Program Details

Crafton Hills Paramedic Program offers three programs per year. One program begins in January during the spring semester, an accelerated program begins during summer semester, and another begins in August during the Fall semester. The program is broken down into three keys sections for optimal success.

1. Didactic (Approx. 460 hours)

During this portion of the program, learning occurs through lectures, interactive presentations, skills labs, and simulations. The January program schedule mirrors a fire department 48/96 schedule and days of the week are arranged to follow a "shift schedule" from approximately 9 a.m. to 6 p.m and meet over a 16 week period. Classes in the August program are held Tuesday through Thursday from approximately 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and meet over a 16 week period.

2. Clinic

Upon completion of the didactic phase of paramedic training, the paramedic intern is required to complete a clinical internship. This phase of training provides the paramedic intern the opportunity to practice and refine assessment and technical skills. Clinical preceptors can have a significant impact on the learning experience the intern has during this phase of training. They are the interns primary resource. They reinforce the intern’s didactic knowledge and technical skills and they evaluate performance.

The paramedic intern attends seventeen clinical shifts in the Burn Unit, Operating Room, Labor and Delivery, Pediatric Emergency Department, and Emergency Department.

3. Field

The field internship will offer the student the opportunity to perform many or all of the skills explored in the didactic and clinical portions of the program.  The environment will change from the controlled to the uncontrolled and will afford the student the environment to “put it all together”. We have contracts with various fire department and transport agencies in Riverside and San Bernardino County. We take great time and consideration when matching preceptors and students to assure the best learning environment for each individual student.

Each intern is provided with a zero (0) shift in order to allow the preceptor and the intern time to become acquainted and for the preceptors to outline their expectations. Field internships typically last between 600-720 hours. 

CAAHEP Standard II.C. Minimum Expectations
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.

 

Program Outcomes

Year	Accepted	Retention	Left the   program	NREMT Cognitive Exam Pass Rates	NREMT Psychomotor Exam Pass Rates	Job   Placement   Rates
2018	41	36	5*	100%	100%	100%
2019	46	46	1*	100%	100%	97.8%
2020	43	36/88.4%	7*	97.4%	100%	94.7%
2021	42	34/81%	8*	97.1%	100%	100%
2022	53	41/77.4%	12*	90.2%	100%	100%

*Majority of students that left the program were due to job opportunities/personal advancements.*