Overview
The Emergency Medical Science curriculum provides individuals with the knowledge, skills, and attributes to provide advanced emergency medical care as paramedics for critical and emergent patients who access the emergency medical system and prepares graduates to enter the workforce.
What You'll Learn
Students will gain complex knowledge, competency, and experience while employing evidence-based practice under medical oversight, and they will learn to serve as a link from the scene into the healthcare system.
Career Opportunities
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 institutions and government agencies.
Major Core Courses
- Emergency Medical Technician
- Basic Anatomy & Physiology
Required Subject Area: Paramedic
- EMS Practicum I
- Pharmacology
- Advanced Airway Management
- Cardiology I
- Cardiology II
- EMS Clinical Practicum II
- EMS Clinical Practicum III
- Patients with Special Challenges
- EMS Clinical Practicum IV
- Medical Emergencies
- Trauma Emergencies
- Lifespan Emergencies
- EMS Capstone
Other Major Courses
- Rescue Scene Management
- EMS Management
General Education
- Public Speaking
- Writing and Inquiry
- Writing & Research in the Disciplines
- Quantitative Literacy
- HUM/FA Elective
- SOC/BEH Elective
Other Required Courses
- University Transfer Success or ACA 115 Success and Study Skills
HUM/FA Elective (Select 1 course)
SOC/BEH Elective (Select 1 course)
