BIOLOGICAL & HEALTH SCIENCES DIVISION
PARAMEDIC DEPARTMENT
| EMTP 60A | PARAMEDIC COGNITIVE & AFFECTIVE IA | 10.5 Units |
| The program is a modularized course which prepares students to provide advanced emergency medical care as paramedics for ambulance companies, fire departments, emergency department, air transport services caring for the ill or injured patients. The program prepares the students for licensure and accreditation regulated by the state and county authorities. | ||
| Prerequisite: Admission to the Paramedic Program. | ||
| Corequisite: EMTP 60B. | ||
| Advisory: Not open to students with credit in EMTP 100A. | ||
| Repeatability: Not Repeatable. | ||
| 10.5 hours lecture. (126 hours total per quarter.) | ||
| GE Area: Non-GE Applicable | ||
| Transferability: CSU | ||
| Not scheduled for the Spring quarter. | ||
| EMTP 60B | PARAMEDIC COGNITIVE, PSYCHOMOTOR & AFFECTIVE IB | 3 Units |
| The paramedic will learn and become proficient with the required skills i.e.: proper hand washing; personal protective equipment; patient assessment; intravenous access; intraosseous infusion; pharmacology; medication administration; airway management: endotracheal intubation, oropharygeal airway, nasopharyngeal airway, suctioning, dual lumen airways; advanced cardiac life support ambulance 911 call simulations and case studies; synchronized cardioversion; transcutaneous pacing; defibrillation; cardiovascular/chest pain emergency 911 call simulations; end tidal carbon dioxide monitoring; capnography; 12 lead ECG interpretation. | ||
| Prerequisite: Admission to the Paramedic Program. | ||
| Corequisite: EMTP 60A. | ||
| Repeatability: Not Repeatable. | ||
| 1 hour lecture, 6.5 hours laboratory. (90 hours total per quarter.) | ||
| GE Area: Non-GE Applicable | ||
| Transferability: CSU | ||
| Not scheduled for the Spring quarter. | ||
| EMTP 61A | PARAMEDIC COGNITIVE & AFFECTIVE IIA | 10.5 Units |
| The program is a modularized course which prepares students to provide advanced emergency medical care as paramedics for ambulance companies, fire departments, emergency department, air transport services caring for the ill or injured patients. The program prepares the students for licensure and accreditation regulated by the state and county authorities. | ||
| Prerequisites: EMTP 60A & 60B. | ||
| Corequisite: EMTP 61B & 63A. | ||
| Advisory: Not open to students with credit in EMTP 100B. | ||
| Repeatability: Not Repeatable. | ||
| 10.5 hours lecture. (126 hours total per quarter.) | ||
| GE Area: Non-GE Applicable | ||
| Transferability: CSU | ||
| Not scheduled for the Spring quarter. | ||
| EMTP 61B | PARAMEDIC COGNITIVE, AFFECTIVE & PSYCHOMOTOR IIB | 3 Units |
| The cognitive, psychomotor, and affective basis for EMT students wishing to become EMT paramedics. The paramedic: anatomy and physiology; patient assessment; respiratory ambulance 911 call simulations and case studies; nebulizer/BVM set-up; pleural decompression; digital intubation; foreign body airway obstruction; neurological ambulance 911 call simulations and case studies; 12 lead ECG interpretation; diabetic ambulance 911 call simulations and case studies; blood glucose analysis; medication administration; pharmacology; pediatric advanced life support ambulance 911 call simulations and case studies; non-traumatic abdominal ambulance 911 call simulations and case studies; bleeding control & shock management; pressure infusers; intubation with spinal immobilization; intravenous access; overdose and poisoning ambulance 911 call simulations and case studies. | ||
| Prerequisites: EMTP 60A & 60B. | ||
| Corequisite: EMTP 61A & 63A. | ||
| Advisory: Not open to students with credit in EMTP 100B. | ||
| Repeatability: Not Repeatable. | ||
| 1 hour lecture, 6.5 hours laboratory. (90 hours total per quarter.) | ||
| GE Area: Non-GE Applicable | ||
| Transferability: CSU | ||
| Not scheduled for the Spring quarter. | ||
| EMTP 62A | PARAMEDIC COGNITIVE & AFFECTIVE IIIA | 10.5 Units |
| The program is a modularized course which prepares students to provide advanced emergency medical care as paramedics for ambulance companies, fire departments, emergency department, air transport services caring for the ill or injured patients. The program prepares the students for licensure and accreditation regulated by the state and county authorities. | ||
| Prerequisites: EMTP 61A, 61B & 63A | ||
| Corequisite: EMTP 62B. | ||
| Advisory: Not open to students with credit in EMTP 100C. | ||
| Repeatability: Not Repeatable. | ||
