Offered by Cégep de Baie-Comeau in Baie-Comeau, Canada, Diploma in Pre-Hospital Emergency Care is a diploma in Emergency & Disaster Management programme. The programme runs for 3 years. Tuition for international students is CAD 11,740 per semester.
Pre-Hospital Emergency Care (181.A1) is a three-year technical DEC at Cégep de Baie-Comeau, delivered over six sessions of increasing clinical complexity. Early sessions build foundational anatomy and physiology, basic assessment and resuscitation skills; later sessions add advanced interventions, medication administration in emergency contexts, patient handling and transport, and clinical placements, culminating in an integration stage and synthesis examination. The curriculum also covers professional communication and infection prevention. The program trains students to respond to medical and trauma emergencies, stabilize patients and coordinate transport to hospital. It suits candidates who can make decisions quickly under pressure, are physically fit and comfortable driving under difficult road conditions, remain composed under stress, and can adapt to varied and irregular shifts. Enrollment is capped, with a valid driver's licence required by the third year and clinical placements subject to vaccination requirements.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Cégep de Baie-Comeau admits applicants who hold a Diploma of Secondary Studies (DES, youth or adult sector), or a Diploma of Vocational Studies (DEP) plus Secondary 5 language of instruction, Secondary 5 second language and Secondary 4 mathematics, or an equivalent formation (a recognised foreign credential, 30 completed university credits, a 900-hour AEC with demonstrated equivalency, or a Secondary Studies Equivalency Certificate); up to six missing DES units, or one missing DEP subject, can be completed in the first semester. No English or French proficiency test is published; applications go through the Service régional d'admission au collégial de Québec (SRACQ). Beyond the general admission conditions, entry to this contingent, limited-enrolment programme is competitive: selection weighs the applicant's academic file and region of origin, with tests or interviews added as needed. Students must hold a valid Class 5 driver's licence by their third year and meet vaccination requirements before clinical placements; to graduate and work as a paramedic they must supply medical proof meeting employment standards, hold a Class 4A licence, pass the PNIC clinical-integration exam, and, if 18 or older, provide a certificate of good conduct.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through the Service régional d'admission au collégial de Québec (SRACQ): for the September 2027 intake, admission rounds close 1 March, 1 May, 1 June and 1 August 2027, and for January 2027 entry the rounds close 1 November and 1 December 2026, then 2 January 2027. Requests submitted after the final round are not automatically rejected but must go through the registrar's office directly, so admission effectively continues while seats remain. International applicants first complete an information-request form and are then contacted individually by the college's international development advisor; the Cégep publishes no fixed international application deadline for the 2027 cycle. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
