Diploma in Soins préhospitaliers d'urgence is a diploma in Emergency & Disaster Management programme taught at College Ahuntsic in Montréal, Canada. The programme runs for 6 semesters. Teaching is in French. Tuition for international students is CAD 23,480 per year (CAD 3,740 per year for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Diploma
Field:Emergency & Disaster Management
Duration: 6 semesters
Language: French
Local tuition: CAD 3,740 / year
International tuition: CAD 23,480 / year
Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Soins préhospitaliers d'urgence (181.A1) is a technical DEC at Collège Ahuntsic that trains paramedics to respond to emergency situations involving medical conditions, trauma such as road accidents, and behavioural crises across varied settings. The page states that students learn to assess a patient's condition, make rapid and consequential decisions, and apply an appropriate treatment plan to stabilize a patient before deciding whether to transport them to a healthcare facility or otherwise manage their care on scene. Listed tasks include administering medications, performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation including respiratory assistance, intubation and defibrillation, and following established clinical intervention protocols. The program includes several hospital and prehospital clinical placements over the course of the DEC, supported by classrooms and labs that replicate real work environments with stretchers, backboards, cervical collars, defibrillator monitors, medication kits, and ambulance simulators. The page also describes an optional international study placement in Martinique. It suits people with sound judgment and the ability to make fast decisions, respect, integrity and empathy, good stress tolerance, physical fitness, and comfort with variable, night, and weekend shifts, along with strong teamwork and communication skills.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The program page sets no secondary-school course prerequisite, but its linked costs-and-conditions page adds several program-specific conditions on top of College Ahuntsic's general DES/DEP-based regulation R-11: excellent physical condition and normal vision meeting SAAQ standards, with the ability to lift 202 lb (92 kg) demonstrated by the fifth session; proof, during the first session, of immunization against diphtheria, tetanus, polio, measles, rubella, mumps, pertussis, chickenpox and hepatitis B; a valid Class 5 learner's permit obtained by the third session, working toward a Class 4A licence; and a criminal-record declaration and confidentiality undertaking required by internship sites. As under the College's general conditions, applicants whose Secondary 5 language of instruction was not French must pass the College's own French-language test. The program offers 220 places, is usually filled in SRAM's first round, and graduates must also pass the provincial PNIC clinical-integration exam to practise.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through the Service régional d'admission du Montréal métropolitain (SRAM): Collège Ahuntsic's own site confirms it follows SRAM's standard three-round system for Fall entry and two-round system for Winter entry, which for the current cycle puts the Fall 2027 equal-consideration date at 1 March 2027 and the Winter 2027 equal-consideration date at 1 November 2026 (applications opening 15 September 2026), with later rounds in late April, late May and late November while seats remain. International applicants apply through the same SRAM portal; SRAM's system-wide window for Fall 2027 international entry runs from 15 March 2026 to a firm closing date of 14 March 2027, with no winter international date published for the college. Admission is rolling round to round until each round's seats are filled. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
