The Emergency Medical Technology - Paramedic (EMT-P) is a post-secondary program drawing its students from EMT-Basics who hold current national registration and have successfully completed 4 credit hours of anatomy & physiology (BIO 2514 or BIO 2513 and BIO 2511 or equivalent).
| First Year |
| First Semester |
Second Semester |
| EMT 1122 Prehospital care |
EMT 2552 Field Internship I |
| BIO 2524 Human Anatomy and Physiology II |
EMT 1613 Prehospital Pharmacology |
| EMT 1315 Airway Management |
EMT 2855 Prehospital Medical Care |
| EMT 1415 Patient Assessment |
EMT 1825 Prehospital Cardiology |
| EMT 1513 Clinical Internship I |
EMT 1523 Clinical Internship II |
| EMT 2413 Prehospital OB/GYN |
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TOTAL 21 hrs. |
TOTAL 18 hrs. |
| Summer Semester |
Second Year - First Semester |
| EMT 2423 Prehospital Pediatrics |
ENG 1113 English Composition |
| EMT 2564 Field Internship II |
Computer Literacy --- 3 |
| EMT 2913 Team Management |
Social / Behavioral Science --- 3 |
| EMT 1423 Special Considerations |
Fine Arts / Humanities --- 3 |
| EMT 2714 Prehospital Trauma |
SPT 1113 Oral Communication |
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TOTAL 17 hrs. |
TOTAL 15 hrs. |
This program is a minimum of three semesters requiring a minimum of 1200 clock hours of classroom instruction, 250 clock hours of clinical internship, and 250 clock hours of field internship.
Classroom instruction is a comprehensive including a working knowledge of all anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiological processes as well as competency-based instruction in assessment and management skills required for treatment of life-threatening problems in the adult, pediatric, and geriatric patient. Clinical internship requires participation in care of patients in a hospital emergency department, and according to availability, CCU, SICU, MICU, Neurological ICU, labor and delivery, operating room, psychiatric, pediatric, and geriatric theaters. Field internship is done with an ambulance service and/or rescue services providing advanced life support services to the community.
A student successfully completing the program will receive an Associate of Applied Science degree from the college and be able to si for the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technician, Paramedic certification examination.
The Mississippi State Department of Health, Office of EMS, and the State Paramedic Committee sanction this training program and the curriculum is subject to change as directed by those agencies. The program meets or exceeds those standards established by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration/U.S. Department of Transportation and is accredited by the Commission of Accreditation of Emergency Medical Services Paramedic Committee (CoAEMSP). Contact information for CoAEMSP is 1248 Harwood Rd, Bedford, TX 76021; Phone: 817-283-9403; Fax: 817-354-8519; www.coaemsp.org.
Requirements for entry into the EMT-Parmedic Training Program:
- Must meet Holmes Community College admissions requirements.
- Must have current national registration as an EMT-Basic
- Must be a Mississippi-certified EMT in good standing prior to clinical.
- Must successfully pass a re-test of basic EMT skills and knowledge
- Must provide past academic records for review by an admissions committee (may or may not be faculty members)
- Must have completed 4 of the required 8 semester hours of anatomy and physiology with lab from an accredited post-secondary school (BIO 2514 Anatomy and Physiology I or BIO 2513 & BIO 2511 or equivalent). Anatomy & Physiology II is in the curriculum for any students who have completed only Anatomy and Physiology I prior to enrollment; Anatomy & Physiology I & II must be completed with a minimum overall average of 2.0
- Must successfully pass a Criminal Background Check as required by Mississippi State Law. (Students will be responsible for the fee for the background check which will be paid to the agency conducting the check. Holmes Community College will not handle the fee for the background check.)
*Subject to Mississippi EMS: The Law, Rules, and Regulations
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