24 courses with the subject EMED, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
EMED 1076BLS for the Healthcare Provider1
Credit(s) 1 credit lecture/0 credits lab This course includes First Aid and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) for the Adult, Child, and Infant. This course is taught with National Safety Council and current American Heart Association guidelines. Alternative CPR delivery models will be covered. This course fulfills the requirements for health care programs including Practical Nursing, Medical Assistant, as well as students in various other programs. Upon successful completion, participants will receive an American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) for the HealthCare Provider card.
Credit(s) 3 credits lecture/1 credit lab Course content includes materials included in the most current Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Educational Standards appropriate for the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and utilizes more current principles as needed. The EMT course is an assessment-based education utilizing cognitive knowledge attained applied to real-life situations. The EMT course provides preparation in prehospital assessment and care for patients of all ages with a variety of medical conditions and traumatic injuries. Major topic areas covered include introduction to EMS, roles and responsibilities of an EMS provider, medical terminology, and pathophysiology of disease. In addition, patient assessment will be introduced. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be eligible to take Emergency Medical Technician- 2, and will be eligible to apply for certification as an Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) in Minnesota and will receive the American Heart Association-Basic Life Support.
Credit(s) 3 credits lecture/2 credits lab Course content materials include the most current Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Educational Standards appropriate for the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and utilizes more current principles as needed. The EMT course is an assessment-based education utilizing cognitive knowledge attained applied to real-life situations. The EMT course provides preparation in prehospital assessment and care for patients of all ages with a variety of medical and trauma assessment, understanding the kinematics of trauma, functioning in a multiple casualty event, and working with special populations. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be eligible to take the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technician (NREMT)- EMT Basic psychomotor and cognitive exams.
Credit(s) 3 Credits Lecture/0 Credits Lab This is an introductory course for Paramedicine students that reflects the current National EMS Education Standards. This course will enable the student to advance their knowledge base from the Emergency Medical Technician basic level of education to the advanced role of the Paramedic in topics such as medical-legal issues, roles and responsibilities, communication, personal wellness, and the etiology of trauma.
Credit(s) 0 credits lecture/3 credits lab This skills-based course prepares students to meet the current National EMS Educational Standards. Included in this course are the core skills of the basic EMS provider which then expand to the advanced skills of the paramedic. Students will apply fundamental skills in patient care including intravenous and intraosseous (IV/IO) therapy, basic and advanced airway management, advanced patient assessment/physical exam.
Credit(s) 1 Credit Lecture/0 Credits Lab This course covers the pharmacology portion of the National Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Education Standards. Students learn pharmacological concepts, drug legislation and drug categories. Emphasis is placed on commonly used medications in the emergency setting and their effects on body systems.
Credit(s) 1 Credit Lecture/0 Credits Lab Paramedic students learn about current and past legal issues in the field of emergency medical services. The course will cover current EMS laws, policies, and documentation issues. Paramedic students will also learn about consent and legal authority to operate as paramedics.
Credit(s) 2 Credits Lecture/0 Credits Lab This course covers the anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, and treatments of patients of all ages experiencing respiratory emergencies. The student learns to differentiate respiratory emergencies and formulate a treatment plan.
Credit(s) 4 credits lecture/0 credits lab This class introduces students to cardiac and respiratory emergencies. It covers the identification and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias and respiratory conditions. The course offers students the opportunity to interpret electrocardiograms (ECG) and use medication to support assessment and treatment of cardiac and respiratory conditions.
Credit(s) 0 credits lecture/3 credits lab This course offers students the opportunity to apply the concepts of cardiac arrhythmias and respiratory conditions. Students will evaluate and treat simulated patients, demonstrating competency of electrocardiograms (ECG), pharmacological, and advanced respiratory treatment principles. Students will integrate treatment plans for a patient suffering from acute coronary syndromes, and/or respiratory emergencies.
Credit(s) 0 credits lecture/0 credits lab/1 credit OJT This course provides the student with no prior ambulance experience access into the emergency medical services (EMS) system. Course focuses on familiarity of how to work in an ambulance environment.
Credit(s) 0 credits lecture/0 credits lab/2 credits OJT This is a clinical course in which students are assigned to preceptors on an Advance Life Support (ALS) ambulance. This course focuses developing and mastering ALS skills; communicating with patients, families, and other health care providers; and patient assessment skills.
