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2026-2027 Catalog 
    
2026-2027 Catalog

Paramedic Science, AAS


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LOCATIONS:

Bloomington - Evansville - Fort Wayne - Indianapolis - Kokomo - Madison - Marion - Richmond - Sellersburg - South Bend/Elkhart - Terre Haute - Valparaiso

GENERAL EDUCATION CORE


REQUIREMENT TOTAL: 18


OTHER INSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS


REQUIREMENT TOTAL: 7


PROFESSIONAL-TECHNICAL CORE


REQUIREMENT TOTAL: 42


TOTAL CREDITS: 67


DEGREE OUTCOMES


  • 1. Demonstrate his or her roles and responsibilities within an EMS system, and how these roles and responsibilities differ from other levels of providers.

    2. Demonstrate the importance of personal wellness in EMS and serve as a healthy role model for peers.

    3. Implement primary injury prevention activities as an effective way to reduce death, disabilities, and healthcare costs.

    4. Classify the role that legal issues and ethics play in the decision-making process in the out-of-hospital environment.

    5. Integrate principles of therapeutic communication with any patient while providing care.

    6. Use appropriate techniques for comprehensive patient assessment that includes physical examination and medical history.

    7. Integrate a treatment plan with pathophysiological principles and assessment findings for patients with complaints of medical or traumatic nature.

    8. Create a treatment plan for the emergent pediatric, adult and geriatric patient using pathophysiological principles and the assessment findings.

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