Paramedic Medicine, AAS

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CODE: EMS-AAS | TOTAL CREDITS: 65 | FINANCIAL AID ELIGIBILITY: Eligible

SCHOOL: School of Business, Hospitality and Public Services

DEPARTMENT: Department of Criminal Justice and Emergency Services

SELECTIVE ADMISSION PROGRAM

This is a selective admission program. Applicants must submit a program application, EMS/Healthcare experience form, EMT and/or AEMT certifications, current CPR card, letters of recommendation, and transcripts documenting completion of prerequisite courses. Students accepted into the program will be responsible for additional program expenses including all necessary pre-clinical requirements.

DESCRIPTION

The objective of this degree is to train students with the necessary cognitive, psychomotor, and affective behaviors to provide advanced life support in the pre-hospital setting and to provide the necessary coursework to be licensed in the State of Nevada and nationally certified. This limited entry program offers a comprehensive and in-depth study of advanced life support skills which include pharmacology, advanced airway management procedures and skills, ECG interpretation and electrical therapy. Associate degree recipients may see improved opportunity for managerial, clinical or educational advancement after sufficient field experience is obtained.

SPECIALIZED ACCREDITATION

The Paramedic program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Committee of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoA-EMSP). Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, 1361 Park Street, Clearwater, FL 33756, (727) 210-2350.

ACADEMIC MAP

Map: CSN AAS Paramedic Medicine

Student Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate competencies necessary to pass the National Registry certification cognitive and psychomotor examination.
Demonstrate proficiency with all technical skills as relative to providing emergency medical care and transportation to critical and emergent patients as necessary to successfully complete all aspects of the field internship.
Demonstrate the ability to understand, apply, and evaluate the clinical information necessary for managing and transporting acute medical and traumatic patients as relative to the role of an entry-level Paramedic.
Demonstrate professional attitudes and ethical behaviors consistent with the expectations of area employers and the local, medical community.
Demonstrate the skills and abilities to seek opportunities for managerial , clinical, or educational advancement after sufficient field experience is obtained.

General Education Requirements

TOTAL GENERAL EDUCATION CREDITS: 24

300-level and above courses cannot be used to satisfy GE requirements.

Mathematics (3 Credits)

^{NOTE: Your first college-level MATH course MUST be completed before reaching 30 total college-level credits.}

MATH 104B - Applied Mathematics or above (except MATH 122 and MATH 123)

English Composition (3-5 Credits)

^{NOTE: Your first college-level ENG course MUST be completed before reaching 30 total college-level credits.}

Communications (3 Credits)

Human Relations (3 Credits)

Natural Science (5 Credits)

Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences (3 Credits)

any AM prefix course
or any ANTH prefix course (except ANTH 102 and ANTH 110L)
or any ART prefix course
or any COM prefix course
or DAN 101 - Dance Appreciation
or any ECON prefix course
or ENG 223 - Themes of Literature or above
or GEOG 106 - Introduction to Cultural Geography
or any HIST prefix course
or any MUS prefix course (except MUS 100)
or any PHIL prefix course
or any PSC prefix course
or any PSY prefix course
or any SOC prefix course
or any THTR prefix course (except THTR 275)
or WMST 113 - Gender, Race, and Class
or World Languages 101B or above (this includes the following course prefixes: ARA, ARM, CHI, FIL, FREN, GER, GRE, ITAL, JPN, KOR, LAT, PORT, RUS, SPAN, and THAI)

U.S. and Nevada Constitutions (4-6 Credits)

Four Credit Options
HIST 100 - Historical Issues and Contemporary Society
or PSC 101 - Introduction to American Politics
Six Credit Options
HIST 101 - U.S. History to 1877 and
and HIST 102 - U.S. History Since 1877
or
HIST 101 - U.S. History to 1877
and
and HIST 217 - Nevada History

Major Requirements

TOTAL MAJOR REQUIREMENTS CREDITS: 41

Grades of D+, D, and D- in the major requirements (occupational) area in an Associate of Applied Science degree program will not count toward graduation requirements.