St Cloud Technical and Community College · Courses
EMSP
13 courses with the subject EMSP, 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.
EMSP 1450Introduction to Paramedicine Practice
Fundamental elements associated with emergency medical services to include preparatory practices, pathophysiology, medication administration, and relate topics. Student Learning Outcomes: * Demonstrate the roles and responsibilities of a paramedic within the EMS system. * Apply the basic concepts of development, pathophysiology and pharmacology to assessment and management of emergency patients. * Demonstrate proper procedure to administer medications. * Illustrate ability to communicate effectively with patients. * Understand the medical, legal, and ethical issues relating to EMS practice. * Describe the issues impacting the well-being of the paramedic. Corequisite(s): EMSP1452, EMSP1454, EMSP1456. (3 C: 2 lect/pres, 1 lab, 0 other)
This course prepares paramedic students to provide pre-hospital care within the scope of practice and capacity of the paramedic to ill or injured individuals. The course focuses on patient assessment, airway control and emergency response and management. In addition, related topics covered include acquiring patient health history, the standard techniques of physical examination, basic thru advanced airway procedures. Student Learning Outcomes: * Perform a history and comprehensive physical exam on various patient popu- lations; * Perform by establishing and/or maintaining a patient airway; * Demonstrate oxygenation and ventilation of a patient; * Differentiate respiratory distress, failure and arrest; * Interpret results of monitoring devices used in EMS patient assessments. Corequisite(s): EMSP1450, EMSP1454, EMSP1456. (4 C: 2 lect/pres, 2 lab, 0 other) PLEASE NOTE: All program plans are preliminary and curriculum ma 2026-2027 St. Cloud Technical & Community College
This course covers knowledge and skills in the assessment and management of patients with traumatic injuries. Student Learning Outcomes: * Differentiate the kinematics of trauma as they pertain to mechanism of injury (MOI). * Establish and/ or maintain a patent airway, oxygenate, and ventilate. * Perform a comprehensive physical exam, including a complete history on trauma patients. * Integrate a treatment plan for the trauma patient. * Perform invasive procedures as they relate to the trauma patient (e.g. chest decompression, pericardiocentesis, surgical airways, tourniquets, etc)Corequisite(s): EMSP1450, EMSP1452, EMSP14526. (4 C: 2 lect/pres, 2 lab, 0 other)
Clinical Experience 1, allows the paramedic student to explore the wide varia- tion between ambulance services and individual patient care experience. Upon completion of this clinical experience, the paramedic student will not only be better prepared to complete future clinical rotations, but also have a better understanding of the wide-variety of ALS care techniques and equipment avail- able. Introduces the student to local clinical agencies and prepares the student for clinical activities above the level of EMT. Includes prerequisites required by clinical affiliates, therapeutic communication, primary assessment, history taking, secondary assessment, reassessment, monitoring devices and documentation. Student Learning Outcomes: * Become familiar with the operations, procedures and care provided by the Paramedic in the field. f * Apply appropriate treatment to patients under the direct supervision of a Para- medic of Hospital staff. * Communicate patient findings to the patient and allied health professionals. * Demonstrate a treatment plan for the medical and trauma patient of all ages and patient types. Corequisite(s): EMSP1450, EMSP1452, EMSP1454. (3 C: 0 lect/pres, 0 lab, 3 other)
This course covers medications commonly used in the pre-hospital setting, how these medications work, and how they are administered. Concepts covered include indications, contraindications, side effects and other issues of concern. Medication administering skills include working with oral, subQ, IM, IO, and IV meds. In addition to providing knowledge of medications currently used in the pre-hospital setting, the course will cover procedures for maintaining prepared- ness to administer additional medications that may come into the pre-hospital arena. Student Learning Outcomes: * Integrate comprehensive knowledge of pharmacology to formulate a treatment plan intended to mitigate emergencies and improve the overall health of the patient. * Develop better critical thinking skills through the discussion of medication safety, medication legislation, naming / classification, schedules, pharmokinet- ics, storage and security, autonomic pharmacology, metabolism and excretion, mechanism of action, phases of medication activity, medication response relationships and interactions, and toxicity . * Practice multiple methods to administer medications common to the pre- hospital environment. * Familiarize the student with common medications used within the paramedic scope of practice including, but not limited to: names, effects, indications, routes of administration, dosages, actions, contraindications, complications, side effects, and interactions. Prerequisite(s): EMSP1450. (3 C: 2 lect/pres, 1 lab, 0 other)
