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Emergency Medical Technician
  

  • EMT C300 - AHA BLS Certification

    0.5 CEU CR
    The American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification course is a classroom-based certification course in which health care professionals learn to recognize several life-threatening emergencies, provide CPR to victims of all ages, use an AED, and relieve choking in a safe, timely and effective manner.

  

  • EMT C350 - AHA BLS Instructor

    3.2 CEU CR
    The American Heart Association (AHA) Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Instructor Course is a 32-hour program designed to provide the student with the training necessary to conduct any of the American Heart Association Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) CPR courses which are offered. This course includes an overview of BCLS instruction, teaching strategies, safety/health concerns, teaching outlines, organizational strategies, mannequin maintenance/troubleshooting/repair, and criteria for evaluating the CPR student. Students taking this course will be required to take a written and practical skills test. Students will be required to present a mini-lecture on a BCLS skill (cognitive or psychomotor). Certification will be given to students after they complete a practicum. This course is based on the 2001 guidelines. Lab Fee

    Additional Information: Current (within 1 year) certification in Course C (CPR) from the American Heart Association.
  

  • EMT 101 - Advanced First Aid and CPR

    2 CR
    This course leads to certification in First Aid and CPR through the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons American College of Emergency Physicians and the American Heart Association Healthcare Provider. The course will prepare you to recognize when an emergency situation exists and how to properly care for the patient until professional help arrives. Lab Fee

    Course Learning Outcomes:
    1. Students will perform proper emergency medical care as a certified First Aid and CPR Provider.
    2. Students will formulate and integrate emergency medical care as a certified First Aid and CPR Provider.
    3. Students will communicate with patients needing emergency medical care as a certified First Aid and CPR Provider.
    4. Students will synthesize information to formulate competent emergency medical care as a certified First Aid and CPR Provider.
  

  • EMT 110 - Medical First Responder Training

    3 CR
    The Medical First Responder Course is designed to provide licensure for the student with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services as a medical first responder. This course is based on the current medical first responder curriculum as established by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services EMS Division. Students who successfully complete the requirements of this course will be eligible for licensure as medical first responders with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services EMS Division. This course is designed to provide the student with the knowledge of what to do for a patient prior to the arrival of an ambulance. This course is designed for anyone who may be required to provide care for a sick or injured individual prior to the arrival of an ambulance. This includes (but is not limited to) firefighters, police officers, and first response team members. The course includes training in CPR; bleeding control; airway management; splinting; extrication; oxygen therapy; and medical, environmental, and other emergencies. [32-32-64] Lab Fee

    Course Learning Outcomes:
    1. Students will perform as a Medical First Responder practitioner would giving emergency medical care.
    2. Students will formulate and integrate emergency medical care as a Medical First Responder practitioner.
    3. Students will communicate with patients needing emergency medical care as a Medical First Responder practitioner.
    4. Students will synthesize information to formulate competent emergency medical care as a Medical First Responder practitioner.
  

  • EMT 130 - Basic EMT 1

    8.75 CR
    This course is designed to prepare the student for licensure as a Basic Emergency Medical Technician in Michigan. This course involves medical procedures and use of equipment as prescribed by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, U.S. Department of Transportation, and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services EMS Section. Topics include legal responsibilities, anatomy, physiology, patient assessment, management of various emergency situations, extrication, and current standards for Basic EMTs in the field. This course is based on the requirements for Emergency Medical Technician training from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services EMS Section. This course is part of a three-semester offering of the Basic EMT Program. This course includes certification in Basic Life Support through the American Heart Association.

