Emergency Medical Services
EMS Programs Information
Cuesta's Emergency Medical Services Programs (EMS) trains students for Emergency Medical
Technician (EMT-Basic) certification and for Paramedic licensure. An EMT Refresher
course is also offered in the spring and fall semesters. Students are taught the fundamental
principles and skills required to provide emergency medical care for the sick and
injured at the scene of an emergency and/or during transport to a healthcare facility.
Our training programs prepare students to function as beginning practitioners according
to state and national standards. Hands-on clinical and field internship experiences
are part of the training.
The Emergency Medical Services Department includes the following programs:
| Program | Campus Offered |
Program Length |
Application required? | Pre-Requisites | Applications accepted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Basic
|
San Luis Obispo and North County |
16 weeks (1 semester) |
NO
|
Possession of current Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider CPR card
|
N/A
|
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Refresher
|
Online, with one mandatory meeting (skills testing) on the San Luis Obispo Campus
|
9 weeks
|
NO
|
YES CA EMT certification current within the last 24 months Possession of current Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider CPR card |
Submit California EMT certification, current CPR certification, Student ID #, email and phone number to claire_hawkins@cuesta.edu
|
Paramedic
|
San Luis Obispo |
3 semesters
|
YES
|
YES see Paramedic Program pages on website |
August 1 until seats full for the program starting the following January |
EMS Programs Mission Statement
The mission of the Cuesta College EMS Program is to provide the highest educational
standards for students preparing to become prehospital care providers in a supportive
learning environment. We strive to teach our students the highest quality of prehospital
emergency care, with the expectation that each will practice the same standard of
excellence that we hold for ourselves. We aspire to impart the importance of providing
professional, non-discriminatory care for all people in their time of crisis. Our
goal is to have our graduates enter their public servant careers as competent, ethical,
and confident entry-level health care practitioners who are committed to professional
development through lifelong learning.
Questions?
We are pleased to announce that we now have an Enrollment Success Specialist to help you get started in our program. For information on how to become a student at Cuesta, transferring to or from Cuesta, priority registration status, or the registration process, please contact our Enrollment Success Specialists by email or at 805-546-3140. Once you have a Cuesta student ID, you can make an appointment with an Academic Counselor to evaluate your transcript(s), create a student education plan, and help with course equivalencies and program pre-requisites. You can book an appointment on the counseling website. For other information about our programs, contact the Allied Health Program Specialist, Claire Hawkins at claire_hawkins@cuesta.edu or (805) 592-9283.