Paramedic

Steps for the application process for Paramedic AAS:
• NextGen Reading score of 250 or higher, or equivalent test score or Associate’s or Bachelors degree
• State of MN (or current residence) EMT certificate
• Current CPR card: AHA BLS Provider, American Red Cross Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers, or Current First Responders Card
• Medical Terminology or equivalent
• BIOL 1106 or BIOL 2100 A&P 1 or equivalent

Some courses may require appropriate test score or completion of basic math, basic English and/or reading courses with a “C” or better.
• EMED 1610 Pharmacology for Paramedics- Prerequisite is MATH 0801- with a grade of “C” or better, or appropriate test score.

"To prepare competent entry-level Paramedics in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains with or without exit points at the Advanced Emergency Medical Technician and/or Emergency Medical Technician, and/or Emergency Medical Responder levels."-Required by Committee on Accreditation of Emergency Medical Programs (CoA)

Minnesota Law requires that any person who provides services that involve direct contact with patients and/or residents at a health care facility licensed by the Minnesota Department of Health; have a background study conducted by the state. An individual who is disqualified from having direct patient contact as a result of the background study, and whose disqualification is not set aside by the Commissioner of Health, will not be permitted to participate at a clinical site. The student has the right to request reconsideration of the disqualification. For consideration to continue in the program the student must request reconsideration and provide a copy of such request. The student is responsible for requesting the commissioner to reconsider the disqualification.

Students must have a C or better in all Paramedic (EMED) course in the program plan and a C or better in Anatomy and Physiology I and II and must have an overall GPA of 2.0.

The Paramedic program has an articulated partnership with Metropolitan State University for a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Health Systems Studies. 

To see how this may transfer into other Anoka Technical College programs or into another college, please visit:

• Minnesota Transfer or
• Anoka Technical College transfer student  

The paramedic profession is an emerging, rapidly changing profession. Paramedics work in ambulances (in populated areas) and are also working in hospitals, urgent care centers, and other areas of health care. As with other healthcare professions, the future need is great. The paramedic profession continues to evolve.

Minnesota does not participate in the EMS Personnel Licensure Interstate CompACT so at this time we are unable to determine if our programs education requirements meet the licensure requirements in any state besides Minnesota. While  our EMT/EMS/Paramedics programs lead to national certification with the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians which is a requirement in most states, there are additional requirements in each state and, therefore, we are unable to determine if our program will meet those additional requirements without additional research: https://www.nremt.org/rwd/public/states/state-ems-agencies

Wage information is available from the Minnesota Department of Education and the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development.