    Course Learning Outcomes:
    1. Describe the roles of EMS in the health care system.
    2. Demonstrate the professional attributes expected of EMTs.
    3. Perform the roles and responsibilities of an EMT with regard to personal safety and wellness, as well as the safety of others.
    4. Perform the duties of an EMT with regard for medical-legal and ethical issues, including functioning under medical direction and within the national scope of practice.
    5. Apply principles of anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, life-span development, and therapeutic communications to the assessment and management of patients.
    6. Identify the need for and perform immediately life-saving interventions to manage a patient’s airway, breathing, and circulation.
    7. Assess and manage patients of all ages with a variety of complaints, medical conditions and traumatic injuries.
    8. Apply principles of emergency medical services operations, including considerations in ambulance and air medical transportation, multiple casualty incidents, gaining access to and extricating patients, hazardous materials incidents, and responding to situations involving weapons of mass destruction.
  

  • EMT 133 - Basic EMT 2

    8.25 CR
    A continuation of EMT 130 . This course is designed to prepare the student for licensure as a Basic Emergency Medical Technician in Michigan. This course involves medical procedures and use of equipment as prescribed by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, U.S. Department of Transportation, and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services EMS Section. Topics include legal responsibilities, anatomy, physiology, patient assessment, management of various emergency situations, extrication, and current standards for Basic EMTs in the field. This course is based on the requirements for Emergency Medical Technician training from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services EMS Section. This course is part of a three-semester offering of the Basic EMT Program. This course includes certification in Basic Life Support through the American Heart Association.

    Course Learning Outcomes:
    1. Students will relate and perform as a Medical First Responder would giving emergency medical care.
    2. Students will formulate and integrate emergency medical care as a Medical First Responder.
    3. Students will communicate and behave with patients needing emergency medical care as a Medical First Responder.
    4. Students will synthesize information to formulate competent emergency medical care as a Medical First Responder.
  

  • EMT 140 - EMT Basic 1

    6 CR
    The Emergency Medical Technician Basic 1 is a Michigan Department of Health and Human Services approved course. This course provides the information and experience necessary to prepare the student to sit for the National Registry for Emergency Medical Responder Certification exam. Topics include legal responsibilities, anatomy, physiology, patient assessment, management of various emergency situations, extrication, and current standards for Emergency Medical Service providers in the field. Students will also participate in scenario-based education and computer-based testing and scenarios to reinforce skills learned within these areas. [48-48-96] Lab Fee

    Course Learning Outcomes:
    1. Students will perform as a Medical First Responder practitioner giving emergency medical care.
    2. Students will formulate and integrate emergency medical care as a Medical First Responder practitioner.
    3. Students will communicate with patients needing emergency medical care as a Medical First Responder practitioner.
    4. Students will synthesize information to formulate competent emergency medical care as a Medical First Responder practitioner.
  

  • EMT 141 - EMT Basic 2

    7 CR
    The Emergency Medical Technician Basic 2 is a Michigan Department of Health and Human Services approved course. This course provides the information and experience necessary to prepare the student to sit for the National Registry for Emergency Medical Technician Certification exam. Topics include legal responsibilities, anatomy, physiology, patient assessment, management of various emergency situations, extrication, and current standards for Emergency Medical Service providers in the field. Students will also participate in scenario-based education and computer-based testing and scenarios to reinforce skills learned within these areas. [56-56-122] Lab Fee

    Additional Information: Departmental approval required.
    Course Learning Outcomes:
    1. Students will relate and perform as a Basic Emergency Medical Technician giving emergency medical care.
    2. Students will formulate and integrate emergency medical care as a Basic Emergency Medical Technician.
    3. Students will communicate and interact with patients needing emergency medical care as a Basic Emergency Medical Technician.
    4. Students will synthesize information to formulate competent emergency medical care as a Basic Emergency Medical Technician.
  

