Academic Programs

Paramedical Services (AAS.PS)

AAS.PS The associate degree in Paramedical Services is a two-year intensive program that includes classroom, skills laboratory, hospital, and field clinical experiences. Students are prepared for career opportunities in the field of emergency medical services to include urban and rural ambulance services and/or fire departments, industrial settings and clinical settings. This program in conducted in cooperation with Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Systems and is approved by the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Division of EMS and Highway Safety. Upon successful completion of the program, the student will be eligible to take the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technician's examination. Consult the Emergency Medical Services Programs Coordinator for specific requirements of this program. Students must complete a file with the Lake Land College Emergency Services office with the following items: current EMT Basic License, current AHA BLS CPR certification card, current driver's license or Illinois state picture ID, immunizations as required by The Illinois Department of Public Health for Healthcare Providers, high school diploma or GED equivalent, physical exam, background check, and drug test.

Upon completion of the degree, there will be additional expenses including licensure application fee, written testing fee and psychomotor testing fees.

Program requirements may change over time. Specific degree/graduation requirements are determined by a degree audit.

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First Year
First Semester

COREEMS-050

Credit Hours: 7.50

GENBIO-225

Credit Hours: 4.00

GENENG-119

-OR-
Credit Hours: 3.00

First Year
Second Semester

COREEMS-061

Credit Hours: 4.50

COREEMS-064

Credit Hours: 4.00

COREEMS-068

Credit Hours: 1.50

GENPSY-279

Credit Hours: 3.00

First Year
Summer Term

COREEMS-071

Credit Hours: 4.00

COREEMS-074

Credit Hours: 1.00

COREEMS-078

Credit Hours: 1.50

Second Year
First Semester

COREEMS-062

Credit Hours: 2.00

COREEMS-086

Credit Hours: 4.00

COREEMS-084

Credit Hours: 3.00

COREEMS-088

Credit Hours: 2.00

GENPSY-271

-OR-
Credit Hours: 3.00

Second Year
Second Semester

COREEMS-092

Credit Hours: 2.00

COREEMS-094

Credit Hours: 3.00

COREEMS-098

Credit Hours: 1.50

GENBIO-226

Credit Hours: 4.00

GENHED-290

Credit Hours: 2.00

FIRST YEAR
First Semester			Hours
CORE	EMS-050	Emergency Medical Tech-Basic EMS-050 Emergency Medical Tech-Basic This course provides the student with an understanding of his/her roles and responsibilities within the EMS system, including operations, patient assessment, and emergency medical care. Students successfully completing this course will be eligible to take the EMT-Basic licensing examination. (Repeatable 3 Times) Course Outline	7.5
GEN	BIO-225	Human Anatomy and Physiology I BIO-225 Human Anatomy and Physiology I This course employs the regional approach to human structure and function using human cadavers. First of a two course sequence for allied health majors. Course Outline	4.0
GEN	ENG-119	Composition I Pathway ENG-119 Composition I Pathway Students will study the writing process by reading essays illustrating a variety of rhetorical strategies, analyzing texts, and writing, revising, and editing short essays. Course is for students who have assessed into developmental English, receiving supplemental instruction for course completion. Course Outline OR
GEN	ENG-120	Composition I ENG-120 Composition I Students will study the writing process by reading essays that illustrate a variety of rhetorical strategies, analyzing writing tasks and texts, and writing, revising, and editing short essays. Course Outline	3.0
	Semester Totals		14.5
Second Semester
CORE	EMS-061	Fundamentals of Paramedicine I EMS-061 Fundamentals of Paramedicine I This course provides the beginning paramedic student with the knowledge to integrate the principles of kinetics, pathophysiology, and assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement a treatment plan for the trauma patient. Course Outline * +++	4.5
CORE	EMS-064	Paramedic Care Skills I EMS-064 Paramedic Care Skills I This course provides the paramedic student with the skills needed to manage a trauma patient including immobilization and splinting techniques, airway management, extrication techniques, intravenous therapy and bleeding control. Course Outline * +++	4.0
CORE	EMS-068	Clinical Experience I EMS-068 Clinical Experience I This course is designed to provide employment experience in a position that will utilize the specialized skills of the student. Course Outline * +++	1.5
GEN	PSY-279	Human Dev/Life Span PSY-279 Human Dev/Life Span Study of theories, research methods and findings in physical, cognitive, and social-emotional development from conception through death. Course Outline	3.0
	Semester Totals		13.0
Summer Term
CORE	EMS-071	Fundamentals Paramedicine II EMS-071 Fundamentals Paramedicine II This course provides students with the knowledge to integrate pathophysiological principles and assessment findings, to formulate a field impression, and implement a treatment plan for patients across the lifespan including psychiatric issues and special populations. Observation time required. Course Outline * ++++	4.0
CORE	EMS-074	Paramedical Care Skills II EMS-074 Paramedical Care Skills II This course provides a paramedic student with advanced skills needed to manage patients with special considerations experiencing life threatening conditions across the lifespan. Course Outline * ++++	1.0
CORE	EMS-078	Clinical Experience II EMS-078 Clinical Experience II This course is designed to provide employment experience in a position that will utilize the specialized skills of the student. Course Outline * ++++	1.5
	Semester Totals		6.5