EMED 1600 and EMED 1605 Or by special permission of Program Director/Medical Director
EMED 1705Hospital Clinical I2
Credit(s) 0 credits lecture/0 credits lab/2 credits OJT This course is focused on exposing students to a wide variety of medical patients, including medical and cardiac intensive care patients. Students will be introduced to multiple hospital setting, such as medical/cardiac intensive care units, emergency departments (ED) and operating rooms (OR).
Credit(s) 0 Credits Lecture/0 Credits Lab/1 Credit OJT This course is focused on exposing students to patients in various specialty care centers. Students work beside staff to assess and care for patients in those specialty centers and author a research paper on a relevant medical topic.
Credit(s) 3 Credits Lecture/0 Credits Lab A didactic course focusing on pathophysiology, signs and symptoms, and treatment of patients suffering medical emergencies such as hematological, intestinal, behavioral, renal, and genitourinary body systems.
Credit(s) 4 credits Lecture/0 credits Lab This course focuses on special populations in Emergency Medical Services (EMS), such as pediatrics, geriatrics, obstetrics, labor and delivery, and patients with special healthcare needs. Focus on normal pathophysiology, common medical emergencies, and treatments for each of these populations will be explored.
Credit(s) 0 credits lecture/2 credits lab This is a laboratory cohort to Medical Emergencies and Special Populations (EMED 2500) that focuses on the development and implementation of treatment plans to appropriately treat a patient suffering from a myriad medical conditions. Patients of special population such as pediatric, geriatric, and cognitively impaired patients will also be covered.
Credit(s) 0 Credits Lecture/2 Credits Lab Students demonstrate, diagnose, and treat patients in the special populations as entry-level paramedics. High-fidelity simulation will be used to replicate the environment of patient settings for special populations such as pediatric, and obstetric emergencies.
Credit(s) 0 credits lecture/0 credits lab/2 credits OJT This clinical course allows the student to utilize all of the knowledge and skills learned to this point in the paramedic program to provide and assist in patient care in the emergency department (ED) setting. The student will provide patient care under the direct supervision of a registered Nurse and/or Physician. Provides exposure to the operations of an emergency department (ED) environment.
EMED 1705 Or by special permission of Program Director/Medical Director
EMED 2601Ambulance Clinical III4
Credit(s) 0 Credits Lecture/0 Credits Lab/4 Credits OJT This course provides the paramedic student with opportunities to integrate skill and didactic learning into the practical environment of Emergency Medical Services. The student will operate as a team member and work into leading calls similar to an entry level paramedic under the guidance of a certified Paramedic Mentor.
EMED 2510 Or by special permission of Program Director/Medical Director
EMED 2605Pediatric Provider Course1
Credit(s) 1 credit lecture/0 credits lab This is a standardized course (either Pediatric Advanced Life Support Provider-PALS or Prehospital Emergency Pediatric Provider-PEPP) covering the care and treatment of the pediatric patient suffering from an emergent medical or trauma situation. Focuses on specific differences between pediatric and adult patients and how to appropriately treat pediatric patients.
Credit(s) 0 credits lecture/0 credits lab/2 credits OJT This clinical course will allow students will attend obstetrical and gynecological (OB/GYN) and pediatric hospital rotations to gain an understanding to the delivery of a newborn and assessment and treatment of a neonatal patient and care for the mother.
EMED 2510 Or by special permission of Program Director/Medical Director
EMED 2620EMS Program Summative1
Credit(s) 0 credits lecture/1 credit lab This is a capstone course that focuses on demonstration and application of all material learned within the Paramedic program. This course also includes end of program preparation activities such as program cognitive and psychomotor summative examinations.
Permission required of Program Director/Medical Director
EMED 2625Field Experience -Capstone2
Credit(s) 0 Credits Lecture/0 Credits Lab/2 Credits OJT This course is a summative experience for the paramedic student who has completed all didactic, laboratory, and clinical classes. This class will pair the paramedic student with trained preceptors. The student is expected to function as an entry-level paramedic under the guidance of and with supportive feedback from the preceptor(s).
