The Paramedic program is composed of courses that prepare students to function in an advanced life-support capacity emergency medical service position in the pre-hospital environment. The paramedic courses include classroom instruction, hospital rotations with emphasis on emergency department experience, and emergency ambulance experience. The paramedic program prepares the completer to use invasive skills, such as establishment of peripheral intravenous lines including external jugular cannulation, endotracheal intubation, drug administration by various routes, intraosseous infusions, electrocardiogram (ECG) rhythm identification, 12 lead ECG interpretation, defibrillation and cardioversion, noninvasive cardiac pacing, and chest decompression. Skills lab time also includes a cadaver lab, vehicle extrication day, helicopter landing zone class and wilderness rescue day.
Upon completion of the Paramedic program, you will be prepared to take the National Registry Exam for Paramedic.