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Department of Emergency Health Sciences accreditation information

Accreditation

The EMT Basic and Paramedic certificate programs are accredited by:

Committee on Accredita­tion of Educational Programs for the EMS Professions CoAEMSP

1248 Harwood Road
Bedford, Texas 76021-4244
 

Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Emergency Management

1100 W. 49th Street
Austin, Texas 78756-3199
 

The Department of EHS first-time pass rate for the 2015 National Registry of EMTs Paramedic Cognitive Examination, to date, is 93 percent. The national average is 77 percent.

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  Number of Paramedic Graduates First time pass rates for NREMT Exam: Program  Student Retention Positive (Job) Placement
2013 161 90%  88%  
2014 209 88% 87%  
2015 207 90%  92%  
2016 198 93%  93%  
2017 298 97.3% 95% 94.8%

Data gathered from the 2017 CoAEMSP Annual Report for UT Health at San Antonio Department of Emergency Health Sciences Program 600011.

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