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The Baldy View Regional Occupational Program has adopted a module retake policy for the Emergency Medical Technician course. A student must receive a score of 80% or better on all module exams. If a student receives less than 80% on a module exam, the student will be allowed to retake the exam. The student must then receive a score of 85% or better on the retake exam. A student is only allowed to retake a maximum of 2 module exams throughout the entire semester. You cannot retake the same module exam more than once. If a student has already used their 2 retakes and receives a score of less than 80% on a third module exam then they will be dropped from the program. Any student that does not receive a score of 85% or better on the retake exam, will also be dropped from the program.

Any student caught cheating on a module exam will be immediately dropped from the EMT program. There are no exceptions to this rule. A student that has been dropped for cheating will no longer be eligible to return to the EMT program offered at Baldy View ROP.

When a student is dropped for not meeting the module exam requirements, there is no refund on any of the class materials already purchased (ex: textbooks, shirts, tuition, etc.).

Students will be given a quiz the following day after they have had the powerpoint lecture on the chapter in the textbook. Each student must be present the day of the quiz to be able to take it. If a student shows up to class late or is absent, they will forfeit their opportunity to take that particular quiz. The quizzes are for the student to gauge how well they learned and understood the chapter lecture and to advise them if they need to study more on a particular subject matter. The quizzes do NOT count towards the students' overall grade.

Each student will be required to write up a summary on a current event article in the field of health care or EMS. The article can be obtained from a magazine, website, or newspaper. A copy of the article must be included and stapled to the student’s summary that they are going to turn in for credit. The current event article must meet the following requirements prior to turning it in to one of the instructors for credit:

Cover Page (with name)
Typed, double space
Times New Roman, 12pt font
Copy of the article included
Length: 2-5 pages

In the field of EMS, there is a lot of documentation regarding patient care. It is important to have clear writing skills that will in turn help your documentation on your patient care reports (PCR’s), especially in the narrative section. This assignment is worth 25 points. This current event article is to be turned in anytime prior to the second to the last week of class. It can be turned in to any of the classroom EMT instructors. Please refer to your class calendar for the last day to turn in this assignment. There will be NO exceptions and this assignment will NOT be accepted if turned in past the due date.

Each student will be required to write a report on one of the following subject areas: a body system, a body organ or a disease process. The topic of this report is up to the student as long as it falls under one of the previously listed categories. Once a specific topic has been decided upon by the student, the student must speak with the EMT Program Director and let him know what that topic will be. The purpose of this is to not have topics duplicated by the students.

Here are a few examples of topics to write your report on:

Body System (Respiratory, Cardiovascular, Digestive, etc)
Body Organ (Heart, Lungs, Pancreas, Brain, etc.)
Disease Process (Diabetes, Heart Disease, Hepatitis, Asthma, etc.)

The report must meet the following requirements prior to turning it in to one of the instructors for credit:

Cover Page (with name)
Typed, double space
Times New Roman, 12pt font
Length: 3-5 pages

In the field of EMS, there are many topics you could choose to do your report on. I encourage you to pick a topic that interests you and something you want to learn more about. This assignment is worth 25 points. This report is to be turned in anytime prior to the second to the last week of class. It can be turned in to any of the classroom EMT instructors. Please refer to your class calendar for the last day to turn this assignment in. There will be NO exceptions and this assignment will NOT be accepted if turned in past the due date.

Each student that successfully passes all module exams, skills testing, clinical shifts, ambulance ride alongs, turns in all required assignments and maintains a minimum of 80% overall average during EMT course will then earn a course completion certifcate. Upon earning a course completion certificate the EMT student will be eligible to take the National Registry EMT Basic certification examination which is the State of California's certifying EMT test.