduates who successfully complete the 300-hour program are eligible to sit for state and/or national certification examinations. Students will be evaluated on didactic, clinical and affective components. Employment opportunities include emergency medical service (EMS) providers, fire and rescue agencies, hospital specialty areas, industry, and government agencies. Specific training is provided for patient assessment, cardiac monitoring, advanced airway management, pre-hospital pharmacology and trauma care.

For students entering the field of Emergency Medical Services (EMS), successful completion of this program is required to obtain State and National Registry certification as an AEMT. This program also serves as the foundation of training for individuals seeking to advance to the level of Paramedic. After successful completion, AEMT candidates will:

Program Learning Outcomes:

Cognitive Learning

Students must develop a deeper understanding of anatomy and physiology compared to standard EMTs

• Pharmacology Mastery: Understand the mechanisms of action, indications, dosages, and contraindications for specific AEMT-level emergency medications
• Clinical Reasoning: Analyze patient history and distinct scene findings to guide critical pre-hospital decision-making

Psychomotor Learning

Graduates must demonstrate absolute hands-on competency in specific medical interventions

• Advanced Airway Management: Insert supraglottic airways (such as i-gel or King LT devices) and provide mechanical ventilation.
• Vascular Access: Initiate peripheral intravenous (IV) lines and intraosseous (IO) infusions.
• Medication Administration: Safely administer critical medications via IV, IO, intramuscular, and subcutaneous routes.
• Cardiac Support: Utilize advanced cardiac monitoring equipment and perform manual defibrillation during life-threatening arrhythmias.
• Trauma Stabilization: Execute advanced hemorrhaging control, chest needle

Affective Learning

Programs train students to maintain safe and ethical patient care environments

• Team Leadership: Act effectively as a team leader during single-patient emergency responses.
• Therapeutic Communication: Deliver empathetic and compassionate communication to patients, family members, and interdisciplinary hospital teams.
• Legal Ethics: Medical– Adhere strictly to the professional standards, state scopes of practice, and local patient care protocols

Advanced EMT Graduate Outcomes:

CAAHEP Accredited Paramedic Programs and CoAEMSP Letter of Review (LoR) Programs track and report outcome measures annually to the Committee on Accreditation for the Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP). The most current CoAEMSP Annual Report was for the calendar year 2024.

No AEMT data is available for year 2024. Below is the Graduate Outcomes for Paramedic Programs:

• The most recent pass rate for the National Registry of EMT Paramedic/State Cognitive exam was 100%.
• The most recent positive placement rate for graduates was 100%. Positive placement is defined by the CoAEMSP as ‘Employed full or part-time in a related field and/or continuing his/her education and/or serving in the military’. Positive placement is measured at completion of the program.
• The most recent retention rate for 2024 graduates was 84.6%.

Credits, Hours and Prerequisites

Number Contact Hours: 300

Number Class (Lecture) Hours Per Week: 4-6

Number Laboratory Hours Per Week: 4-6

Number Clinical/Work Experience Hours: 96

Prerequisite(s): Current NC EMT Credential or NREMT EMT Credential, High School diploma, GED, advanced degree or successful reading placement test score

Corequisite(s): *Valid driver’s licenses

*Without valid driver license students will not be able to participate in driving portion of class.

For additional information or upcoming class dates, contact Dawn Boone at 704-922-6241 or email questions to Kimberly Parsley