SECOND YEAR
First Semester		Hours
CORE	EMS-062	EMS Pharmacology EMS-062 EMS Pharmacology This course provides the paramedic student with the knowledge and skills to integrate pathophysiological principles of pharmacology and the assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement a pharmacologic management plan. (Repeatable 3 Times) Course Outline * +	2.0
CORE	EMS-086	Fundamentals Paramedicine III EMS-086 Fundamentals Paramedicine III This course provides the beginning paramedic student with the knowledge to integrate pathophysiological principles and assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement a treatment plan for the medical patient. Observation time is required. Course Outline * +	4.0
CORE	EMS-084	Paramedical Care Skills III EMS-084 Paramedical Care Skills III This course provides the paramedic student with the skills needed to manage a medical patient including all of the body systems. Course Outline * +	3.0
CORE	EMS-088	Clinical Experience III EMS-088 Clinical Experience III This course is designed to provide employment experience in a position that will utilize the specialized skills of the student. Course Outline * +	2.0
GEN	PSY-271	Intr/Psychology PSY-271 Intr/Psychology Focuses on psychology as a science, introducing Concepts, research methods and research in a variety of subfields, including neuroscience, sensation and perception, consciousness, learning and memory, cognition, motivation and emotion, development, personality, disorders and therapy, and social psychology. Course Outline OR
GEN	COM-111	Intro to Speech Communication COM-111 Intro to Speech Communication Focuses on the fundamental principles and methods of selection, analyzing, organizing, developing and communicating information, evidence, and points of view to audiences. Course Outline	3.0
	Semester Totals		14.0
Second Semester
CORE	EMS-092	Fundamentals Paramedicine IV EMS-092 Fundamentals Paramedicine IV This course provides the beginning paramedic student with an understanding of the role and responsibilities within the EMS system including safety, medical-legal issues, EMS operations, and specialized scene responses. This course also provides students with an exam review for the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians. Course Outline * +++	2.0
CORE	EMS-094	Paramedical Care Skills IV EMS-094 Paramedical Care Skills IV This course provides a paramedic student with advanced skills needed to manage patients experiencing life threatening conditions across the lifespan. Course Outline * +++	3.0
CORE	EMS-098	Paramedic Capstone Internship EMS-098 Paramedic Capstone Internship This course is designed to provide employment experience in a position that will utilize the specialized skills of the student. Course Outline * +++	1.5
GEN	BIO-226	Human Anatomy and Physiology II BIO-226 Human Anatomy and Physiology II Continuation of BIO225, Human A & P I. Emphasis on human anatomy and physiology through the regional approach using human cadavers. Course Outline	4.0
GEN	HED-290	Disease Processes HED-290 Disease Processes The course details with the epidemiology of the major communicable diseases and the causative factors of the degenerative diseases. Historical aspects of diseases are studied. The system of human immunity is the second unit covered. Course Outline	2.0
	Semester Totals		12.5

Total Program Hours

60.5

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Faculty Contact: Jasmine L. Ballard
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Faculty Phone: 217-234-5370

* There are prerequisites, course requisites, or minimum placement test scores for this course.
** Electives must be approved by the Program Coordinator
+ Course only offered fall semester
++ Course only offered spring and summer semester
+++ Course only offered spring semester
++++ Course offered in summer term only
^ SOS 050 Human Relations and PSY 271 Introduction to Psychology cannot be used as a social science elective
^^ Consult Academic Advisor for appropriate course
^^^ Course requires a 30-hour practicum experience in addition to classroom lecture hours
^^^^ ECE 120 and ECE 125 must be taken the same semester

Paramedical Services (AAS.PS)

Catalog Term Year:

First YearFirst Semester

First YearSecond Semester

First YearSummer Term

Second YearFirst Semester

Second YearSecond Semester

EMS-050Emergency Medical Tech-Basic

BIO-225Human Anatomy and Physiology I

ENG-119Composition I Pathway

ENG-120Composition I

Semester Totals

EMS-061Fundamentals of Paramedicine I

EMS-064Paramedic Care Skills I

EMS-068Clinical Experience I

PSY-279Human Dev/Life Span

Semester Totals

EMS-071Fundamentals Paramedicine II

EMS-074Paramedical Care Skills II

EMS-078Clinical Experience II

Semester Totals

EMS-062EMS Pharmacology

EMS-086Fundamentals Paramedicine III

EMS-084Paramedical Care Skills III

EMS-088Clinical Experience III

PSY-271Intr/Psychology

COM-111Intro to Speech Communication

Semester Totals

EMS-092Fundamentals Paramedicine IV

EMS-094Paramedical Care Skills IV

EMS-098Paramedic Capstone Internship

BIO-226Human Anatomy and Physiology II

HED-290Disease Processes

Semester Totals

Total Program Hours

First Year
First Semester

First Year
Second Semester

First Year
Summer Term

Second Year
First Semester

Second Year
Second Semester

EMS-050
Emergency Medical Tech-Basic

BIO-225
Human Anatomy and Physiology I

ENG-119
Composition I Pathway

ENG-120
Composition I

EMS-061
Fundamentals of Paramedicine I

EMS-064
Paramedic Care Skills I

EMS-068
Clinical Experience I

PSY-279
Human Dev/Life Span

EMS-071
Fundamentals Paramedicine II

EMS-074
Paramedical Care Skills II

EMS-078
Clinical Experience II

EMS-062
EMS Pharmacology

EMS-086
Fundamentals Paramedicine III

EMS-084
Paramedical Care Skills III

EMS-088
Clinical Experience III

PSY-271
Intr/Psychology

COM-111
Intro to Speech Communication

EMS-092
Fundamentals Paramedicine IV

EMS-094
Paramedical Care Skills IV

EMS-098
Paramedic Capstone Internship

BIO-226
Human Anatomy and Physiology II

HED-290
Disease Processes