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| FIRST YEAR | |||
| First Semester | Hours | ||
| CORE | EMS-050 | Emergency Medical Tech-Basic EMS-050This 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)
| 7.5 |
| GEN | BIO-225 | Human Anatomy and Physiology I BIO-225This course employs the regional approach to human structure and function using human cadavers. First of a two-course sequence for allied health majors.
| 4.0 |
| GEN | ENG-119 | Composition I Pathway ORENG-119Students 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.
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| GEN | ENG-120 | Composition I ENG-120Students develop a writing process by reading and analyzing texts that illustrate various rhetorical strategies as well as writing, revising and editing short essays. Minimally, students must compose four formal, revised writing assignments, having one reach at least 1,250 words.
| 3.0 |
Semester Totals |
14.5 | ||
| Second Semester | |||
| CORE | EMS-061 | Fundamentals of Paramedicine I * +++EMS-061This 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.
| 4.5 |
| CORE | EMS-064 | Paramedic Care Skills I * +++EMS-064This 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.
| 4.0 |
| CORE | EMS-068 | Clinical Experience I * +++EMS-068This course is designed to provide employment experience in a position that will utilize the specialized skills of the student.
| 1.5 |
| GEN | PSY-279 | Human Dev/Life Span PSY-279A study of the theories, research methods and findings in physical, cognitive and social-emotional development from conception through death.
| 3.0 |
Semester Totals |
13.0 | ||
| Summer Term | |||
| CORE | EMS-071 | Fundamentals Paramedicine II * ++++EMS-071This 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.
| 4.0 |
| CORE | EMS-074 | Paramedical Care Skills II * ++++EMS-074This course provides a paramedic student with advanced skills needed to manage patients with special considerations experiencing life threatening conditions across the lifespan.
| 1.0 |
| CORE | EMS-078 | Clinical Experience II * ++++EMS-078This course is designed to provide employment experience in a position that will utilize the specialized skills of the student.
| 1.5 |
Semester Totals |
6.5 | ||
| SECOND YEAR | |||
| First Semester | Hours | ||
| CORE | EMS-062 | EMS Pharmacology * +EMS-062This 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)
| 2.0 |
| CORE | EMS-086 | Fundamentals Paramedicine III * +EMS-086This 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.
| 4.0 |
| CORE | EMS-084 | Paramedical Care Skills III * +EMS-084This course provides the paramedic student with the skills needed to manage a medical patient including all of the body systems.
| 3.0 |
| CORE | EMS-088 | Clinical Experience III * +EMS-088This course is designed to provide employment experience in a position that will utilize the specialized skills of the student.
| 2.0 |
| GEN | PSY-271 | Intr/Psychology ORPSY-271Focuses on psychology as a science, presenting 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.
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| GEN | COM-111 | Intro to Speech Communication COM-111Focuses on the fundamental principles and methods of selecting, analyzing, organizing, developing and communicating information, evidence and points of view to audiences.
| 3.0 |
Semester Totals |
14.0 | ||
| Second Semester | |||
| CORE | EMS-092 | Fundamentals Paramedicine IV * +++EMS-092This 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.
| 2.0 |
| CORE | EMS-094 | Paramedical Care Skills IV * +++EMS-094This course provides a paramedic student with advanced skills needed to manage patients experiencing life threatening conditions across the lifespan.
| 3.0 |
| CORE | EMS-098 | Paramedic Capstone Internship * +++EMS-098This course is designed to provide employment experience in a position that will utilize the specialized skills of the student.
| 1.5 |
| GEN | BIO-226 | Human Anatomy and Physiology II BIO-226Continuation of Human Anatomy and Physiology II (BIO-225). Emphasis on human anatomy and physiology through the regional approach using human cadavers.
| 4.0 |
| GEN | HED-290 | Disease Processes HED-290The 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.
| 2.0 |
Semester Totals |
12.5 | ||
Total Program Hours | 60.5 | ||