Advanced Care Paramedic

Durham College, located in Oshawa, Canada, is a dynamic institution that offers you a unique blend of academic and practical experiences. You can benefit from its strong connections with industry partners, hands-on training, and a supportive community. As an international student, you'll find opportunities to thrive in a diverse environment with 2000 fellow international students.

The college focuses on many subjects, including business, health sciences, skilled trades, technology, and media arts. Specifically, you can choose from 81 programs, which provide you with a solid foundation in your chosen field. English is the primary language of instruction, helping you improve your language skills while studying.

You'll be based in Oshawa, a city that offers a great balance of urban and natural environments. On campus, you can access modern facilities, including those for sports and recreation. The city itself provides many opportunities for exploration, entertainment, and cultural experiences, making it an excellent location for international students like you to live and study.

This graduate certificate program is delivered in a hybrid format with flexible scheduling. It prepares primary care paramedics to manage complex and critical patient cases. Students develop clinical reasoning, decision-making, and leadership skills through simulation and field placements. The program focuses on advanced assessment, treatment, and patient-centered care in prehospital settings.

Focus areas include Advanced airway management, Electrical therapy, Advanced monitoring, Intravenous therapy, Pharmacology, Patient management.

One year, full-time, hybrid delivery with practicum components; includes clinical and field placements.

Graduates enter roles as advanced care paramedics in hospital emergency rooms, municipal services, private and event services, and rural or remote areas.

Paramedic Ontario college diploma or equivalent, or completion of an Accreditation Canada-accredited Primary Care Paramedic program. Requires written evaluation/testing and mandatory orientation. International applicants must meet English language requirements not specified on the page.

Hybrid, full-time, one year.