Department Chair: Deborah Zelizer
Program Director: Rudolph Princi
The EMT-Paramedic Program is a non-degree, non-credit program designed to educate effective and compassionate paramedics in accordance with state and national standards. The Paramedic’s primary focus is to provide advanced emergency medical care for critical and emergent patients who access the emergency medical system. The paramedics function as part of a comprehensive EMS response under medical oversight. Paramedics perform interventions and invasive procedures with basic and advanced equipment. Graduates can be employed in various specialties, including critical care, community, tactical, and flight paramedicine.
The Paramedic Program, administered by the School of Health Professions, develops graduates into workforce-ready advanced care practitioners. The program exceeds the guidelines established by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Educational Programs (CAAHEP) and the New York State Department of Health, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services.
The Paramedic Program, offered annually, includes approximately 1,200 hours of didactic and clinical Laboratory education and 790 hours of clinical practicum in the Emergency Department, CCU, NICU, Burn ICU, phlebotomy, OR, L&D, Psych ED, Pediatrics, Medical Control, and BLS/ALS ambulances. Stony Brook was designated a SUNY Flagship University and offers students unique learning experiences. Stony Brook Medicine is the primary clinical rotation site for the Paramedic Program. Students will have opportunities to rotate across the Stony Brook Medicine system, including with the Stony Brook Mobile Stroke Units. Additional clinical rotations are located in Suffolk County, Nassau County, and NYC.
Admission Requirements
Applicants must be 18 years of age or older by the time of the NYS certification exam, have a high school diploma (or an equivalent), be a currently certified NYS EMT or AEMT, and a minimum grade point average of 80 (on a scale of 100) or 2.5 (on a scale of 4.0).
Certification Exams
Upon successfully completing the program, graduates can apply for and take the National Registry of EMT’s (NREMT) certification exam and sit for the New York State certification exams.
- New York State EMT-Paramedic
- Nationally Registered EMT-Paramedic (NREMTP)
- AHA CPR for Health Care Providers
- AHA ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support)
- AHA PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support)
- Difficult Airway Course: EMS provider
- NAEMT PHTLS (Pre-hospital Trauma Life Support)
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