  • EMT 142 - EMT Basic Simulation

    1 CR
    Emergency Medical Technician Simulation (EMT Basic Simulation) is a Michigan Department of Health and Human Services approved course. This course provides the information and experience necessary to prepare the student to sit for the National Registry for Emergency Medical Technician Certification exam. Simulation education is a bridge between classroom learning and real-life clinical experience. Simulation offers valuable learning experiences that are difficult to obtain in real life. Learners address hands-on and thinking skills, including knowledge-in-action, procedures, decision-making, and effective communication. Critical teamwork behaviors such as managing high workload, trapping errors, and coordinating under stress can be taught and practiced through various low and high-fidelity simulated emergency events. Lab Fee

    Additional Information: Concurrent enrollment in EMT 141 .
    Course Learning Outcomes:
    1. Students will relate and perform as an Emergency Medical Technician giving emergency medical care.
    2. Students will formulate and integrate emergency medical care as an Emergency Medical Technician.
    3. Students will communicate and interact with patients needing emergency medical care as an Emergency Medical Technician.
    4. Students will synthesize information to formulate competent emergency medical care as an Emergency Medical Technician.
  

  • EMT 143 - EMT Basic Clinical

    .5 CR
    This course is designed to provide the clinical hours necessary to meet the requirements of the Emergency Medical Technician Academy Clinical course is a Michigan Department of Health and Human Services approved course. This course is designed for students to observe and participate in the clinical experiences in both the pre-hospital and hospital settings to prepare the student to sit for the National Registry for Emergency Medical Technician Certification exam. Students must have a mobile tablet/phone with camera and touchscreen capabilities to participate in this course. Students are subject to a background check and drug screen. Lab Fee

    Additional Information: Concurrent enrollment in EMT 142 .
    Course Learning Outcomes:
    1. Students will perform as a Basic Emergency Medical Technician giving emergency medical care.
    2. Students will formulate and integrate emergency medical care as a Basic Emergency Medical Technician practitioner.
    3. Students will communicate with patients needing emergency medical care as a Basic Emergency Medical Technician practitioner.
    4. Students will synthesize information to formulate competent emergency medical care as a Basic Emergency Medical Technician practitioner.
  

  • EMT 144 - Prehospital Trauma Life Support

    1.5 CR
    This course is designed to provide the student with the knowledge and skills necessary to care for patients in emergency trauma situations. The course is based on the current National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians’ Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) curriculum.

    Additional Information: Department approval required.
    Recommend Concurrent: EMT 142  
    Course Learning Outcomes:
    1. Relate and perform emergency trauma care as PHTLS providers would give emergency medical care.
    2. Formulate and integrate emergency trauma care as a PHTLS provider would.
    3. Communicate and behave with traumatic patients needing emergency medical care as a PHTLS provider.
    4. Synthesize information to formulate competent emergency trauma care as a PHTLS provider.
  

  • EMT 200 - Pharmacology 1

    2 CR
    This course is designed to provide the paramedic students with a knowledge of basic pharmacological principles, biological factors influencing drug actions, predictable effects of drugs on physiologic problems, modifiers of predictable effects, commonalities and variations between the actions of drugs employed for comparable therapeutic effect, adverse effects of drugs that can and do commonly occur, and application for pharmacological therapy in the pre-hospital setting. Concentration will focus on cardiovascular drugs in this semester.

    Additional Information: Department approval required.
    Course Learning Outcomes:
    1. Students will identify medications by the chemical make, generic name, trade name and official name.
    2. Students will distinguish common pharmacological terminology and abbreviations.
    3. Students will be able to calculate a proper medication dose.
    4. Students will formulate a pharmacological treatment plan for a patient suffering from an emergency.
  

  • EMT 205 - Pharmacology 2

    2 CR
    This course is designed to provide pharmacological information on the remaining non-cardiac drugs, which a paramedic will experience in the pre-hospital and hospital setting. This course is based on the Paramedic Education program requirements as set by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.

    Additional Information: Department approval required.
    Requisites: Take EMT 200  with at least a grade of C-.
    Course Learning Outcomes:
    1. Students will identify medications by the chemical make, generic name, trade name, and official name.
    2. Students will distinguish common pharmacological terminology and abbreviations.
    3. Students will be able to calculate a proper medication dose.
    4. Students will formulate a pharmacological treatment plan for a patient suffering from an emergency.
  

