Students will be required to complete at least two (2) twelve hour ambulance ride along shifts with any of the following ambulance services: AMR, Care Ambulance Service, Medic One, Priority One, Schaefer and/or McCormick ambulance services.  Students will complete their ambulance ride along shifts with at least two different companies.  This allows the student additional exposure to how field EMS is provided by the different ambulance services.  Students are welcome to participate in more than two ride alongs.  This is at the discretion and availability of the student.  Students will be able to choose the ambulance services of their choice from the above and schedule their own day to show up.  Please refer to the course calendar for the exact dates ambulance ride alongs will start and end.  Students shall not schedule their ambulance shifts so that they conflict with the classroom portion of the EMT program.

The Baldy View Regional Occupational Program has established contracts with the previous mentioned hospitals and ambulance services, so the EMT students will be able to gain further experience and to be eligible for EMT certification.  It is very important to respect all co-workers in the hospital and on the ambulance.  If the Baldy View Regional Occupational Program receives a complaint regarding a student doing their clinical shifts or on their ambulance ride along, the student has the risk of being dropped from the EMT program.  Each circumstance will be evaluated individually by the EMT program director and the appropriate discipline taken.  Any complaint regarding a student is taken very seriously due to the jeopardy of the EMT program losing contracts with area hospitals and ambulance providers.