Paramedic Program Graduates 28 Students

The Ocean County College/MONOC Paramedic Program held its 35th annual commencement ceremony, graduating 28 students.

The graduates will now move on to complete their final hands on clinical rotations, according to a news release. Following the required training, the students will take the State and National Paramedic exam. Once certified, the graduates will go to work at one of the 21 Mobile Intensive Care Unit (MICU) Paramedic programs in New Jersey.

“I immensely proud of everyone here and all of the hard work they put in to get to this point,” Paramedic Program Manager Agnes Galiano said. “They are the future of EMS in New Jersey.”

The Ocean County College/MONOC Paramedic Program is one of four in New Jersey, the news release said. Of those four, the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs accredits two programs. As of Jan. 1, programs without this accreditation are not allowed to send graduates to the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians test, which is necessary to work as a paramedic in New Jersey.

MONOC was founded in 1987 with the mission of improving health care and reducing costs. MONOC Mobile Health Services is a non-profit hospital cooperative consisting of 15 acute care hospitals located throughout the state. In 2012, there were more than 171,000 requests for service.