Emergency Medical Services - Paramedic - AAS
Offered at: Bluegrass Community and Technical College, Gateway Community and Technical College, Hopkinsville Community College, Jefferson Community and Technical College, Madisonville Community College, Owensboro Community and Technical College, Somerset Community College, Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College
Program Plan Number: 5109047029
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ENG 101 | Writing I | 3 |
| PSY 110 | General Psychology | 3 |
| BIO 135 | Basic Anatomy and Physiology with Laboratory 1 | 4 |
| Select one of the following two options: | 3 | |
| Applied Mathematics | ||
Higher Quantitative Reasoning Course | ||
| Oral Communications | 3 | |
| Heritage or Humanities | 3 | |
| AHS 115 | Medical Terminology | 3 |
| or CLA 131 | Medical Terminology from Greek and Latin | |
| Digital Literacy Course or demonstrated competency | 0-3 | |
| Select one of the following two options: | 38-39 | |
| Option 1 | ||
| Introduction to Paramedicine and Emergency Pharmacology | ||
| Fundamentals Lab | ||
| Clinical Experience I | ||
| Cardiac and Trauma Lab | ||
| Medical Lab | ||
| Traumatic Emergencies and EMS Operations | ||
| Medical Emergencies I and Medical Emergencies II | ||
| Cardiovascular Emergencies and Special Populations and Seminar in Advanced Life Support (ALS) | ||
| Clinical Experience II and Clinical Experience III | ||
| Field Internship & Summation | ||
| Option 2 | ||
| Principles of Paramedicine I | ||
| Paramedic Lab I | ||
| Practicum I-Clinical | ||
| Paramedic Lab II | ||
| Paramedic Lab III | ||
| Principles of Paramedicine IV | ||
| Principles of Paramedicine IV Part I and Principles of Paramedicine IV Part 2 | ||
| Principles of Paramedicine II | ||
| Principles of Paramedicine III | ||
| Practicum II-Clinical | ||
| Practicum III-Field and Principles of Paramedicine V | ||
| Total Credits | 60-64 | |