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Description
The Paramedic Technology program prepares students for employment in paramedic positions in today’s health services field. The Paramedic Technology program provides learning opportunities that introduce, develop, and reinforce academic and occupational knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for job acquisition, retention, and advancement. The program provides opportunities to upgrade present knowledge and skills from the basic EMT level to retrain as a paramedic. Graduates of the program receive a Paramedic Technology diploma and are eligible to sit for the paramedic licensure examination.
Graduates are prepared to take the state written exam administered by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians. Program requirements meet Georgia Department of Human Resources-OEMS/Trauma for training programs for paramedics.
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Program Requirements
Applicants must meet general admissions requirements, and must also:
- Present official documentation of an acceptable accredited high
school diploma, GED, or acceptable college credit.
- Present acceptable COMPASS/ASSET scores taken within the last
five years, or SAT, ACT or CPE scores taken within the last seven
years.
- Documentation of licensure as a Georgia EMT.
Technical Standards
The Paramedic Technology Division faculty have specified the following nonacademic criteria (technical standards) which all applicants and enrolled students are expected to meet in order to participate in the Paramedic Technology program and professional practice.
1. Ability to work in a clinical setting eight to ten hours a day performing physical tasks requiring physical energy without jeopardizing patient, self, or colleague safety.*
2. Ability to frequently reach, lift, and use manual dexterity in the manipulation and operation of equipment, accessories, as well as for the use/creation of immobilization devices.*
3. Ability to assist in the transporting, moving, lifting and transferring of patients weighing up to 450 pounds from a wheelchair or stretcher, to and from beds, treatment tables, chairs, etc.*
4. Ability to lift devices (weighing up to 50 pounds).
5. Ability to communicate clearly, to monitor and instruct patients before, during, and after procedures (documented by satisfactory completion of general education requirements).
6. Possess sufficient visual and aural acuity. This is necessary to report visual observations of patients and equipment operations as well as to read patients’ medical records and medical information. Aural acuity must be adequate enough to hear the patient during all phases of care as well as to perceive and interpret equipment signals.*
7. Have sufficient problem-solving skills to include measuring, calculating, reasoning, analyzing, evaluating, and synthesizing with the ability to perform these skills in a timely fashion (documented by meeting program admission status).
* Documented by physical exam.
Note: Prior criminal convictions may affect a student’s ability to participate in the clinical portion of the program and in board certification. All students with a criminal conviction must make an appointment with the program coordinator to discuss their eligibility to participate in the program prior to applying for admission to the program.
Curriculum
Credits required for graduation: 78
» Decisions regarding the selection
of electives are made by the student after consultation with the
instructor.
* The student's actual curriculum may vary somewhat from the outline
above.
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