This course covers a detailed study of the knowledge and skills necessary to help reach competence in the assessment and management of patients with medical emergencies. At the completion of this course, the student will be able to inte- grate pathophysiological principles and assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement a treatment plan for the medical patient. y change without notice. Page 163
This course integrates pathophysiological principles and assessment findings to formulate a field impression; and implement a treatment plan for the cardiac patient. Student Learning Outcomes: * Integrate pathophysiological principles with assessment findings to develop a treatment plan for a cardiac patient. * Apply appropriate pharmacological treatments to various Cardiac arrhythmias * Communicate patient findings to the patient and allied health professionals. * Demonstrate communication to patient families when communicating end of life issues. Corequisite(s): EMSP1460, EMSP1464, EMSP1458 Prerequisite(s): EMSP1450. (4 C: 3 lect/pres, 1 lab, 0 other)
Focuses on the pre-hospital assessment and management of patients in a specific population including pediatrics, geriatrics, obstetrics/gynecology (OB/GYN), bariatric, vulnerable patients, sexual assault and special needs. Student Learning Outcomes: * Perform a complete patient history and physical exam for patients of extreme age categories. * Formulate a field diagnosis and implement a treatment plan for various patient presentations, to include the use of medications and other advanced level skills specific to age categories. * Upon Successful completion the students will obtain certification in AHA Pediatric Advanced Life Support * Apply principles of injury prevention to case studies. * Manage various pre-hospital emergencies for patients of the extreme age categories. * Differentiate developmental characteristics of infants and children of varying age groups. Prerequisite(s): EMSP1458. (3 C: 2 lect/pres, 1 lab, 0 other)
This course focuses on matters related to Emergency Medical Services (EMS) operations, incident and scene safety and awareness, triage, multiple and mass casualty incident operations and medical incident management (command and PLEASE NOTE: All program plans are preliminary and curriculum m 2026-2027 St. Cloud Technical & Community College control of EMS incidents). This course develops an awareness of principles, tech- niques and procedures necessary to safely and effectively manage an emergency scene. This course is required for students desiring to test for National Registry Paramedic certification. Student Learning Outcomes: * Describe the components of ground and air EMS operations * Explain the principles of incident management system * Differentiate various types of triage methods used in EMS operations * Classify types of disasters / terrorist incidents and appropriate response * Discuss procedures for responding and operating at crime scenes * Identify types of specialized rescue and hazardous materials response Corequisite(s): EMSP2450, EMSP2454 Prerequisite(s): EMSP1458. (3 C: 3 lect/pres, 0 lab, 0 other)
This course provides the paramedic student with composition or combination of all psychomotor skills and cognitive knowledge so as to form a whole skill portfolio of an entry level paramedic. This intensive course will culminate with the practical and written portions of the National Registry Paramedic exam. May be repeated once, for credit. Student Learning Outcomes: * Demonstrate competency of material contained in the National Paramedic curriculum * Apply knowledge in a lab setting to depict competency in psychomotor test- ing requirements of the MN Emergency Service Regulatory Board and the National Registry of EMTs. * Utilize assessment and techniques of the Paramedic provider in a labora- tory setting that depicts competency in psychomotor testing requirements of the MN Emergency Service Regulatory Board and the National Registry of EMTs. Corequisite(s): EMSP2458 Prerequisite(s): EMSP2450. (2 C: 0 lect/pres, 2 lab, 0 other)
This course provides a summative internship to ensure entry-level competence at the paramedic level. This course is the final in a series of field setting clinical internships. At completion, the student will have provided comprehensive as- sessment and management for fifty (50) patients in the pre-hospital setting as the Team Lead as defined by CoAEMSP Student Learning Outcomes: * Demonstrate entry-level competency in a capstone psycho-motor experience * Demonstrate entry-level competency in a capstone cognitive evaluation. * Demonstrate entry-level competency in a capstone affective evaluation. Corequisite(s): EMSP2456 ay change without notice. Page 164
