Training Authority for Paramedic
The Mississippi Vocational-Technical Education Division of the Department of Education, with the cooperation of the Governor's Highway Safety Program, the Mississippi State Department of Health, and the American College of Surgeons-Mississippi Committee on Trauma, and the Mississippi Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, offered the advanced life support training course through the Mississippi Community College System. These guidelines and minimum standards shall be met by all Paramedic Training in the state. The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medical Technology, is authorized by the BEMS to conduct ALS training programs statewide. All advanced life support programs must have the BEMS approval.
Paramedic Curriculum
Paramedic curriculum must conform, at minimum, to the National EMS Scope of Practice developed by the United States Department of Transportation and the 2011 Mississippi Curriculum Framework - Post Secondary Paramedic and all current revisions as approved for use by the BEMS. Minimum hours required for EMT-Paramedic are defined in Chapter 7 (Emergency Medical Technician Advanced Level Support) of the EMS regulations.
Requirements for Entry into the Paramedic Training Programs
Prior to the entrance of any Mississippi Paramedic Training Program, each applicant:
- Must be a Mississippi certified EMT
- Must successfully pass a re-test of EMT skill and knowledge
- Must provide past academic records for review by an admissions committee (may or may not be faculty members).
- Completion of eight semester hours of anatomy and physiology (A&P I, II with Labs) from an accredited post-secondary school. Minimum average of C or higher must be obtained. Human anatomy and physiology may be taken as prerequisite or corequisite courses.
Mississippi Approved Paramedic Programs and Directors
Senatobia
- NW Mississippi Community College
P.O. Box G
Senatobia, MS 38668
Phone: 662‑562‑3361
Fulton
- Itawamba Community College
602 West Hill Street
Fulton, MS 38842
Phone: 662‑620‑5270 ext 425
Clarksdale
- Coahoma Community College
3240 Friars Point Road
Clarksdale, MS 38614
Phone: 662‑621‑4217
Mayhew
- East MS Community College
8731 South Frontage Road
Mayhew, MS 39753
Phone: 662‑243‑2689
Ridgeland
- Holmes Community College (Ridgeland)
412 West Ridgeland
Ridgeland, MS 39157
Phone: 601‑856‑5400
Meridian
- Meridian Community College
910 Highway 19 North
Meridian, MS 39307
Phone: 601‑469‑3287
Jackson
- Hind Community College
1750 Chadwick Drive
Jackson, MS 39204
Phone: 601‑376‑4822 - American Medical Response
600 Melvin Bender Dr
Jackson, MS 39216
Phone: 601‑713‑4340
Ellisville
- Jones County Junior College
900 South Court Street
Ellisville, MS 39437
Phone: 601‑477‑4000
Gulfport
- Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Jefferson Davis Campus
2226 Switzer Road
Gulfport, MS 39507-3894
Phone: 228‑896‑2554
Wesson
- Copiah-Lincoln Community College
1028 JC Redd Dr
Wesson, MS 39191
Phone: 601‑643‑8397
* Data reporting course begin date July 2018 to date via the National Registry of EMTs database "Cognitive Results by Exam Date" report
* No Report means class will not graduate until December 2019.
