Course Catalog

Emergency Medical Science - AAS Degree

The Emergency Medical Science curriculum provides individuals with the knowledge, skills, and attributes to provide advanced emergency medical care as a paramedic for critical and emergent patients who access the emergency medical system and prepares graduates to enter the workforce.

Students will gain complex knowledge, competency, and experience while employing evidence-based practice under medical oversight and serve as a link from the scene into the healthcare system.

Graduates of this program may be eligible to take state and/or national certification examinations.

Employment opportunities include providers of emergency medical services, fire departments, rescue agencies, hospital specialty areas, industry, educational and government agencies.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the Emergency Medical Science Program, the graduate should be able to:

  • Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of prehospital pharmacology through scenarios and skill reviews.
  • Demonstrate skills and knowledge of prehospital care for patients of all ages through scenarios and skill reviews.
  • Competently perform prehospital care for patients with cardiac emergencies through scenarios and skill reviews.
  • Demonstrate proficiency in prehospital care for patients needing airway management through scenarios and skill reviews.
  • Competently perform prehospital care for patients with traumatic emergencies through scenarios and skill reviews.
  • Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of prehospital care for patients with medical emergencies through scenarios and skill reviews.
  • Demonstrate competency of skills of a paramedic ready to enter the workforce through completion of a National Registry Paramedic skills portfolio.
  • Apply competent entry-level paramedic skills and knowledge in a final scope-of-practice high fidelity scenario.
  • Demonstrate entry-level mastery of paramedic knowledge through a comprehensive written final exam.

Emergency Medical Science (Paramedic) Checklist

Fall Semester I

Course NameCourse TitleClassContactClinicalCredits
ACA-122College Transfer Success

0

0

1

EMS-110EMT

6

3

9

PSY-150General Psychology

3

0

3

MAT-110Mathematical Measurement and Literacy

2

0

3

Total Credit Hours:16

Spring Semester I

Course NameCourse TitleClassContactClinicalCredits
BIO-168Anatomy and Physiology I

3

0

4

EMS-122EMS Clinical Practicum I

0

3

1

EMS-130Pharmacology

3

0

4

EMS-131Advanced Airway Management

1

0

2

EMS-160Cardiology I

2

0

3

Total Credit Hours:14

Summer Semester I

Course NameCourse TitleClassContactClinicalCredits
ENG-111Writing and Inquiry

3

0

3

EMS-260Trauma Emergencies

1

0

2

EMS-221EMS Clinical Practicum II

0

6

2

EMS-240Patients With Special Challenges

1

0

2

Total Credit Hours:9

Fall Semester II

Course NameCourse TitleClassContactClinicalCredits
EMS-231EMS Clinical Practicum III

0

9

3

EMS-250Medical Emergencies

3

0

4

EMS-220Cardiology II

2

0

3

EMS-270Life Span Emergencies

3

0

4

BIO-169Anatomy and Physiology II

3

0

4

Total Credit Hours:18

Spring Semester II

Select One Course from the Humanities/Fine Arts Courses for 3 credit hours: ART-111, ART-114, ART-115, ENG-231, ENG-232, ENG-241, ENG-242, HUM-115, MUS-110, PHI-240, REL-110, REL-211, REL-212, REL-221

 

Select One Communications Course: ENG-112, ENG-114

Course NameCourse TitleClassContactClinicalCredits
EMS-241EMS Clinical Practicum IV

0

12

4

EMS-285EMS Capstone

1

0

2

Total Credit Hours:12

Total Credit Hours: 69