Emergency Medical Science (A45340)
Associate Degree Program
Career Information
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.
Fall Semester I
| ACA 115 | Success & Study Skills | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| BIO 163 | Basic Anatomy & Physiology | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| EMS 110 | EMT | 6 | 9 | 9 |
| Semester Total: | 10 | 13 | 15 |
Spring Semester I
| EMS 122 | EMS Clinical Practicum I | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| EMS 130 | Pharmacology | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| EMS 131 | Advanced Airway Management | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| EMS 160 | Cardiology I | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| ENG 111 | Writing and Inquiry | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| MAT 110 | Mathematical Measurement and Literacy | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Semester Total: | 11 | 13 | 16 |
Summer Semester
| EMS 221 | EMS Clinical Practicum II | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| EMS 240 | Patients W/ Special Challenges | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| EMS 260 | Trauma Emergencies | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| | Humanities/Fine Arts Elective (3 ,0, 3) | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Semester Total: | 5 | 11 | 9 |
Fall Semester II
| EMS 220 | Cardiology II | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| EMS 231 | EMS Clinical Practicum III | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| EMS 250 | Medical Emergencies | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| EMS 270 | Life Span Emergencies | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Semester Total: | 8 | 18 | 14 |
Spring Semester II
| COM 120 | Intro to Interpersonal Communication | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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| COM 231 | Public Speaking | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| EMS 241 | EMS Clinical Practicum IV | 0 | 12 | 4 |
| EMS 285 | EMS Capstone | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| EPT 150 | Incident Management | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| PSY 150 | General Psychology | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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| SOC 210 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Semester Total: | 10 | 15 | 15 |