  • EMT 211 - Cardiology 1

    2 CR
    This is a course designed to provide knowledge in cardiology to fulfill the needs of the Paramedic Program. This course involves medical procedures and use of equipment as stated by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, and the American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support standards. Topics include: rapid interpretation of EKGs, static recognition of EKGs, electrical therapy, pharmacological therapy, and basic algorithms for treatment of cardiac arrhythmias.

    Additional Information: Department approval required.
    Course Learning Outcomes:
    1. Students will identify lead II EKG rhythms by the pacemaker location and corresponding rhythm identification guidelines.
    2. Students will distinguish cardiac anatomy and physiology in relation to the EKG.
    3. Students will formulate a treatment plan for a patient suffering from a cardiac emergency.
  

  • EMT 216 - Cardiology 2

    2 CR
    This course is designed to provide knowledge in cardiology to fulfill the needs of the Paramedic program. This course involves medical procedures and use of equipment as stated by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, and the American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support standards. Topics include pathophysiology of heart disorders, multi-lead EKG interpretation, and therapeutic modalities.

    Additional Information: Department approval required.
    Requisites: Take EMT 211  with at least a grade of C-.
    Course Learning Outcomes:
    1. Students will interpret multi-lead EKG presentations by corresponding identification criteria and guidelines.
    2. Students will distinguish cardiac anatomy and physiology in relation to the EKG.
    3. Students will formulate a treatment plan for a patient suffering from a cardiac emergency.
  

  • EMT 221 - Paramedic 1

    5 CR
    This course is designed to prepare the student for licensure as a Paramedic in Michigan. This course includes patient assessment techniques and concepts, advanced airway management, fluid and shock resuscitation, acid/base and body buffer systems, and multi-systems trauma treatments. The course involves medical procedures and use of equipment as prescribed by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, and Calhoun County Medical Control Authority. Lab Fee

    Additional Information: Department approval required.
    Course Learning Outcomes:
    1. Students will understand the roles and responsibilities of a paramedic within an EMS system.
    2. Students will analyze patients suffering from respiratory emergencies and make positive choices to help the patient.
    3. Students will formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the respiratory emergency patient.
    4. Students will analyze patients suffering from traumatic emergencies and make positive choices to help the patient.
    5. Students will formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the traumatic patient.
  

  • EMT 225 - Paramedic 2

    4 CR
    This course is designed to prepare the student for licensure as a Paramedic in Michigan. The course involves medical procedures and use of equipment as prescribed by the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, and Calhoun County Medical Control Authority. Topics include advanced life support in gynecological emergencies, emergency management, gastrointestinal emergencies, lab test analysis, and other medical emergencies.

    Additional Information: Department approval required.
    Course Learning Outcomes:
    1. Students will understand the roles and responsibilities of a paramedic within an EMS system.
    2. Students will analyze patients suffering from medical emergencies and make positive choices to help the patient.
    3. Students will formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the medical patient.
  

  • EMT 230 - Paramedic Advanced Practice

    4 CR
    This course provides the paramedic student the knowledge in the transport of patients with special considerations and advanced EMT operations as prescribed in the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Paramedic Curriculum. Students will take a comprehensive exam at the conclusion of this course for certification by Kellogg Community College. This certification can be used as evidence of completion for the National Registry Exam (passage of which leads to licensing in most U.S. states).

    Additional Information: Department approval required.
    Course Learning Outcomes:
    1. Students will understand the roles and responsibilities of a paramedic within an EMS system.
    2. Students will analyze patients suffering from special consideration emergencies and make positive choices to help the patient.
    3. Students will distinguish components of ambulance operations within an EMS system.
    4. Students will formulate the implementation of the incident management system.
  

