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.
Required General Education Courses
17 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
Select 3 credit hours from Physical/Life Sciences:
AST, BIO, CHM, PHY
Required Career Courses
40 credit hours as follows:
Elective Courses
Select 3 credit hours from the following:
ADC, CIS, FIS, MRT, PEH, PHB, THR
(Note: Take CIS-101 or higher.)
(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 (12 credit hours)
| COM-101 | Composition I | 3 |
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| Humanities and Fine Arts Elective | 3 |
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| Physical and Life Sciences Elective | 3 |
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| Social and Behavioral Sciences Elective | 3 |
Semester 2 (19 credit hours)
Semester 3 (16 credit hours)
(Note: EMS-104 must be completed within one calendar year)
Semester 4 (13 credit hours)