2019-2020 Catalog

Emergency Medical Services, A.A.S.

A.A.S. Degree—62 credit hours

Curriculum Code 1332

This program is designed for students intending to go into the public or private sector as Paramedics. Individual lives often depend on quick reaction and competent care of paramedics. Incidents as varied as auto accidents, heart attacks, slips and falls, childbirth, and gunshot wounds all require immediate medical attention. Paramedics provide these vital services as they care for and transport the sick and injured to a medical facility. The Paramedic provides the most extensive pre-hospital care, which includes administration of medications orally and intravenously, endotracheal intubation, and defibrillations of patients in lethal arrhythmias. The Paramedic is employed in a number of industries, including the private ambulance service, municipal fire department or facility responses on helicopters and fixed wing transport vehicles. The Paramedic may also take the National Registry Examination for Paramedics, which will permit a graduate flexibility when seeking employment opportunities.

The Paramedic certificate program is held at Advocate Christ Medical Center. Application to the program is made to The Center for Prehospital Care at Advocate Christ Medical Center.

Required General Education Courses

19 credit hours:

COM-101Composition I

3

COM-103Speech Fundamentals

3

MTH-109Math for Allied Health

2

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BIO-115Anatomy and Physiology

5

OR-

BIO-180Human Anatomy & Physiology I

4

AND-

BIO-181Human Anatomy & Physiology II

4

Take MTH-109 or higher: A minimum level of competency in mathematics is required for graduation for all A.A.S. degrees. This minimum competency may be demonstrated in one of three ways:

  • Placement into MTH-120 or higher; or
  • Successful completion with a minimum grade of “C” in BUS-120, MTH-102, MTH-109, MTH-121, or MTH-133 or higher-level mathematics course for designated career programs; or
  • An equivalent transfer course from another college with a minimum grade of “C”.

Select 3 credit hours from Humanities and Fine Arts:

ARB, ART, FRE, HUM, LIT, MUS, PHI, SPA, THE

Select 3 credit hours from Social/Behavioral Sciences:

ANT, ECO, GEO, HIS, PSC, PSY, SOC, SSC

Required Career Courses

38 credit hours as follows:

EMS-102Paramedic I

10

EMS-103Paramedic II

9

EMS-104Paramedic III

9

EMS-233Field Experience

5

EMS-237Seminar/Capstone

2

IMS-101Introduction to Computer Systems

3

(Note: Take IMS-101 or higher.)
(Note: The above required career courses with the exception of IMS-101 are completed at Advocate Christ Medical Center as a requirement of the Emergency Medical Services (EMT-P, Paramedic) Certificate. Application to the Paramedic program is made to the Center for Prehospital Care at Advocate Christ Medical Center.)

Elective Courses

Select 5 credit hours from the following:

ADC-230Special Topics in Addiction Studies

1

EMS-230Special Topics in EMS

5

MRT-110Medical Terminology

3

PEH-170First Aid

3

(Note: In addition, any course that fulfills the general education requirement for an A.A. degree can be taken as an elective. See the Transfer Programs section in the catalog for more information.)

Suggested Schedule

Semester 1 (16 credit hours)

COM-101Composition I

3

EMS-102Paramedic I

10

___-___Humanities and Fine Arts Elective

3

Semester 2 (14 credit hours)

EMS-103Paramedic II

9

MTH-109Math for Allied Health

2

___-___Social and Behavioral Sciences Elective

3

(Note: Take MTH-109 or higher.)

Semester 3 (17 credit hours)

BIO-115Anatomy and Physiology

5

EMS-104Paramedic III

9

IMS-101Introduction to Computer Systems

3

(Note: Take BIO-115 or BIO-180 and BIO-181)

Semester 4 (15 credit hours)

COM-103Speech Fundamentals

3

EMS-233Field Experience

5

EMS-237Seminar/Capstone

2

___-___Electives

5