Emergency Medical Technician Paramedic
Associate Degree Program
The paramedic provides advanced pre-hospital emergency care under medical command authority to acutely ill or injured patients and transports patients by ambulance or other appropriate emergency vehicles. As a paramedic, you will demonstrate: an awareness of abilities and limitations in providing emergency medical services, the ability to communicate with people and the capacity to make sound decisions while under stress. The paramedic program prepares you to assess and clinically manage a patient suffering a trauma or medical emergency, lead a team, direct and coordinate the transport of a patient while communicating with a medical command authority.
Upon successful completion of this program, you will be eligible to sit for the national registry of emergency medical technicians paramedic exam.
Academically ready students can apply to the program following the guidelines of the Allied Health admissions process. Interested applicants should review the information provided here and contact their program advisor for application requirements.
Offered at the following campus(es): Dover
What You Can Do
In this program, you will gain the knowledge and skills to prepare you for positions such as:
- Emergency paramedic
- Flight paramedic
- Critical care paramedic
What You Will Learn
Program Graduate Competencies
The Program Graduate Competencies listed below identify the major learning goals related to your specific program of study and identify the knowledge and skills you will have when you graduate to be successful in your chosen field.
- Perform all psychomotor Paramedic skills in the National Emergency Medical Services Education Standards consistent with acceptable practice for an entry level paramedic.
- Conduct complete, accurate and timely patient assessments to include history and physical exam, and communicate findings.
- Interpret assessment findings in order to accurately identify a differential diagnosis and integrate pathophysiologic principles and legal responsibilities to formulate a treatment plan.
- Effectively perform the role of Team Leader to include: timely decision making, effective resource utilization, implementing appropriate plan of action for a given situation, adapting the plan to changing conditions change and communicate.
- Assess a scene or situation in order to identify threats to operating safely.
- Apply communication and ethical decision making skills required for an entry-level paramedic.
- Exhibit professional affective behavior.
- Function effectively as an entry level paramedic in the pre-hospital working environment in the roles of Team Leader and Team Member.
Core Curriculum Competencies
The Core Curriculum Competencies listed below identify what you will be able to do as a graduate, regardless of your program of study. You will acquire these core competencies through general education courses and program-specific coursework. You will be expected to use relevant technology to achieve these outcomes:
- Apply clear and effective communication skills.
- Use critical thinking to solve problems.
- Collaborate to achieve a common goal.
- Demonstrate professional and ethical conduct.
- Use information literacy for effective vocational and/or academic research.
- Apply quantitative reasoning and/or scientific inquiry to solve practical problems.
Suggested Pathway to Graduation
Semester 1
Number | Course Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
SSC 100 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
BIO 120 | Anatomy and Physiology I | 5 |
CHM 110 | General Chemistry | 4 |
ENG 101 | Composition I | 3 |
MAT 152 | Quantitative Reasoning | 3 |
PSY 121 | General Psychology | 3 |
Or | ||
SOC 111 | Sociology | 3 |
Semester 2
Number | Course Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
BIO 121 | Anatomy and Physiology II | 5 |
BIO 130 | Disease Process/Pathophysiology | 3 |
ENG 102 | Composition II | 3 |
SOC 213 | Ethical Issues in Healthcare | 3 |
Or | ||
PSY 223 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 |
Semester 3
Number | Course Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
EMT 200 | Intro to Paramedic Technology | 5 |
EMT 201 | Patient Assessment | 3 |
EMT 207 | Paramedic Clinical I | 1 |
Semester 4
Number | Course Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
EMT 202 | Medical Emergencies I | 3 |
EMT 203 | ALS Skills Lab I | 3 |
EMT 211 | Cardiology | 4 |
EMT 214 | Legal Issues/Research | 3 |
EMT 217 | Paramedic Clinical II | 3 |
Semester 5
Number | Course Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
EMT 204 | Special Populations | 4 |
EMT 212 | Medical Emergencies II | 3 |
EMT 213 | ALS Skills Lab II | 3 |
EMT 215 | Trauma Emergencies | 2 |
EMT 227 | Paramedic Clinical III | 3 |
Semester 6
Number | Course Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
EMT 290 | Paramedic Field Clinical | 4 |
To complete program requirements, you must pass the above courses and earn at least 77 credits. The number of courses and credits required for graduation may be more depending on college readiness and the elective courses offered in your program major (if electives are a part of the program).
AHTAASEMT
Graduation Stories | Enma Rodriguez
Chris Hainsworth
Department Chair, Instructor,
and Program Advisor
chainswo@51jiyangshi.com
(302) 857-1734
The Delaware Technical Community College paramedic program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions(CoAEMSP).
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
(727) 210-2350
www.caahep.org
To contact CoAEMSP:
(214) 703-8445
www.coaemsp.org
- Allied Health Admissions Process (PDF)
- Program Application (submission dates in effect)
- Ranking Worksheet (PDF)
- Program/Student Outcomes Data (PDF)
This program is offered at the Dover campus.
This program is offered at the Dover campus.
This program is offered at the Dover campus.