The AAS Paramedic Program provides paramedic level training utilizing current and modern equipment based on the guidelines of the national standard curriculum as mandated by Pennsylvania State Law to competently prepare the student to pass both the national practical and written certification exam process and encountered by a field level street paramedic operating out of an ambulance, Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS), or mobile intensive care unit. In addition, the general education requirements will prepare the student for the many administrative functions which accompany the clinical provisions prepare the student for mid-management employment.

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This program gives the student the opportunity to:

• To prepare Paramedics who are competent in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains to enter the profession. This program gives the student the opportunity to perform advanced life support lifesaving skills in the environment constantly encountered by a field level street paramedic operating out of an ambulance, helicopter, or mobile intensive care unit.

The graduate of this program is able to:

• Integrate comprehensive knowledge of EMS systems, the safety/wellbeing of the paramedic, the medical, legal, and ethical issues which is intended to improve the health of the EMS personnel, patients, and the community.
• Integrate comprehensive knowledge of pathophysiology, pharmacology, and management of cardiac, respiratory, and trauma patients.
• Integrate anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology in the management of obstetric, pediatric, neonatal, and medical patients.
• Safely and effectively perform all practical skills within the national, state, and local guidelines at the EMT-paramedic level.

FIRST YEAR - FIRST SEMESTER
EMS-101 - Basic Emergency Medical Technician, 6 credits
ENG-101 - English Composition, 3 credits
FYE-101 - First Year Experience, 1 credits
Elective - Health and Physical Ed Electives, 1 credits
or EMS-207 - Cardio-Pulmoniary Resuscitation (CPR), 1 credits
PSY-103 - General Psychology, 3 credits

FIRST YEAR - SECOND SEMESTER
EMS-204 - Introduction Emergency Medical Systems, 3 credits
ENG-261 - Technical Communications, 3 credits
Elective - Mathematics Elective, 3 credits
SOC-101 - Principles of Sociology, 3 credits

SECOND YEAR - FIRST SEMESTER
BIO-130 - Basic Anatomy, 4 credits
EMS-201 - Emergency Medical Technician Paramedic Part A, 7 credits
EMS-209 - Emergency Vehicle Operations Class, 1 credits

SECOND YEAR - SECOND SEMESTER
EMS-103 - Basic Pharmacology, 3 credits
EMS-202 - Emergency Medical Tech. Paramedic Part B, 7 credits
EMS-210 - International Trauma Life Support, 1 credits
EMS-211 - Advanced Cardiac Life Support, 1 credits

SECOND YEAR - THIRD SEMESTER
EMS-203 - Emergency Medical Technician Paramedic C, 7 credits
EMS-205 - Advanced Paramedic Practice, 5 credits
EMS-212 - Pediatric Advanced Life Support, 1 credits

Total Credits for Degree: 63