Paramedic Course Information

Prerequisites:

  • HS Diploma, GED, or certificate of higher learning
  • Current Michigan EMT license or NREMT certification
  • Current AHA BLS for Healthcare Provider
  • Clear background check and 10 panel drug screening
  • Passing score on pre-test

Occupational Risks to Emergency Medical Services (EMS) professionals:

EMS workers face many potential job hazards including but not limited to:

  • Injury from lifting patients and equipment
  • Exposure to infectious diseases
  • Handling hazardous chemical and body substances
  • Vehicle collisions
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from exposure to traumatic events
  • Violence/assaults
  • Verbal threats/aggression
  • Sprains and strains
  • Hyper/hypothermia

Program Goals:

To prepare Paramedics who are competent in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains to enter the profession. 

Course Offerings:

Through interactive lectures, weekly discussion boards, online assignments and a weekly in-person lab, this 15 month guided, self- study course prepares the student to deliver emergency care to acutely ill and injured patients. The program includes an anatomy and physiology component and will focus on a deeper understanding of assessment and history taking, pharmacology including the mechanism of action, metabolism, and excretion of medications, electrophysiology of the heart, complicated and uncomplicated delivery of newborns, assessment, treatment of traumatic injuries, and other topics. ACLS and PALS certification are offered during the course.

Didactic/Lab= 662 hours

Clinical/Field Experience= 250 hours

Capstone Field Internship= 250 hours

This 15 month instructor guided didactic course prepares the student to deliver emergency care to acutely ill and injured patients. The program includes an anatomy and physiology component and will focus on a deeper understanding of assessment and history taking, pharmacology including the mechanism of action, metabolism, and excretion of medications, electrophysiology of the heart, complicated and uncomplicated delivery of newborns, assessment, treatment of traumatic injuries, and other topics. ACLS and PALS certification are offered during the course.

Didactic/Lab= 654 hours

Clinical/Field Experience= 250 hours

Capstone Field Internship= 250 hours

Upcoming Paramedic Classes

 

Please click on the link and complete the required information to be connected with our Admission’s Coordinator. LSTI is affiliated with Superior Ambulance Service of Michigan, Inc.

 

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Tuition and Fees

Tuition: $9995.00

  • 1st half due by orientation
  • 2nd half is due by midterm

Tuition includes ebook, software system(s), uniform shirt, and a voucher for the 1st attempt at the NREMT Paramedic exam.

  • FREE tuition and stipend payments are available for Superior Ambulance Service employees in exchange for a 2 year contract. Contact us to see how you can become an employee today!
  • GI Bill funds are accepted
  • Financial aid is not available
Click here for the tuition and fees refund policy before registering!

Accreditation Status Statement:

Life Support Training Institute Consortium for Paramedic Education is accredited by the Commission on the Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Committee on the Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP).

 

Commission on the Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs

727-210-2350

www.caahep.org

To contact CoAEMSP:

214-703-8445

www.coaemsp.org

 

Sponsor Hospital Institutional Accreditation

LSTI is sponsored by Beaumont Health- Farmington Hills, a Level II Trauma teaching facility located in Farmington Hills Michigan. Beaumont Farmington Hills is accredited by the Joint Commission through June 2027.

Sponsor Hospital Institution Accreditation 

 

Paramedic Student Outcomes

Click here for NREMT pass rates for paramedic graduate cohorts.

 

Campus Information

LSTI- Southfield

25250 W. Eight Mile Rd.

Southfield, MI 48033

866-FOR-LSTI