Paramedic Science, AAS

GENERAL EDUCATION CORE

• APHY 101 - Anatomy and Physiology I CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• APHY 102 - Anatomy and Physiology II CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3

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• COMM 101 - Fundamentals of Public Speaking CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3

• OR

• COMM 102 - Introduction to Interpersonal Communication CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3

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• ENGL 111 - English Composition CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• MATH 123 - Quantitative Reasoning CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3 or higher

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• XXXX XXX - Humanistic & Artistic Ways of Knowing elective CREDIT HOURS: 3

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• XXXX XXX - Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing elective CREDIT HOURS: 3

OTHER INSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• IVYT 1XX - Student Success Elective CREDIT HOURS: 1
• PARM 221 - Ambulance Internship CREDIT HOURS MIN: 6

PROFESSIONAL-TECHNICAL CORE

• PARM 102 - Emergency Medical Technician CREDIT HOURS MIN: 8 #

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• PARM 103 - Emergency Medical Technician I CREDIT HOURS MIN: 5 #

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• PARM 104 - Emergency Medical Technician II CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3

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• PARM 111 - Preparatory CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• PARM 112 - Prehospital Pharmacology CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• PARM 115 - Airway Patient Assessment CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3.5
• PARM 116 - Clinical Application I CREDIT HOURS MIN: 1.5
• PARM 200 - Trauma CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• PARM 210 - Medical I CREDIT HOURS MIN: 6
• PARM 213 - Medical II CREDIT HOURS MIN: 5
• PARM 215 - Special Considerations CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3.5
• PARM 216 - Clinical Application II CREDIT HOURS MIN: 1.5
• PARM 219 - Clinical Application III CREDIT HOURS MIN: 1.5
• PARM 220 - Operations CREDIT HOURS MIN: 2.5

TOTAL CREDITS: 67

DEGREE OUTCOMES

• Will understand his or her roles and responsibilities within an EMS system, and how these roles and responsibilities differ from other levels of providers.
• Will understand and value the importance of personal wellness in EMS and serve as a healthy role model for peers.
• Will be able to integrate the implementation of primary injury prevention activities as an effective way to reduce death, disabilities and health care costs.
• Will understand the legal issues that impact decisions made in the out-of-hospital environment.
• Will understand the role that ethics plays in decision-making in the out-of-hospital environment.
• Will be able to apply the general concepts of pathophysiology for the assessment and management of emergency patients.
• Will be able to integrate pathophysiological principles of pharmacology and the assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement a pharmacologic management plan.
• Will be able to safely and precisely access the venous circulation and administer medications.
• Will be able to integrate the principles of therapeutic communication to effectively communicate with any patient while providing care.
• Will be able to integrate the physiological, psychological, and sociological changes throughout human development with assessment and communication strategies for patients of all ages.
• Will be able to establish and/ or maintain a patient airway, oxygenate, and ventilate a patient.
• Will be able to use the appropriate techniques to obtain a medical history from a patient.
• Will be able to explain the pathophysiological significance of physical exam findings.
• Will be able to integrate the principles of history taking and techniques of physical exam to perform a patient assessment.
• Will be able to apply a process of clinical decision making to use the assessment findings to help form a field impression.
• Will be able to follow an accepted format for dissemination of patient information in verbal form, either in person or over the radio.
• Will be able to effectively document the essential elements of patient assessment, care and transport.
• Will be able to integrate the principles of kinematics to enhance the patient assessment and predict the likelihood of injuries based on the patient’s mechanism of injury.
• Will be able to integrate pathophysiological principles and assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the patient with shock or hemorrhage.
• Will be able to integrate pathophysiological principles and the assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the patient with soft tissue trauma.
• Will be able to integrate pathophysiological principles and the assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement the management plan for the patient with a burn injury.
• Will be able to integrate pathophysiological principles and the assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement a treatment plan for the trauma patient with a suspected head injury.
• Will be able to integrate pathophysiological principles and the assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement a treatment plan for the patient with a suspected spinal injury.
• Will be able to integrate pathophysiological principles and the assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement a treatment plan for a patient with a thoracic injury.
• Will be able to integrate pathophysiologic principles and the assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the patient with suspected abdominal trauma.
• Will be able to integrate pathophysiological principles and the assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the patient with a musculoskeletal injury.
• Will be able to integrate pathophysiological principles and assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the patient with respiratory problems.
• Will be able to integrate pathophysiological principles and assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the patient with cardiovascular disease.
• Will be able to integrate pathophysiological principles and assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the patient with a neurological problem.
• Will be able to integrate pathophysiological principles and assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement a treatment plan for the patient with an endocrine problem.
• Will be able to integrate pathophysiological principles and assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement a treatment plan for the patient with an allergic or anaphylactic reaction.
• Will be able to integrate pathophysiological principles and assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the patient with a gastroenterologic problem.
• Will be able to integrate pathophysiological principles and the assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement a treatment plan for the patient with a renal or urologic problem.
• Will be able to integrate pathophysiological principles and assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement a treatment plan for the patient with a toxic exposure.
• Will be able to integrate the pathophysiological principles of the hematopoietic system to formulate a field impression and implement a treatment plan.
• Will be able to integrate pathophysiological principles and assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the patient with an environmentally induced or exacerbated medical or traumatic condition.
• Will be able to integrate pathophysiological principles and assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement a management plan for the patient with infectious and communicable diseases.
• Will be able to describe and demonstrate safe, empathetic competence in caring for patients with behavioral emergencies.
• Will be able to utilize gynecological principles and assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement the management plan for the patient experiencing a gynecological emergency.
• Will be able to apply an understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the female reproductive system to the assessment and management of a patient experiencing normal or abnormal labor.
• Will be able to integrate pathophysiological principles and assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement a treatment plan for a neonatal patient.
• Will be able to integrate pathophysiological principles and assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement a treatment plan for the pediatric patient.
• Will be able to integrate the pathophysiological principles and the assessment findings to formulate and implement a treatment plan for the geriatric patient.
• Will be able to integrate the assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement a treatment plan for the patient who has sustained abuse or assault.
• Will be able to integrate pathophysiological and psychosocial principles to adapt the assessment and treatment plan for diverse patients and those who face physical, mental, social and financial challenges.
• Will be able to integrate the pathophysiological principles and the assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement a treatment plan for the acute deterioration of a chronic care patient.
• Will understand standards and guidelines that help ensure safe and effective ground and air medical transport.
• Will be able to integrate the principles of general incident management and multiple casualty incident (MCI) management techniques in order to function effectively at major incidents.
• Will be able to integrate the principles of rescue awareness and operations to safely rescue a patient from water, hazardous atmospheres, trenches, highways, and hazardous terrain.