EMS5685 - Community Paramedic / Mobile Integrated Healthcare

14 hour(s)
Elective Type: Elective
This course is designed to help the student increase his or her knowledge concerning the level of responsibility that clinicians will be expected to know in order to perform as a Community Paramedic. Upon completion, the training program aims to produce clinicians who have the competencies, knowledge, and professional skills to function as a Community Paramedic in a mobile integrated healthcare system. Course completers will receive a certificate of completion from Cowley College in Community Paramedic/Mobile Integrated Healthcare. The qualifications will be nationally and internationally recognized as an established system of care serving urban, rural, and frontier communities.
Prerequisite(s): Student must have a completed background check on file, meet or exceed required reading assessment test or ACT Reading score of 18 or higher; Associate degree or higher to waive the assessment test. Student must currently be certified and/or licensed as a Paramedic (or equivalent) by a recognized state governing body or the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT). Student must have two years of experience as a street level provider in a service that provides advanced life support (ALS) care of patients. At the start of the course, each student will be required to have a background check and urinalysis completed.

Course Outcomes/Procedures: Link to document