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EMSP Educational Programs (2004-2005 Catalog)

The EMS Professions Associate of Applied Science Degree, Paramedic Certificate, and Intermediate Certificate include knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to recognize, assess, and manage medical emergencies under the supervision and direction of a physician. Graduates can expect career opportunities predominantly with transfer and emergency ambulance services. Students completing coursework in these programs are eligible to take the Texas certification or licensing exams and/or the National Registry exam. The sequence of courses can also be found at www.nhmccd.edu/catalog/.

Associate of Applied Science Degree

Prerequisite
Credit
EMSP 1160 Clinical-EMT Basic
1
EMSP 1501 EMT Basic
5
  Prerequisite Total
6
   
First Semester (Fall-1st Year)
Credit
EMSP 1161 Clinical-Paramedic I
1
EMSP 1338 Intro to Advanced Practice
3
EMSP 1356 Pt. Assessment & Airway Mgmt
3
EMSP 2348 Emergency Pharmacology
3
BIOL 2401 Human A & P I
4
KINE Physical Activity
1
  Fall Semester Total
15
     
Second Semester (Spring-1st Year)
Credit
EMSP 1162 Clinical-Paramedic II
1
EMSP 1355 Trauma Management
3
EMSP 2338 EMS Operations
3
ENGL 1301 Composition and Rhetoric I
3
BIOL 2402 Human A & P II
4
KINE Physical Activity
1
  Spring Semester Total
15
     
Third Semester (Summer-1st Year)
Credit
EMSP Elective (1358 2300 2345 2352)
3
EMSP 2444 Cardiology
4
ENGL 1302 Composition and Rhetoric II
3
  Summer Semester Total
10
   
Fourth Semester (Fall-2nd Year)
Credit
EMSP 2160 Clinical-Paramedic III
1
EMSP 2330 Special Populations
3
EMSP 2434 Medical Emergencies
4
PSYC 2301 General Psychology
3
  Fall Semester Total
11
   
Fifth Semester (Spring-2nd Year)
Credit
EMSP 2143 Assessment Based Mgmt.
1
EMSP 2361 Clinical-EMS
3
SOCI 1301 Principles of Sociology
3
GOVT 2301 American Government
3
  Spring Semester Total
10
   
Total Credit Hours for AAS Degree
67
   


EMSP Paramedic Certificate

Prerequisite
Credit
EMSP 1160 Clinical-EMT Basic
1
EMSP 1501 EMT Basic
5
  Prerequisite Total
6
   
First Semester (Fall-1st Year)
Credit
EMSP 1161 Clinical-Paramedic I
1
EMSP 1338 Intro to Advanced Practice
3
EMSP 1356 Pt. Assessment & Airway Mgmt
3
EMSP 2348 Emergency Pharmacology
3
  Fall Semester Total
10
   
Second Semester (Spring-1st Year)
Credit
EMSP 1162 Clinical-Paramedic II
1
EMSP 1355 Trauma Management
3
EMSP 2338 EMS Operations
3
  Spring Semester Total
7
     
Third Semester (Summer-1st Year)
Credit
EMSP Elective (1358 2300 2345 2352)
3
EMSP 2444 Cardiology
4
  Summer Semester Total
7
   
Fourth Semester (Fall-2nd Year)
Credit
EMSP 2160 Clinical-Paramedic III
1
EMSP 2330 Special Populations
3
EMSP 2434 Medical Emergencies
4
  Fall Semester Total
8
   
Fifth Semester (Spring-2nd Year)
Credit
EMSP 2143 Assessment Based Mgmt.
1
EMSP 2361 Clinical-EMS
3
  Spring Semester Total
4
   
Total Credit Hours for Paramedic Certificate
42


EMSP Intermediate Certificate

Prerequisite
Credit
EMSP 1160 Clinical-EMT Basic
1
EMSP 1501 EMT Basic
5
  Prerequisite Total
6
   
First Semester (Fall)
Credit
EMSP 1161 Clinical-Paramedic I
1
EMSP 1338 Intro to Advanced Practice
3
EMSP 1356 Pt. Assessment & Airway Mgmt
3
EMSP 2348 Emergency Pharmacology
3
  Fall Semester Total
10
   
Second Semester (Spring)
Credit
EMSP 1162 Clinical-Paramedic II
1
EMSP 1355 Trauma Management
3
EMSP 2338 EMS Operations
3
  Spring Semester Total
7
   
Total Credit Hours for Intermediate Certificate
23

 

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