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I recently read a forum about a 12 week paramedic program in McCook Nebraska and the replies that I saw we're shocking. "EMS Professionals" ridiculing a program that they have never attended and know nothing about. I attended McCook's accelerated paramedic program and one thing that I can tell you for certain is that it is not for the faint of heart. Not everyone will be cut out for a program like this because it is very fast paced and you have to be self motivated. However if you have the stones to make the grades it can be an awesome way to achieve your goals. The didactic portion is 12 weeks, after that you go back to where you live and work with your department or a department of your choosing to finish your clinical hours. The required hours are 400 I believe, but with everything that is required of you most people end up having closer to 800 or more. I also left the program with ACLS, PALS, AMLS, and PHTLS. The days were long, the schooling was tough, but I passed with a 4.0 was able to establish myself at a level 1 trauma center and I am so thankful to Kathy Dernovich, and Bob Molcyk for everything that they do. Kathy likes to bolster that the program does not need defending because people talk trash and their rosters are still full. However, EMS as a profession is changing and not everybody needs a two year program. Many can be successful without dragging it out. So ladies and gentlemen, before you post your comments and tell me how my associates degree is worth less than your associates degree because I did not spend two years on mine, all I will ask is that you keep the comments professional. It wasn't easy to accomplish what I did, but I was successful and so were many others.