Sask Polytech’s primary care paramedic program includes online and classroom work, with an emphasis on hands-on training in pre-hospital emergency care. Students complete their program with clinical practicums in both hospital and ambulance settings. PHOTO: SASKATCHEWAN POLYTECHNIC

Sask Polytech answers the call with primary care paramedic training

“Being able to help people in crisis is one of my driving forces of getting into the field,” says Fearghus Vincent, a paramedic student at Saskatchewan Polytechnic.

by · Saskatoon StarPhoenix

It’s a rewarding career that is in high demand across Saskatchewan. 

Paramedics are in urgent need in the province and Saskatchewan Polytechnic is responding to the shortage by offering a one-year paramedic program, delivered at both the Saskatoon and Regina campuses. 

“I’m really excited about the direction of our program,” says Ian Schindler, a paramedic and instructor at Sask Polytech in Saskatoon.