| 10.5 hours lecture. (126 hours total per quarter.) | ||
| GE Area: Non-GE Applicable | ||
| Transferability: CSU | ||
| View Schedule. | ||
| EMTP 62B | PARAMEDIC COGNITIVE, AFFECTIVE & PSYCHOMOTOR IIIB | 3 Units |
| The paramedic will learn and become proficient with the required skills i.e.: proper hand washing; personal protective equipment; patient assessment; intravenous access; intraosseous infusion; pharmacology; medication administration; airway management: endotracheal intubation, oropharygeal airway, nasopharyngeal airway, suctioning, dual lumen airways; advanced cardiac life support ambulance 911 call simulations and case studies; synchronized cardioversion; transcutaneous pacing; defibrillation; cardiovascular/chest pain emergency 911 call simulations; end tidal carbon dioxide monitoring; capnography; 12 lead ECG interpretation. | ||
| Prerequisites: EMTP 61A, 61B & 63A. | ||
| Corequisite: EMTP 62A. | ||
| Repeatability: Not Repeatable. | ||
| 1 hour lecture, 6.5 hours laboratory. (90 hours total per quarter.) | ||
| GE Area: Non-GE Applicable | ||
| Transferability: CSU | ||
| View Schedule. | ||
| EMTP 63A | PARAMEDIC HOSPITAL SPECIALTY ROTATIONS | 1 Unit |
| Application of skills that demonstrate principles and concepts of anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, clinical symptoms and diagnosis as they pertain to pre-hospital emergency medical care of the sick and injured. The student will rotate through specialty areas of the hospital departments: pediatrics, pediatric intensive care unit, labor and delivery, surgery (airway management), respiratory therapy, and other selected hospital areas. | ||
| Prerequisites: EMTP 60A & 60B. | ||
| Corequisite: EMTP 61A & 61B. | ||
| Advisory: Not open to students with credit in EMTP 102. | ||
| Repeatability: Not Repeatable. | ||
| 4.5 hours clinic. (54 hours total per quarter.) | ||
| GE Area: Non-GE Applicable | ||
| Transferability: CSU | ||
| Not scheduled for the Spring quarter. | ||
| EMTP 63B | PARAMEDIC HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT ROTATIONS | 2 Units |
| Application of skills that demonstrate principles and concepts of anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, clinical symptoms and diagnosis as they pertain to pre-hospital emergency medical care of the sick and injured. The student will rotate through specialty areas of the hospital departments: pediatrics, pediatric intensive care unit, labor and delivery, surgery (airway management), respiratory therapy, and other selected hospital areas. | ||
| Prerequisites: EMTP 62A & 62B. | ||
| Corequisite: Completion of, or concurrent enrollment in EMTP 63A. | ||
| Advisory: Not open to students with credit in EMTP 102. | ||
| Repeatability: Not Repeatable. | ||
| 12 hours clinic. (144 hours total per quarter.) | ||
| GE Area: Non-GE Applicable | ||
| Transferability: CSU | ||
| View Schedule. | ||
| EMTP 64A | PARAMEDIC AMBULANCE FIELD INTERNSHIP I | 6 Units |
| Application of paramedic knowledge and skills in the clinical setting as an intern responding on a 911 ambulance to ill and injured patients while being instructed and evaluated by a field preceptor. The student has the task of initiating, providing, and directing entire emergency patient care while under the supervision of a preceptor. This is the first of two ambulance field internships required for certification as an EMT-Paramedic in California. | ||
| Prerequisites: EMTP 63A & 63B. | ||
| Advisory: Not open to students with credit in EMTP 103A. | ||
| Repeatability: Not Repeatable. | ||
| 30 hours clinic. (360 hours total per quarter.) | ||
| GE Area: Non-GE Applicable | ||
| Transferability: CSU | ||
| Not scheduled for the Spring quarter. | ||
| EMTP 64B | PARAMEDIC AMBULANCE FIELD INTERNSHIP II | 6 Units |
| Application of paramedic knowledge and skills in the clinical setting as an intern responding on a 911 ambulance to ill and injured patients while being instructed and evaluated by a field preceptor. The student has the task of initiating, providing, and directing entire emergency patient care while under the supervision of a preceptor. This is the second of two ambulance field internships required for certification as an EMT-Paramedic in California. | ||
| Prerequisites: EMTP 63A, 63B & 64A. | ||
| Advisory: Not open to students with credit in EMTP 103B. | ||
| Repeatability: Not Repeatable. | ||
| 30 hours clinic. (360 hours total per quarter.) | ||
| GE Area: Non-GE Applicable | ||
| Transferability: CSU | ||
| Not scheduled for the Spring quarter. | ||