Emergency Medical Services – AS

The Associate in Science (AS) Degree in Emergency Medical Services provides you with supervisory level instruction related to emergency, out-of-hospital care under the direction of an emergency physician. Emergency medical services personnel direct and manage patient care aspects of the emergency response team. The Emergency Medical Services Program is a two-year applied sciences degree program. It includes EMT, Paramedic, Emergency Medical Responder, and general education course work. Students certified as an Emergency Medical Technician may be awarded 11 credit hours toward this program of study. Students certified as Paramedics may be awarded up to 42 credit hours into this degree program.

Entry Requirement:

This is a limited access program; you must obtain authorization from the EMS Program chairperson prior to registering for all or part of this program. You are advised to take the General Education portion of this program prior to or after your Paramedic training which requires extensive field exercises.

Length: Two (2) years (73 credit hours)

PREFIX NUMBER		COURSE NAME	CREDIT HOURS
FIRST YEAR
Fall Term
*	ENC 1101	Freshman English I	(G.E.)	3
	PSY 2012	General Psychology OR	(G.E.)	3
	SYG 2000	General Sociology
*	MAC 1105	College Algebra OR	(G.E.)	3
	MGF 1106	Liberal Arts Mathematics I	(G.E.)
	AMH 1020	Introductory Survey Since 1877 OR	(G.E.)	3
	POS 1041	American Government	(G.E.)
	SLS 1106	First-Year Experience Seminar OR		1
	LIS 2004	Research Strategies for College Students
				13
Spring Term
	EMS 1119	Emergency Medical Technician I		7
	EMS 1119L	Emergency Medical Technician I Lab		4
	EMS 2421	Emergency Medical Technician Practicum		1
**		Humanities Core	(GE)	3
**		Natural Sciences Core	(GE)	3
				18
SECOND YEAR
Fall Term
	EMS 1010C	Anatomy for Paramedics		3
	EMS 1014	Paramedic Preparatory		2
	EMS 1600	Paramedic Fundamentals		2
	EMS 1600L	Paramedic Fundamentals Lab		1
	EMS 1641	Paramedic Clinical Experience I		3
	EMS 1681	Paramedic Special Considerations		2
	EMS 1681L	Paramedic Special Considerations Lab		2
				15
Spring Term
	EMS 1555	Paramedic Trauma Management		2
	EMS 1555L	Paramedic Trauma Management Lab		1
	EMS 1642	Paramedic Clinical Experience II		3
	EMS 1657	Paramedic Field Experience		2
	EMS 1685	Paramedic Medical Emergencies		3
	EMS 1685L	Paramedic Medical Emergencies Lab		2
	EMS 1686	Paramedic Special Emergencies		3
	EMS 1686L	Paramedic Special Emergencies Lab		1
				17
Summer Term
	EMS 1658	Paramedic Field Internship		3
	EMS 1687	Paramedic Rescue Emergencies		1
	EMS 1687L	Paramedic Rescue Emergencies Lab		2
	EMS 1616	Paramedic Patients with Special Needs		2
	EMS 1616L	Paramedic Patients with Special Needs Lab		2
				10
*	It may be necessary to first enroll in a lower level English, math, or reading course depending on college placement test scores.
**	It is your responsibility to meet with the department chair or counselor to select the proper course to fulfill this requirement.