Overview
The Emergency Medical Science curriculum provides individuals with the knowledge, skills, and attributes to provide advanced emergency medical care as paramedics for critical and emergent patients who access the emergency medical system and prepares graduates to enter the workforce.
What You'll Learn
Students will gain complex knowledge, competency, and experience while employing evidence-based practice under medical oversight, and they will learn to serve as a link from the scene into the healthcare system.
Career Opportunities
Graduates of this program may be eligible to take state and/or national certification examinations. Employment opportunities include providers of emergency medical services, fire departments, rescue agencies, hospital specialty areas, industry, educational institutions and government agencies.
Major Core Courses
Required Subject Area: Paramedic
- EMS 122 EMS Practicum I
- EMS 130 Pharmacology
- EMS 131 Advanced Airway Management
- EMS 160 Cardiology I
- EMS 220 Cardiology II
- EMS 221 EMS Clinical Practicum II
- EMS 231 EMS Clinical Practicum III
- EMS 240 Patients with Special Challenges
- EMS 241 EMS Clinical Practicum IV
- EMS 250 Medical Emergencies
- EMS 260 Trauma Emergencies
- EMS 270 Lifespan Emergencies
- EMS 285 EMS Capstone
Other Major Courses
General Education
- COM 231 Public Speaking
- ENG 111 Writing and Inquiry
- ENG 112 Writing & Research in the Disciplines
- MAT 143 Quantitative Literacy
- PHI 240 Introduction to Ethics
- PSY 150 General Psychology
Other Required Courses
- ACA 122 University Transfer Success or ACA 115 Success and Study Skills
Vincent Hunter
The Nash Community College Paramedic program has been issued a Letter of Review by the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP). This letter is NOT a CAAHEP accreditation status, it is a status signifying that a program seeking initial accreditation has demonstrated sufficient compliance with the accreditation standards through the Letter of Review Self Study Report (LSSR) and other documentation. Letter of Review is recognized by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) for eligibility to take the National Registry’s Paramedic credentialing examination(s). However, it is NOT a guarantee of eventual accreditation. To contact CoAEMSP: 214-703-8445 www.coaemsp.org.
Graduate Outcomes
No Graduates during the 2022 reporting year.
