Accreditation & Outcomes

Innovative EMS Training for Your Future Career

Creighton University delivers the cutting-edge EMS education you need to become a knowledgeable and compassionate healthcare leader. You’ll gain the confidence and critical thinking skills you need in emergency situations. You will be prepared to interact with patients, their families and other healthcare providers in a professional, caring and direct manner. Thanks to endless hands-on learning opportunities—in and out of the classroom—you’ll be ready for anything you encounter in your future career.

Accreditation

On the recommendation of the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions, our cutting-edge paramedic program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs. The Creighton EMS program is also recognized as a Nebraska-approved EMS training agency by the Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services.

Top Pass Rates

Our pass rates consistently exceed the national average—a testament to the quality of our innovative EMS programs and our extraordinary, industry-experienced faculty.

Stat 100
100%

of 2023 graduates are employed or are continuing their education

Stat 89
89%

first attempt pass rate on the 2023 paramedic national registry exam for certificate, associate’s and bachelor’s students

Stat 92
92%

program retention rate for certificate program students 

Stat 95
95%

of EMS faculty hold a master’s degree or higher 

Program Outcomes

All Creighton graduates will demonstrate:

  • Ignatian values, to include but not limited to a commitment to an exploration of faith and the promotion of justice.
  • The ability to work effectively across race, ethnicity, culture, gender, religion, and sexual orientation.
  • Critical thinking skills.
  • The ability to communicate clearly and effectively.
  • Deliberate reflection for personal and professional formation.
  • Disciplinary competence and/or professional proficiency.

Demonstrate competency in the clinical knowledge, technical skill and behavioral approaches necessary to to function effectively as a Paramedicine clinician.

  • Integrate respect for each person’s dignity, worth, and spiritual uniqueness into professional practice.
  • Synthesize knowledge and evidence from Paramedicine and other disciplines to formulate appropriate changes to provide evidenced-based care.
  • Collaborate and communicate effectively as a leader and advocate using diverse modalities.
  • Incorporate deliberate reflection, self-awareness, and values consciousness into a process of personal and professional formation.
  • Integrate professional, legal, and ethical standards into Paramedicine practice.
  • Demonstrate competency in the clinical knowledge, technical skills and behavioral approaches necessary to function effectively as a Paramedicine clinician. 
  • Prepare Paramedics who are competent in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains to enter the profession.
  • Employ ethical decision making, service, and civic responsibility in accordance with the Judeo-Christian tradition and Ignation values and those values consistent with the health care professions and serving as a leader, administrator, educator, mentor, and advocate for the field of Paramedicine.
  • Work effectively and in solidarity across the distinctions of human diversity.
  • Combine critical thinking, disciplined research, and effective problem-solving in Paramedicine.
  • Communicate respectfully and effectively through all modes of expression.
  • Demonstrate competency in administration, including human resources management, leadership, planning, communication, clinical care, operations and finance.
  • Employ ethical decision making, service, and civic responsibility in accordance with the Judea-Christian tradition and lgnatian values and those values consistent with the health care professions and serving as a leader, administrator, educator, mentor, and advocate for the field of Paramedicine.
  • Demonstrate competency in administration, including human resources management, leadership, planning, communication,
    clinical care, operations and finance.

Become a Paramedic at Creighton

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Exceptional Faculty

Creighton’s industry-leading programs are taught by knowledgeable and experienced faculty. These passionate, seasoned EMS professionals are dedicated to your well-being and success. They’ll make sure you’re ready to pass your national exams and prepared to succeed in your professional endeavors.

Student Enrollment

  • Master of Science in Paramedicine (online program) | approximately 25 students enrolled
  • Bachelor of Science in Paramedicine | approximately 18 students enrolled annually, 75% of whom are not local | Current cohort of 35 students represent the following states: CA, HI, IA, IL, IN, NE, WA, WI and internationally Saudi Arabia
  • Paramedic Certificate of Completion | approximately 12 students from the Omaha metro area annually
  • Emergency Medical Technician Courses | approximately 100 students per year, 60% from the Omaha Metro area
  • Paramedic Certification Course for Healthcare Professionals | 40 students annually | 90% from outside the Omaha metro area; spend 2 weeks in area.
  • Pre-Hospital Care Course for Nurses | 45 students annually | 90% from outside the Omaha metro area; spend 1 week in area.
  • Critical Care Paramedic (online) | 150 students annually | 90% from outside the Omaha metro area; spend 2-3 days in area.
  • Paramedicine Instructor Course (online) | approximately 8 students annually.
  • Paramedicine Management Course (online) | approximately 8 students annually
  • American Heart Association Courses | approximately 1,500 participants annually in these half-day to day-long courses | Some participants are lay public learning CPR who will be prepared to act as immediate responders
  • International Paramedic Education Partnership | 16 students annually from January through May | Living in Omaha apartment complexes and visiting many local businesses while here for their education.
The amount of practical, skills-based clinical experience Creighton offers is unparalleled. You learn how to be calm under pressure, make quick decisions and interact with a variety of patients under stress
— Gregrey Berry, BS EMS’17, School of Medicine '21

Contact Us

Department of Paramedicine
Criss II Health Sciences
2nd Floor

402.280.1280
800.327.7530
Fax: 402.280.1288
ems@creighton.edu