Emergency Medical Services

Covers the roles and responsibilities of the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Paramedic, Workforce Safety and Wellness, Public Health, Medical Legal & Ethical, Communications, Documentation, Medical Terminology, Overview of Anatomy and Physiology and Pathophysiology.  Required Corequisite of Paramedic lab I is utilized to enhance didactic material.  The course has a required orientation prior to the course start date and the course may extend beyond normal semester timelines.

Students learn assessment and management of emergencies including airway management, IV therapy, pharmacology, medication math for the paramedic and medication administration.  Required Corequisite of EMS208 - Paramedic lab I is utilized to enhance didactic material.  Semester extends beyond normal timeline

Paramedic I/II Lab is utilized to enhance didactic material covered in EMS206 Paramedic I & EMS207 Paramedic II.  The course is required to be taken concurrently with EMS206 & EMS207. This course may begin and extend beyond normal semester timelines.

Students learn assessment and management of Trauma and Cardiac Emergencies, including pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric populations. Required Corequisite of Paramedic lab II is utilized to enhance didactic material. The course begins and ends beyond the normal semester timeline.

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. Course extends beyond normal semester deadlines.

Paramedic III/IV Lab is utilized to enhance didactic material covered in EMS216 & EMS217.  Must be taken concurrently with EMS216 & EMS217.  The course begins and ends beyond normal semester timelines.

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”. 

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 315 hours to complete all required assessments and skills.  The Clinical Internship shall always follow the most up to date accreditation guidelines.  

Field and capstone internship provides an integration of didactic, lab and clinical skills; the internship utilizes learned course skills and clinical internship skills with principles of emergency care in the “field”. Paramedic interns respond to emergency medical service (EMS) calls with an affiliate ambulance service, under the direction of an appointed and trained preceptor.  Paramedic interns are expected to perform learned paramedic skills, as part of an advanced life support (ALS) ambulance crew, working towards proficiency. To successfully complete the internship the paramedic student will need to complete a minimum of 50 successful patient contacts and a minimum of 135 hours.  Patient contacts, skills and hours are subject to change upon any changes in accreditation.