Contains the didactic material necessary to establish a foundation to practice as a paramedic. Includes applied anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, intravenous therapy, basic and advanced life support, patient assessment, management of trauma, medical conditions, emergency medical system operations, and special considerations when caring for patients throughout the life span and those with special challenges.

Skills assessment and hospital clinical requirements for students enrolled in the paramedic program.

Under the direct supervision and evaluation of a licensed paramedic, students will complete a field internship experience on a designated advanced life support unit. This provides students with prehospital patient care experience and is the last course in the series preparing the student for licensure as a paramedic.

Designed for currently certified EMTs entering the paramedic education program. Focuses on select prehospital foundational topics including biochemistry, cellular physiology, acid-base balance, respiratory physiology and disorders of ventilation and oxygenation, cardiovascular physiology and hemodynamic imbalances, neurophysiology, macronutrient metabolism and diabetes mellitus, and pharmacological principles and procedures intended to address alterations in the physiology of core body systems.

This course provides the Paramedic program student an opportunity for additional directed learning and supervised laboratory time to practice, develop and refine skills necessary to the safe practice of the Paramedic.