  • EMT 235 - Paramedic Pediatric Advance Life Support

    2 CR
    This course is designed to provide the Paramedic student with the skills and knowledge to handle pediatric emergencies in the pre-hospital setting. Pediatric patients are not treated as young adults. They are a distinct population with different responses to injuries than adults. Lab Fee

    Additional Information: Department approval required.
    Course Learning Outcomes:
    1. Students will understand the roles and responsibilities of a paramedic within an EMS system.
    2. Students will analyze pediatric patients suffering from a medical emergency and make positive choices to help the patient.
    3. Students will formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the pediatric emergency patient.
    4. Students will analyze pediatric patients suffering from a traumatic emergency and make positive choices to help the patient.
    5. Students will formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the traumatic pediatric patient.
  

  • EMT 240 - Skills Lab 1

    2 CR
    This course is designed to provide the Paramedic student with the skills as prescribed by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) for the Paramedic curriculum. This course includes skill practice and scenarios (computer, simulation, and classroom). This course is part of the Paramedic curriculum and must be taken with EMT 245  within the same year of instruction. Lab Fee

    Additional Information: Department approval required.
    Course Learning Outcomes:
    1. Students will demonstrate the roles and responsibilities of a Paramedic within an EMS system.
    2. Students will demonstrate the application of lifesaving skills performed by the Paramedic.
    3. Students will analyze patients suffering from medical and traumatic emergencies and make positive choices to help the patient.
    4. Students will formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for medical and traumatic emergency patients.
  

  • EMT 245 - Skills Lab 2

    2 CR
    This course is designed to provide the Paramedic student with the skills as prescribed by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) for the Paramedic curriculum. This course includes skill practice and scenarios (computer, simulation, and classroom). This course is part of the Paramedic curriculum and must be taken with EMT 240  within the same year of instruction. Lab Fee

    Additional Information: Department approval required.
    Course Learning Outcomes:
    1. Students will demonstrate the roles and responsibilities of a paramedic within an EMS system.
    2. Students will demonstrate the application of lifesaving skills performed by the paramedic.
    3. Students will analyze patients suffering from medical and traumatic emergencies and make positive choices to help the patient.
    4. Students will formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for medical and traumatic emergency patients.
  

  • EMT 251 - Introduction to the Clinical Experience

    1 CR
    This course is designed to provide the first semester clinical hours necessary to meet the requirements of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Paramedic curriculum. This course includes clinical rotations at various sites including ambulance, hospital, and skilled care facilities. In addition, classroom time is scheduled to review clinical procedures and review the progress of the students. Clinical education represents the most important component of paramedic education since this is where the student learns to synthesize cognitive and psychomotor skills. To be effective, clinical education will integrate and reinforce the didactic and skills laboratory components of the program. Clinical instruction will follow sound educational principles, be logically sequenced to proceed from simple to complex tasks, have specific objectives, and be closely supervised and evaluated. Lab Fee

    Additional Information: Department approval required.
    Course Learning Outcomes:
    1. Students will understand the roles and responsibilities of a Paramedic within an EMS system.
    2. Students will analyze patients suffering from medical emergencies and make positive choices to help the patient.
    3. Students will formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the medical patient.
  

  • EMT 252 - Paramedic Clinical Experience 1

    2 CR
    This course is designed to provide the second-semester clinical hours necessary to meet the requirements of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Paramedic curriculum. This course includes clinical rotations at various sites including ambulance, hospital, and skilled care facilities. In addition, classroom time is scheduled to review clinical procedures and review the progress of the students.

    Additional Information: Department approval required.
    General Education Requirement: Effective Communication - Applied Core
    Course Learning Outcomes:
    1. Students will perform as a Paramedic practitioner would giving emergency medical care.
    2. Students will formulate and integrate emergency medical care as a Paramedic practitioner.
    3. Students will communicate with patients needing emergency medical care as a Paramedic practitioner.
    4. Students will synthesize information to formulate competent emergency medical care as a Paramedic practitioner.
  

