Paramedic Course Descriptions

The Paramedic is an allied health professional whose primary focus is to provide advanced emergency medical care for critical and emergent patients who access the emergency medical system. This individual possesses the complex knowledge and skills necessary to provide patient care and transportation. This class is the first in a series intended to prepare competent entry-level Paramedics in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains. The course will cover anatomy/physiology, advanced airway management, and pharmacology/medication administration. In addition, the course includes a comprehensive presentation of cardiac and respiratory management.

• Prerequisite: EMS 110
• Corequisite: EMS 251

This course will prepare competent entry-level Paramedics in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains in a supervised clinical setting. Rotations in this course include the emergency department, specialty hospital units, and prehospital shifts. Under the supervision of the clinical coordinator and preceptors, students must demonstrate patient care competence and proficiency of skills.

Accomplishing each competency will be demonstrated with a required minimum number of patient/skill contacts for each required patient and conditions listed in the curriculum. Competencies are updated according to the NHTSA and National EMS Education Standards.

• Corequisite: EMS 201

This class is the second in a series intended to prepare competent entry-level Paramedics in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains. This course covers care of patients experiencing a broad array of medical emergencies of various origins. These include neurologic, endocrine, infectious, abdominal, gynecologic, psychiatric, and toxicologic etiologies.

• Prerequisite: EMS 201 and EMS 251
• Corequisite: EMS 252

This course is the second in a series intended to prepare competent entry-level Paramedics in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains in a supervised clinical setting. Rotations in this course include the emergency department, specialty hospital units, and prehospital shifts. Under the supervision of the clinical coordinator and preceptors, students must demonstrate patient care competence and proficiency of skills.

Accomplishment of each competency will be demonstrated with a required minimum number of patient/skill contacts for each required patient and conditions listed in the curriculum. Competencies are updated according to the NHTSA and National EMS Education Standards.

• Prerequisite: EMS 201 and EMS 251
• Corequisite: EMS 202

This class is the third in a series intended to prepare competent entry-level Paramedics in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains. In this course we address the unique emergency care needs of specialized populations such as children, geriatric patients, and patients with physical and mental challenges. We finish with an introduction to concepts of trauma management which are carried forward in the next course.

• Prerequisite: EMS 202 and EMS 252
• Corequisite: EMS 253

This class is the third in a series intended to prepare competent entry-level Paramedics in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains in a supervised clinical setting. Rotations in this course include the emergency care needs of specialized populations such as children, geriatric patients, and patients with physical and mental challenges. Under the supervision of the clinical coordinator and preceptors, students must demonstrate patient care competence and proficiency of skills.

• Prerequisite: EMS 202 and EMS 252
• Corequisite: EMS 203

This class is the final in a four-course series intended to prepare competent entry-level Paramedics in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains. In this course we continue with trauma and injury management concepts first introduced in EMS203, and cover emergency medical operations topics including multiple patient incidents, terrorist attacks, and specialized environments such as air medical transport. This course concludes with the New York State Department of Health EMT-Paramedic certifying examination for those students who have completed all associated requirements.

• Prerequisite: EMS 203 and EMS 253
• Corequisite: EMS 254

This class is the final in a four-course series intended to prepare competent entry-level Paramedics in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains in a supervised clinical setting. Students will complete rotations of designated hospital specialty unit clinical participation. Students will focus on understanding the role of the specialty unit, performing authorized procedures, and observing the treatment of patients.

Students will be expected to complete all required minimum competencies and skills for both hospital and EMS field portions of the class. Students during this phase are expected to take the team leader approach and be able to care for patients without prompting from preceptor.

Accomplishment of each competency will be demonstrated with a required minimum number of patient/skill contacts for each required patient and conditions listed in the curriculum. Competencies are updated according to the NHTSA and National EMS Education Standards.

• Prerequisite: EMS 203 and EMS 253
• Corequisite: EMS 204

Emphasis is on knowledge review and update needed by paramedics for recertification. New techniques and knowledge will be presented where appropriate. Fifty- seven instruction hours, nineteen laboratory hours. Must be certified as a paramedic.