Nov 21, 2024  
Baltimore City Community College’s 2024 - 2025 Catalog 
    
Baltimore City Community College’s 2024 - 2025 Catalog

Emergency Medical Services, AAS


Emergency Medical Services Degree

The Associate of Applied Science Degree allows students who have completed one of the Paramedic certificates, or EMS providers who are currently licensed as Maryland Paramedics, to achieve an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Emergency Medical Services. A Paramedic provides emergency medical treatment at the scene of an accident or illness and transports sick and injured persons to medical facilities. The Paramedic also analyzes and takes command of patient care with full responsibility for the patient until relieved by proper medical staff. Paramedics work with Fire and EMS employees, but their role does not involve full supervisory duties or responsibilities.

Suggested Sequence of Courses

** All BCCC students must meet the College’s Computer Literacy requirements in order to receive a degree or a certificate. All first-time, full- and part-time degree and certificate seeking students are required to complete the PRE 100  course within the first six credits.

 

Program Learning Outcomes


  • Integrates a complex depth and comprehensive breadth of knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of all human systems.

  • Integrates comprehensive knowledge of EMS systems, safety/wellbeing of the paramedic, and medical/legal and ethical issues to improve the health of EMS personnel, patients, and the community.

  • Integrates comprehensive anatomical and medical terminology and abbreviations into the written and oral communication with colleagues and other health care professionals.

  • Integrates comprehensive knowledge of pathophysiology of major human systems with patient assessment and management of illness and injury.

  • Integrates scene and patient assessment findings with knowledge of epidemiology and pathophysiology to form a field impression, develop a list of differential diagnoses and apply clinical reasoning to modify the assessment and formulate a treatment plan.

  • Integrate comprehensive knowledge of pharmacology to formulate a treatment plan intended to mitigate medical and traumatic emergencies and improve the overall health of a sick or injured patient.

  • Integrate complex knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology into the assessment of a sick or injured patient to develop and implement a treatment plan with the goal of assuring a patient’s airway, adequate mechanical ventilation, and respiration for patients of all ages.

  • Integrates assessment findings with principles of epidemiology and pathophysiology to formulate a field impression and implement a comprehensive treatment/disposition plan for a patient suffering from a respiratory emergency.

  • Integrate assessment findings with principles of epidemiology and pathophysiology to formulate a field impression and implement a comprehensive treatment/disposition plan for a patient suffering from a cardiovascular system emergency.

  • Integrate comprehensive knowledge of causes and pathophysiology into the management of cardiac arrest and peri-arrest states.

  • Integrate a comprehensive knowledge of the causes and pathophysiology into the management of shock, respiratory failure or arrest with an emphasis on early intervention to prevent arrest.

  • Integrate assessment findings with principles of epidemiology and pathophysiology to formulate a field impression and implement a comprehensive treatment/disposition plan for a patient suffering neurologic, gastrointestinal, and genitourinary system and gynecological medical emergencies.

  • Integrate assessment findings with principles of epidemiology and pathophysiology to formulate a field impression and implement a comprehensive treatment/disposition plan for a patient suffering endocrine, hematologic, immunologic, and psychiatric emergencies.

  • Integrate scene observations, pathophysiological principles and patient assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement a treatment plan for a patient suffering a soft tissue, head, neck, or spine injury.

  • Integrate scene observations, pathophysiological principles and patient assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement a treatment plan for a patient suffering chest, abdominal, musculoskeletal or environmental trauma.

  • Integrate pathophysiological principles and patient assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement a treatment plan for special populations of patients including pregnant females, new-born infants, pediatric patients, geriatric patients and patients with special challenges suffering medical or traumatic emergencies.

Prerequisites


Total Prerequisite Credits 5


1st Semester


Total Semester Credits 18


2nd Semester


Total Semester Credits 17


Summer Semester


Total Semester Credits 6


3rd Semester


Total Semester Credits 15


Program Total 61