Emergency Medical Services

Covers the roles and responsibilities of the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and Paramedic, including history and physical assessment, pathophysiology, management of shock, cardiac, respiratory, neurological, and abdominal emergencies. Class includes an overview of emergency medical services communication systems. Students must be currently certified as an EMT. Laboratory experience will be interjected throughout the semester to practice and demonstrate comprehension of didactic material.

Students learn assessment and management of emergencies including obstetrics, gynecology, and trauma in pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric populations. Laboratory experience is utilized to enhance didactic material.

Clinical rotations provide opportunities for observation and practice of procedures, skills, and experiences. Skills and procedures in the clinical rotations are completed while working with preceptors in a variety of clinical settings including hospitals and other health care settings. The internship will be a minimum of 320 hours to a maximum of 400 hours to complete all required skills.

Students participate in a 50-hour field observation and minimal skill field internship, followed by a 200 hour capstone internship. Field and capstone internship provide an integration of didactic, lab and clinical skills; the internship utilizes learned skills from Paramedic I, Paramedic II and Clinical Internship with principles of emergency care, in the “field”.