  • EMT 255 - Paramedic Clinical Experience 2

    3.5 CR
    This course is designed to provide the second-semester clinical hours necessary to meet the requirements of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Paramedic curriculum. This course includes clinical rotations at various sites including ambulance, hospital, and skilled care facilities. Included in this course is 7 hours of meeting and lecture time with the clinical coordinator, 28 hours of simulation time to aid the students in meeting their required clinical competencies, and 140 hours of time in the clinical environment. Classroom time is scheduled to review clinical procedures and review the progress of the students. Lab Fee

    Additional Information: Department approval required.
    General Education Requirement: Critical Thinking - Applied Core
    Course Learning Outcomes:
    1. Students will perform as a Paramedic practitioner would giving emergency medical care.
    2. Students will formulate and integrate emergency medical care as a Paramedic practitioner.
    3. Students will communicate with patients needing emergency medical care as a Paramedic practitioner.
    4. Students will synthesize information to formulate competent emergency medical care as a Paramedic practitioner.
  

  • EMT 260 - Paramedic Internship

    5 CR
    This course is designed to provide the Field Internship as prescribed by the Michigan Department of Transportation and the requirements of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Paramedic curriculum. This course is the last course taken as part of the Paramedic Program. This course includes clinical rotations at ambulance services as the lead Paramedic under the supervision of a field Paramedic. Students are expected to complete their clinical competencies during this class. In addition, classroom time is scheduled to review clinical procedures and review the progress of the students. Lab Fee

    Additional Information: Department approval required.
    Requisites: (1) Take EMT 230  and EMT 235  with at least a grade of C- (AND) (2) Take EMT 255  with at least a grade of P.
    General Education Requirement: Personal and Cultural Engagement - Applied Core
    Course Learning Outcomes:
    1. Students will perform as a Paramedic practitioner would giving emergency medical care.
    2. Students will formulate and integrate emergency medical care as a Paramedic practitioner.
    3. Students will communicate with patients needing emergency medical care as a Paramedic practitioner.
    4. Students will synthesize information to formulate competent emergency medical care as a Paramedic practitioner.
  

  • EMT 261 - Paramedic Field Prep

    1.5 CR
    This course is designed to prepare the Paramedic student for a leadership role during the clinical field internship. This course will certify the student in Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, and Trauma Advanced Life Support. The course involves medical procedures and use of equipment as prescribed by the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, and Calhoun County Medical Control Authority. Lab Fee

    Additional Information: Department approval required.
    Course Learning Outcomes:
    1. Students will perform as a lead Paramedic practitioner would giving emergency medical care.
    2. Students will formulate and integrate emergency medical care as a lead Paramedic practitioner.
    3. Students will communicate with patients needing emergency medical care as a lead Paramedic practitioner.
    4. Students will synthesize information to formulate competent emergency medical care as a lead Paramedic practitioner.
  

  • EMT 286 - EMS Instructor/Coordinator Training Practicum

    10 CR
    The EMS Instructor Coordinator course will include student participation in classroom and online course work along with guided student teaching to prepare the student for licensure as an EMS Instructor Coordinator within the State of Michigan. Following successful completion of this course, the student will be recommended for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services licensure. This course is based on the U.S. Department of Transportation National Standard Curriculum for an instructor training program.

    Additional Information: Department approval required.
    Course Learning Outcomes:
    1. Students will understand the roles and responsibilities of an EMS Instructor Coordinator.
    2. Students will formulate and present a lesson plan for an EMS class.
    3. Students will evaluate various teaching methods with the goal of improving personal teaching skills.
  

  • EMT 292 - UMBC Critical Care Emergency Medical Transport

    7 CR
    This course is the nationally accepted University of Maryland-Baltimore County Critical Care Emergency Transport Program. This course is designed to prepare paramedics and nurses to function as members of a critical care transport team. Critical patients that must be transported between facilities require a different level of care from hospital or emergency field patients. Participants will gain an understanding of the special needs of critical patients during transport, become familiar with the purpose and mechanisms of hospital procedures and equipment, and develop the skills to maintain the stability of hospital equipment and procedures during transport. Topics include the critical care environment, breathing management, surgical airway management, hemodynamic management, cardiac management, pharmacological management, GI, GU and renal management, neurological management, complications of transport, and special considerations. This course is based on the updated 2011 curriculum as prescribed by the UMBC. It is highly recommended that students taking courses are currently licensed as a Paramedic or Registered Nurse, have BLS Provider, ACLS, ITLS/TNCC/PhTLS, PALS certifications and at least two years of field experience. Lab fee

