EMS

Martin Community College offers Basic Life Support, Heartsaver series, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, and Pediatric Advanced Life Support courses. Certification card prices are listed below.

• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Heartsaver (CPR/AED/First Aid)
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
• Heartsaver (K-12)

Card prices are controlled by the American Heart Association and are subject to change. Course tuition is $70.00. Certification cards are required.

Martin Community College offers instructor courses in Basic Life Support (BLS), Heartsaver series, Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS). Steps to become an AHA Instructor:

1. Become affiliated with a Training Center. Visit the AHA Instructor Network to locate a Training Center near you.
2. Purchase instructor materials for the desired discipline prior to the start date of the class.
3. Register for and successfully complete the discipline-specific online Instructor Essentials course.
4. Be successfully monitored while teaching your first course within 6 months of completing the classroom Instructor Course.

BLS Instructor candidates must take both BLS and Heartsaver Essentials Courses. Essentials Course prices are paid to the AHA and are subject to change. Course tuition is $70.00.

Continuing Education Tuition

Credentialing Program Cost. Due to market price fluctuation, the cost does not include books, lab fee(s), supplies, or uniforms.

Free Waivers available for eligible EMS, Rescue, Fire, Law Enforcement, per NC General Statute and NC Community College Policy (Subject to change)

Successful completion of initial provider courses and refresher courses allows a student to be eligible to take the NC OEMS and the National Registry of EMTs at all levels. Students will have ninety (90) days from their course graded date in the Continuum™ to take the examination.

If the 90-period expires before the candidate’s first testing attempt, he/she must contact the educational institution’s Program Director for approval to test.

Martin Community College maintains an open-door admission policy to all applicants who are legal residents of the US and who are both high school graduates, at least 18 years of age, or an emancipated minor.

For continuing education programs, any adult 18 years of age or older or an individual between the ages of 16 and 18 who has officially withdrawn from high school is eligible to enroll in Continuing Education courses. High school students, 16 or older, are permitted to enroll under the dual enrollment policy with approval from the appropriate school officials.

Safety Exception to Open-Door Admissions: Pursuant to 1D 400.2(e) and (f), Martin Community College will refuse admission to any applicant during the time period prior to being admitted to the College if there is an articulable, imminent, and significant threat to the safety of the applicant and/or another individual. To deny admission based on a safety threat, the College must document detailed facts supporting the rationale. In the documentation:

• The College must be able to articulate the words, phrases, or actions of the applicant that unequivocally poses a threat;
• The words, phrases, or actions of the applicant must pose an imminent threat that is likely to occur at any moment; and
• The words, phrases, or actions of the applicant must provide specification about what indicates that the applicant poses a safety threat.

Emergency Medical Clinician Characteristics. The EMS Clinician Cadet must:

• Be a confident leader who can navigate challenges with a high degree of responsibility
• Have excellent judgment
• Be able to prioritize decisions and act quickly in the best interest of the patient
• Be self-disciplined
• Be able to develop patient rapport and interview hostile patients
• Be able to maintain safety, while recognizing and utilizing communication techniques unique to diverse multicultural groups

Essential Functions and Standards:

• Speech: Establish interpersonal rapport and communicate verbally and in writing with clients, physicians, peers, family members, and the health care team.
• Hearing: Auditory acuity sufficient to respond to verbal instruction, perceive and interpret various equipment signals, use the telephone, and hear faint body sounds.
• Vision: Visual acuity sufficient to identify and distinguish colors, read handwritten orders and other data, and clearly view monitors and equipment.
• Mobility: Stand and/or walk eight to twelve hours daily. Bend, squat, or kneel. Assist in lifting or moving clients of all age groups and weights more than 60 kg. Perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Work in environments that are not climate controlled.
• Manual Dexterity: Demonstrate eye/hand coordination sufficient to manipulate equipment.
• Fine Motor Ability: Ability to use hands for grasping, pushing, pulling, and fine manipulation. Tactile ability sufficient for physical assessment.
• Mentation: Maintain reality orientation for at least a sixteen-hour period. Assimilate and apply knowledge acquired through lectures, discussions, and readings.
• Smell: Olfactory ability sufficient to monitor and assess health needs.
• Writing: Ability to organize thoughts and present them clearly and logically in writing.
• Reading: Ability to read and understand written directions, instructions and comments in both classroom and clinical settings.
• Mathematics: Ability to compute and interpret mathematical data necessary for patient assessment and clinical care.

A 75% refund shall be made upon the request of the student if the student officially withdraws from the class(es) prior to or at the official 10% point of the class(es). Requests for refunds will not be considered after the 10% point.

For classes beginning at times other than at the beginning of the semester, ten calendar days from the first day of the class(es) is the determination date.

The issuance of transfer credit will be decided upon by the EMS Program Director, in conjunction with appropriate MCC faculty and staff within ten (10) business days of receipt of all necessary documents and completion of all examinations.

Transfer Credit for Initial Credential Programs: Transfer credit may be accepted for previously attended initial credentialing courses, at the discretion of the EMS Program Director. Only credits completed through a Regionally Accredited Institution will be evaluated.

• Official transcripts from a Regionally Accredited Institution will be evaluated for transfer credit.
• The Cadet will successfully complete all competency assessment tests.
• Only hours will be transferred. The MCC transcript will not reflect grades awarded at outside institutions.
• No more than 50% of the total didactic hours will be awarded. No more than 75% of the total Clinical Rotation hours will be awarded.

Transfer Credit for Experience and Prior-Learning:

• No credit will be awarded for experience or education obtained greater than 24 months prior to the start date.
• Only official letters of confirmation of experience will be evaluated for credit.
• Three (3) redacted patient care reports, completed by the Cadet, will be submitted from the issuing EMS agency.
• No more than 50% of total didactic hours and no more than 75% of Clinical Rotation hours will be waived.

Recredentialing Request Form — Request to be recredentialed. Recredentialing requests cannot be fulfilled until 90 days prior to your expiration date.  Recredentials can take up to 10 days, to complete review and approval, if your credential expires in less than 10 days, you are not guaranteed renewal and might have to follow NCOEMS Expired Credential Renewal Guidelines.

 Email proof of continuing-education hours to [email protected]

Transcript Release Form — Request your transcript. Continuing-education transcripts are maintained electronically by the college’s Continuing Education Registrar’s office. For questions about your transcript, call (252) 789-0229.

Some programs at Martin Community College lead to a license and/or certification in North Carolina. Beginning July 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Education regulations require disclosures for all programs leading to a license or certification.

• ECU School of Medicine Division of EMS (Program Medical Advisor)

• North Carolina Office of EMS

• Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for EMS Professionals  (CoAEMSP)