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.