Emergency Medical Science A.A.S.
A45340
The Emergency Medical Science curriculum provides individuals with the knowledge, skills and attributes to provide advanced emergency medical care as a paramedic for critical and emergent patients who access the emergency medical system and prepares graduates to enter the workforce.
Students will gain complex knowledge, competency, and experience while employing evidence based practice under medical oversight, and serve as a link from the scene into the healthcare system.
Graduates of this program may be eligible to take state and/or national certification examinations. Employment opportunities include providers of emergency medical services, fire departments, rescue agencies, hospital specialty areas, industry, educational and government agencies.
Upon succesful completion of this program, the student should be able to:
- Develop contextual, integrative, and adaptive competence of a professional entry-level paramedic.
- Apply the fundamental knowledge of the Emergency Medical System (EMS).
- Demonstrate conceptual, technical, and interpersonal competence by meeting all knowledge (cognitive), skill (psychomotor), and behavioral (affective) objectives of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical Services.
- Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication and critical thinking.
- Demonstrate effective management techniques critical to the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) field.
Additional Information
The WPCC Emergency Medical Science (EMS) program functions as an EMS Bridge program in which students must be a credentialed North Carolina or National Registry paramedic to be admitted to the program. Prior to admission to the EMS Bridge program, students are admitted to a placeholder program in which they can complete the required general education coursework and complete paramedic certification. Students must complete Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and become credentialed as an EMT prior to entering a paramedic program. Students who are credentialed paramedics will receive credit for prior learning for the following courses: EMS 122, EMS 130, EMS 131, EMS 160, EMS 220, EMS 221, EMS 231, EMS 240, EMS 241, EMS 250, EMS 260, EMS 270, and EMS 285.
General Education
Required Course
| ENG 111 | Writing and Inquiry | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
English/Communications
Take 3 semester hours credit from the following courses
| ENG 112 | Writing/Research in the Disc | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| ENG 114 | Prof Research & Reporting | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
Humanities/Fine Arts
Take 3 semester hours credit from the following courses
| ART 111 | Art Appreciation | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| DRA 111 | Theatre Appreciation | 3 | FA, SP |
| DRA 126 | Storytelling | 3 | FA, SP |
| HUM 115 | Critical Thinking | 3 | |
| HUM 230 | Leadership Development | 3 | |
| MUS 110 | Music Appreciation | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| PHI 240 | Introduction to Ethics | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| REL 110 | World Religions | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
Social/Behavioral Science
Take 3 semester hours credit from the following courses
| PSY 150 | General Psychology | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
| SOC 210 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 | FA, SP, SU |
Natural Science
| BIO 168 | Anatomy and Physiology I | 4 | FA, SP |
Major Courses
Core Required Course
Required Subject Area: Anatomy & Physiology
| BIO 169 | Anatomy and Physiology II | 4 | SP, SU |
Required Subject Area: Paramedic
Other Major Required Courses
Other Major Courses
Total Credit Hours: 70