Paramedicine Department
Core Values
- Integrity – Consistently honest and trustworthy
- Compassion – Understanding and caring about the suffering of others
- Accountability – Maintaining responsibility for your actions and mistakes
- Respect – Being polite and behaving in a manner that brings credit to the profession
- Empathy - Calm, compassionate, and helpful demeanor toward those in need
Program Goals
- To prepare competent entry-level Paramedics in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains with or without exit points at the Advanced Emergency Medical Technician and/or
- Emergency Medical Technician, and/or Emergency Medical Responder levels.”
- Maintain 1st time pass rates on the NREMT ALS cognitive and psychomotor exams above 90%
- Maintain job placement for paramedic students above 90%
- Maintain a retention rate of greater than 70% for paramedic students
Assessed Program Outcomes
- Interpret basic arrhythmias and basic 12-lead ECG.
- Understand the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of prehospital emergency medications.
- Discuss essential concepts of crew resource management.
- Successfully manage the airway of an emergency patient
- Demonstrate the ability to function as a paramedic Team Leader in an emergency setting.