Listing of Programs - Guilford Technical Community College

Headlines

RADIOGRAPHY PROGRAM GRADUATES FIRST CLASS
May 13
GTCC ROTARACT GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND
May 08

Events

May 23: Orientation Schedule May 23, 2013
May 23: GTCC Adjunct Instructor Job Fair
May 27: Memorial Day Holiday 2013 (College closed)

Details

The Emergency Medical Science curriculum is designed to prepare graduates to enter the workforce as paramedics. Graduates earn an Associate in Applied Science degree. The course of study provides the student an opportunity to acquire basic and advanced life support knowledge and skills through classroom instruction, practical laboratory sessions, hospital clinical experience, and field internships with emergency medical service agencies. This limited enrollment curriculum program is designed to be completed in as little as five full time semesters (fall, spring, summer, fall, spring), with an average class schedule of four days a week. Students progressing through the program will be eligible to apply for both state and national certification exams. Employment opportunities include ambulance services, fire and rescue agencies, air medical services, specialty areas of hospitals, industry, educational institutions, and government agencies.

Awards

Emergency Medical Science - Associate in Applied Science

Bridging Program - Associate in Applied Science

Program Outcomes

Emergency Medical Science - Associate in Applied Science

• Demonstrate complex knowledge of infection control procedures.
• Demonstrate complex knowledge of prehospital pharmacology.
• Demonstrate complex knowledge of patient assessment.
• Demonstrate complex knowledge of prehospital care for medical patients.
• Apply principles of appropriate prehospital care for patients of all ages with medical emergencies.
• Demonstrate complex knowledge of prehospital care for cardiovascular patients.
• Apply principles of appropriate prehospital care for patients of all ages with cardiovascular emergencies.
• Demonstrate complex knowledge of prehospital care for trauma patients.
• Apply principles of appropriate prehospital care for patients of all ages with traumatic emergencies.
• Demonstrate complex knowledge of prehospital care for behavioral patients.
• Apply principles of appropriate prehospital care for patients of all ages with behavioral emergencies.
• Demonstrate complex knowledge of the Incident Command System.
• Apply principles and practices of emergency vehicle operation.
• Apply principles of emergency medical system communication.
• Demonstrate complex knowledge of medical documentation.
• Demonstrate entry-level mastery of the advanced prehospital skills defined in the DOT national curriculum as
necessary for successful entry into the EMS workforce as a paramedic.

The Emergency Medical Science Bridging program is designed to allow a currently certified, non-degreed EMT-Paramedic to earn a two-year Associate of Applied Science degree in Emergency Medical Science by completing the EMS Capstone course, Rescue Scene Management course, and the Pharmacology II for EMS course in addition to all other general education requirements for this degree.The prerequisites for admission to the EMS Bridging program include the following certifications:

• EMT Paramedic Certification;
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification*;
• Basic Trauma Life Support Certification*;
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support*;
• 4000 patient contact hours at the Paramedic level*.