Advanced Life Support Training

Frederick County Division of Fire and Rescue Services

ALS Educational Program

10.17

Initial Paramedic Course

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Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs

Accredited March 2017

"The Frederick County Division of Fire & Rescue Services (Program #600632) is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP).

Commission of Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
1361 Park Street Clearwater, FL 33756 | 727-210-2350 www.caahep.org

Also, approved as a Maryland EEMS Educations Program by the Maryland Emergency Medical Services Board upon the recommendation of the Maryland Institute of Emergency Medical Services Systems.

The Program was initially accredited in March 2017 (CoAEMSP Program #600632). The CoAEMSP Standards require the reporting of the Program's Outcomes Assessment as listed below.

Paramedic Course Outcome Assessment

for the Frederick County Division of Fire and Rescue Services, ALS Educational Program

	Paramedic Course #	Course End Date	NREMT Cognitive Exam Pass Rate	NREMT Cognitive Exam Pass Rate in Three Attempts	NREMT Psychomotor Exam Pass Rate	Program Retention Rate	Graduate Positive Placement Rate
2011	1	5/19/2011	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
2012		No graduates during the 2012 reporting year				NA	NA
2013	2	8/9/2013	83%	100%	100%	75%	100%
2014	3	8/8/2014	100%	100%	100%	58%	100%
2015		No graduates during the 2015 reporting year				NA	NA
2016	4	11/1/2016	100%	100%	100%	80%	100%
2017		No graduates during the 2017 reporting year				NA	NA
2018		No graduates during the 2018 reporting year				NA	NA
2019	5	11/1/2019	87%	100%	100%	91%	100%
2020	6	10/30/2020	100%	100%	100%	71%	100%
2021	7	11/18/2021	85%	100%	100%	81%	100%
2022	8	11/5/2022	50%	100%	100%	89%	100%
							updated 01.31.2023

The goal of the Frederick County Division of Fire and Rescue Service’s Paramedic Program is to prepare competent entry-level Paramedics in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains without exit points.

Advanced Life Support Training

Paramedic Course Outcome Assessment

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