Paramedic Care
This program trains students to intervene in all situations and provide people with primary, medical, trauma, behavioural or multiple forms of care to prevent deterioration of their condition and then to transport them promptly to appropriate receiving centres.
About the program
Program objectives
This program trains individuals to become ambulance technicians.
Paramedics intervene with people of all ages and conditions who provide pre-hospital emergency care with a view to reducing morbidity and mortality. Their interventions consist of providing primary care of a medical, traumatic, or behavioural nature (often in combination). This care includes medical acts identified in the regulations on professional activities that may be performed as part of prehospital emergency care. Ambulance technicians are also qualified to respond to other situations such as disasters, fires, floods, incidents involving antisocial behaviour or other specific situations.
Within the framework of their interventions, ambulance technicians evaluate the clinical condition of patients and determine the action required to prevent the deterioration of the condition. As required, patients are then transported to the appropriate receiving centre. As members of a team, ambulance technicians must have excellent communication skills, good judgment, initiative, empathy, composure, as well as the ability to react quickly and appropriately to various situations.
Note that the profession is currently reviewing the level of care that ambulance technicians are expected to provide, which will ultimately result in added responsibilities over the next few years. They will be required to provide increased evaluations of patients’ clinical condition and an increased level of care. Ambulance technicians will also become a more integral part of the Quebec health care network.
In order to meet these new requirements, ambulance technicians must demonstrate appropriate clinical judgment based on problem-solving skills and critical thinking. They must also develop a systemic view of patients’ clinical condition and demonstrate intellectual skills related to physiopathology, immunology and pharmacology.
This program trains individuals to become ambulance technicians.
Paramedics intervene with people of all ages and conditions who provide pre-hospital emergency care with a view to reducing morbidity and mortality. Their interventions consist of providing primary care of a medical, traumatic, or behavioural nature (often in combination). This care includes medical acts identified in the regulations on professional activities that may be performed as part of prehospital emergency care. Ambulance technicians are also qualified to respond to other situations such as disasters, fires, floods, incidents involving antisocial behaviour or other specific situations.
Within the framework of their interventions, ambulance technicians evaluate the clinical condition of patients and determine the action required to prevent the deterioration of the condition. As required, patients are then transported to the appropriate receiving centre. As members of a team, ambulance technicians must have excellent communication skills, good judgment, initiative, empathy, composure, as well as the ability to react quickly and appropriately to various situations.
Note that the profession is currently reviewing the level of care that ambulance technicians are expected to provide, which will ultimately result in added responsibilities over the next few years. They will be required to provide increased evaluations of patients’ clinical condition and an increased level of care. Ambulance technicians will also become a more integral part of the Quebec health care network.
In order to meet these new requirements, ambulance technicians must demonstrate appropriate clinical judgment based on problem-solving skills and critical thinking. They must also develop a systemic view of patients’ clinical condition and demonstrate intellectual skills related to physiopathology, immunology and pharmacology.
Condition of admission
Before applying to a program leading to a Diploma of College Studies (DCS), applicants who studied in Québec must meet the following three requirements:
The applicant must have a Secondary School Diploma and be in one of the following situations:
The applicant has a Secondary School Diploma (SSD)*
NOTE: a SSD holder that has not passed the following courses may be required to complete remedial courses:
Secondary 5 Language of Instruction
Secondary 5 Second Language
Secondary 4 Mathematics
Secondary 4 Science and Technology or Secondary 4 Applied Science and Technology or Secondary 4 Physical Science
Secondary 4 History and Citizenship Education or Secondary 4 History of Quebec and Canada
The applicant holds a Diploma of Vocational Studies (DVS) and has successfully completed the following subjects*:
Secondary 5 Language of Instruction
Secondary 5 Second Language
Secondary 4 Mathematics
The applicant has training deemed equivalent by the College.
The applicant has training and experience deemed sufficient by the College and has interrupted full time studies for at least 24 months.
The applicant satisfies, if applicable, the special conditions for admission established by the Minister which specify the program prerequisites*.
The applicant satisfies, if applicable, any special conditions for admission established by the College for each of its programs.
*If the applicant is enrolled in school and completing his or her secondary studies at the time of application, the grades sent by the school must demonstrate that the applicant is passing in all the courses required to complete the SSD and required to fulfill the admission requirements.
The applicant must have a Secondary School Diploma and be in one of the following situations:
The applicant has a Secondary School Diploma (SSD)*
NOTE: a SSD holder that has not passed the following courses may be required to complete remedial courses:
Secondary 5 Language of Instruction
Secondary 5 Second Language
Secondary 4 Mathematics
Secondary 4 Science and Technology or Secondary 4 Applied Science and Technology or Secondary 4 Physical Science
Secondary 4 History and Citizenship Education or Secondary 4 History of Quebec and Canada
The applicant holds a Diploma of Vocational Studies (DVS) and has successfully completed the following subjects*:
Secondary 5 Language of Instruction
Secondary 5 Second Language
Secondary 4 Mathematics
The applicant has training deemed equivalent by the College.
The applicant has training and experience deemed sufficient by the College and has interrupted full time studies for at least 24 months.
The applicant satisfies, if applicable, the special conditions for admission established by the Minister which specify the program prerequisites*.
The applicant satisfies, if applicable, any special conditions for admission established by the College for each of its programs.
*If the applicant is enrolled in school and completing his or her secondary studies at the time of application, the grades sent by the school must demonstrate that the applicant is passing in all the courses required to complete the SSD and required to fulfill the admission requirements.
Available in 10 institutions
3 years
Technical Program