Paramedicine

Career & Technical Certificate

Modes of Instruction

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Kaskaskia College's Paramedicine program prepares you for a career where you are part of a life-saving team. You will learn advanced techniques of emergency care, stabilization, and immobilization of victims of illness and injury. The techniques of emergency care include, but are not limited to, assessment, detailed physical examination, recognition and documentation of signs and symptoms of illness and injury, critical thinking and diagnosis intervention, and the evaluation of the interventions.

Through the performance of patient assessments and the provision of medical care, the paramedic's goal is to prevent and reduce mortality and morbidity due to illness and injury. Paramedics primarily provide care to emergency patients in an out-of-hospital setting.

The Goal of the Paramedicine program is: 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.

The Paramedicine program prepares students to pass the National Registry of EMTs Paramedic certification examination and practice as Registered Paramedics.

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Clinical Experience

During the program, in planned semesters, each student is prepared for career opportunities in the field of Emergency Medical Services (EMS), including, but not limited to, urban and rural ambulance services and/or fire departments; hospital Emergency Room Services personnel; industrial emergency services personnel; clinical personnel; and positions overseas.

What You Can Do

Paramedic/EMT
Paramedic-First Responder

Program Details

PARM.0500.CERT

- Current EMT/Basic or EMT/intermediate license.
- Current Healthcare provider CPR card or equivalent course as recognized by the Illinois Department of Public Health.
- Students are required to have a physical prior to the start of the Paramedicine program.
- All exam and immunization fees are the responsibility of the student.
During the second and third semesters each student is required to complete clinical experience. The Coordinator for EMS Education will be responsible for assigning the appropriate field environments for each student.

Cost

First Semester
tuition (22 credit hours)	$3080.00
student services fee (22 credit hours)	$572.00
lab fee	$622.00
books	$528.00
	$4802.00

Second Semester
tuition (19 credit hours)	$2660.00
student services fee (11 credit hours)	$494.00
lab fee	$530.00
books	$456.00
	$4140.00

Summer Semester
tuition (4 credit hours)	$560.00
student services fee (9 credit hours)	$104.00
lab fee	$80.00
books	$96.00
	$840.00

Additional Expenses
paramedic licensure test fee	$175.00
clinical uniform	$130.00
stethoscope and trauma shears	$70.00
insurance	$45.00
physical exam and TB test	$100.00
	$520.00

The Kaskaskia College Paramedicine Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP).

To Contact CAAHEP

Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
9355 - 113th St. N, #7709
Seminole, FL 33775
www.caahep.org

To Contact COAEMSP

8301 Lakeview Parkway, Suite 111-312
Rowlett TX 75088
(214) 703-8445
FAX (214) 703-8992
www.coaemsp.org
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