17 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 100Emergency Medical Technician Basic7
The Emergency Medical Technician Basic (EMT-B) program combines didactic, psychomotor labs, and clinical observation and/or field internship in a progressive manner to prepare students to provide emergency care to patients in an out-of-hospital setting based on New York State Department of Health and U.S. Department of Transportation mandates. NOTE: Students who are not 17 years old by the course end date will not be eligible to take the New York State EMT-B Certification exam. EMT-B Certification is required to work or volunteer as an EMT in New York State. Consult with the department for further information. Lab fee will be required Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Offered Distance Learning: No Credits: 7 Contact Hours: Lecture: 7
This course is designed to be offered to the EMT- Basic who has not yet gained sufficient field experience to begin the paramedic program courses. This course will provide the student with supervised riding time as an EMT-Basic as well as three case review sessions to discuss what the student has been exposed to in the field experience. Field rotations place the student in the role of the EMT- Basic on actual emergency calls and expect them to integrate history taking, physical exam, and cognitive knowledge into the total management of the patient. The student's schedule is developed based upon the BLS unit assignment location and shift times, and preceptor availability. The student must maintain records of all patient contacts and will be a required to submit documentation of all their activities and the feedback they receive from the preceptor to the Hudson Valley Community College clinical coordinator prior to completion of this course. Pre-requisite(s): EMSP 100 Emergency Medical Technician Basic with a final grade of "C" or better and a current NYS EMT-Basic certification. Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Offered Distance Learning: No Credits: 1 Contact Hours: Lab: 8
This course is designed to meet New York State Health Department (Bureau of Emergency Medical Services) requirements for EMT Refresher. New laws, policies and changes in patient care will be reviewed, as well as any new technology which has been introduced during the past three years. NOTE: Some Saturday sessions are required in addition to regularly scheduled class hours. Current NYS EMT certification due to expire within 18 months or lapsed NYS EMT certification or
This is an introductory course designed to introduce the student to the fundamentals of prehospital paramedic care. Topics include well being of the paramedic, pathophysiology, the clinical decision making process, communications, and documentation. Students must possess valid New York State Department of Health EMT-Basic certification. Open only to matriculated Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic students. Pre-requisite(s): Valid NYSDOH EMT-Basic Certification. Pre- or co- requisite(s): BIOL 130 Concepts of Human Anatomy and Physiology with a final grade of "C" or better. Lab fee will be required Terms Offered: Fall Offered Distance Learning: Yes Credits: 4 Contact Hours: Lecture: 4 Lab: 0.5
This course is designed to introduce the paramedic students to special topics in EMS. As the profession and scope of practice of paramedics change, this course will introduce new and important topic areas that be encountered by paramedics in their career. Topics in this course range from provider safety in operational, transport, hazardous materials and rescue situations to expanded roles of the paramedic, such as community paramedicine. The course includes a lab component, which is designed to complement the didactic sessions of the course. C or better to successfully meet program requirements. Open only to matriculated Emergency Medical Technician- Paramedic students. Pre-requisite(s): Current NYS EMT Basic Certification Terms Offered: Fall, Spring Offered Distance Learning: No Credits: 2 Contact Hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 1
This course is designed to introduce the paramedic student to specific pathophysiology, assessment, and management techniques for trauma patients. The course topics include trauma systems, mechanisms of injury, hemorrhage and shock, soft tissue trauma, burns, head and face trauma, spinal trauma, thoracic trauma, abdominal trauma and musculoskeletal trauma. The course includes a lab component, which is designed to compliment the didactic sessions of the course. Open only to matriculated Emergency Medical Technician- Paramedic students. Pre- or co- requisite(s): EMSP 204 Airway and Assessment for The Paramedic with a final grade of "C" or better. Terms Offered: Fall, Spring Offered Distance Learning: No Credits: 4 Contact Hours: Lecture: 4 Lab: 2
Paramedicine II focuses on the cardiac patient. Emphasis will be placed on the student developing the critical thinking needed to make tentative differential diagnosis of patients that present with chest pain or other cardiac event. Open only to matriculated Emergency Medical Technician- Paramedic students. Pre-requisite(s): EMSP 216 Paramedicine I with a final grade of "C" or better. Lab fee will be required Terms Offered: Fall Offered Distance Learning: Yes Credits: 4 Contact Hours: Lecture: 4 Lab: 1
This course serves as a capstone for paramedic students in the classroom and lab setting, integrating knowledge learned throughout all the paramedic didactic courses, and applying them. National certification for the mini courses of Prehospital Trauma Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, and Pediatric Advanced Life Support are also obtained. Open only to matriculated Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic students. Pre-requisite(s): EMSP 210 Trauma Management for The Paramedic with a final grade of "C" or better;