    Course Learning Outcomes:
    1. Students will understand the roles and responsibilities of a Critical Care Paramedic within an EMS system.
    2. Students will analyze patients suffering from a respiratory emergency and make positive choices to help the patient.
    3. Students will formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the respiratory emergency patient.
    4. Students will analyze patients suffering from a traumatic emergency and make positive choices to help the patient.
    5. Students will formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the traumatic patient.
  

  • EMT 295 - UMBC Pediatric/Neonatal Critical Care Transport Course

    4.25 CR
    This intensive one-week course is designed to prepare experienced paramedics, nurses, and respiratory therapists to function as members of a pediatric and neonatal critical care support team. This course is based on the nationally accepted University of Maryland-Baltimore County course in pediatric/neonatal care. Participants will gain an understanding of the special needs of critical patients during transport, become familiar with the purpose and mechanisms of hospital procedures and equipment, and develop the skills to maintain the stability of hospital equipment and procedures during transport. In addition, this course may serve as a springboard for those institutions looking to expand into pediatric critical care.

    Additional Information: Two years documented experience in critical care environment.
    Course Learning Outcomes:
    1. Students will demonstrate the roles and responsibilities of a Pediatric Critical Care Paramedic within an EMS system.
    2. Students will analyze patients suffering from respiratory emergencies and make positive choices to help the patient.
    3. Students will formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the respiratory emergency patient.
    4. Students will analyze patients suffering from traumatic emergencies and make positive choices to help the patient.
    5. Students will formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the traumatic patient.
  

  • EMT 297 - Community Integrated Paramedic

    12 CR
    Community Paramedicine is an emerging healthcare delivery model that increases access to basic services by utilizing specially trained emergency medical service (EMS) providers in an expanded role. Community Paramedics care for patients at home or in other non-urgent settings outside of a hospital under the supervision of a physician or advanced practice provider. Community Paramedics can expand the reach of primary care and public health services by using EMS personnel to perform patient assessments. [128-64-192] Lab Fee

    Additional Information: Department approval required. Student must provide the EMS Program Coordinator with proof of current paramedic license.
    Course Learning Outcomes:
    1. Students will show proficiency in all lecture and lab topics.
    2. Students will need to pass the International Community Paramedic exam for licensure.
    3. Students will provide care at a community-integrated licensure level.
  

  • EMT 298 - Community Integrated Paramedic Clinical Internship

    2 CR
    The clinical portion of the CIP course seeks to align the student with healthcare professionals specialized in chronic diseases, mental illness, handicapped patients, special needs patients, pediatrics, and any/all other non-emergent type patients.  As well, it will bring attention to issues that are routinely not associated with the practice of a pre-hospital health care provider.  Those might include well-being checks, home safety, environmental concerns, and potential abuse. The intention is to focus more specifically on these types of non-emergent patients and to glean knowledge for assessment and treatment skills as well as to mitigate problems without going to the emergency department. Students must complete the minimum amount of clinical hours as required by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Lab Fee

    Additional Information: Department approval required with proof of current paramedic license.
    Requisites: Take EMT 297 .
    Course Learning Outcomes:
    1. Students will be able to communicate the roles and responsibilities of an Integrated Community Paramedic within an EMS system.
    2. Students will analyze, through assessment patients suffering from medical and traumatic conditions in order to make positive outcomes for the patient.
    3. Students will formulate field impressions, through history and assessment in order to be able to assist the patient in using their own equipment.
    4. Students will formulate field impressions, through history and assessment in order to implement a treatment plan suitable for both the at-home long and short care patient.
    5. Students will be able to provide medical care in the home (in accordance with local and state protocols) to achieve a positive patient outcome.
 

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