CCAC Offers New Paramedic Degree Program

Students interested in becoming paramedics will be able to do so this fall at the Community College of Allegheny County.

CCAC is offering a new paramedic program with both certificate and degree options beginning Aug. 19 for the fall 2013 semester.

The program, which has received initial accreditation, will be offered at the CCAC–Boyce campus in Monroeville.

The paramedic program will provide a state-of-the-art science laboratory with equipment for instruction and student hands-on learning. Instruction equipment will include a new, fully-equipped ambulance, simulated interactive human-body models and all of the equipment that paramedics commonly use in the field.

The lab equipment was made possible through benefactors such as the Richard King Mellon Foundation, according to a news release.

According to as CCAC, the college is the only institution in Allegheny County offering a paramedic associate of science degree program, one of 25 credit Allied Health programs the college offers.

Students who complete the program can obtain employment within fire, police and rescue squad departments, private ambulance service companies, hospitals and helicopter emergency transport services.

Anyone interested in enrolling or obtaining more information should call 724-325-6614 or click here. 

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