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:
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:
(Note: Take CIS-101 or higher.)
(Note: EMS-102, EMS-103, EMS-104, EMS-233, and EMS-237 must be completed within one calendar year)
(Note: The above required career courses with the exception of CIS-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:
(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 (14 credit hours)
| BIO-115 | Anatomy and Physiology | 5 |
| COM-101 | Composition I | 3 |
| COM-103 | Speech Fundamentals | 3 |
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| Humanities and Fine Arts Elective | 3 |
Semester 2 (13 credit hours)
| CIS-101 | Introduction to Computer Systems | 3 |
| MTH-109 | Math for Allied Health | 2 |
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| Social and Behavioral Sciences Elective | 3 |
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| Electives | 5 |
Semester 3 (19 credit hours)
(Note: EMS-102 and EMS-103 must be completed within one calendar year)
Semester 4 (16 credit hours)