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Pre x Number BIO 168
BIO 169 ENG 111 ENG 114 HUM 115 MAT 143
PSY 150
Title
Anatomy and Physiology I Anatomy and Physiology II Writing and Inquiry
Professional Research & Reporting Critical Thinking
Quantitative Literacy
General Psychology
Totals
Class Lab Clinical Credit
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SCIENCE
149
To be eligible for the program, a student must:
1. Meet SCC’s institutional requirements for admission as an EMS student.
2. Hold current certi cation as a Paramedic.
3. Hold current certi cate in the following:
a. Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
b. International Trauma Life Support or Prehospital Trauma Life Support (ITLS-PHTLS)
c. Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
(The certi cations above are core competency skills in EMS that are the equiva-
lent of 45 semester hours of EMS credit.)
4. Two letters of reference will be required: one from an immediate supervisor and one
from the service’s Medical Director attesting to the individual’s competence.
5. Minimum 1,000 hours as eld medic completed at time of application.
GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES
3 3 3 3 3 0 3 0 3 0 2 2 3 0 20 8
EMS Management
Patients with Special Challenges
EMS Bridging Course
Totals 5407
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SCIENCE COURSES
EMS 235 EMS 240 EMS 280
2 0 1 2 2 2
0 2 0 2 0 3
Total Semester Hour Credits: 30
NOTES
1. All students admitted into a health sciences program will be required to submit to a criminal background check and drug testing prior to enrollment each academic year. The results of these tests could affect the student’s ability to progress in the program.
2. All students completing a health sciences program may be required, by an external testing agency, to submit to a criminal background check and/or drug test prior to a state or national licensing/certi cation board approving the graduate to sit for licen- sure/certi cation exams.
FACULTY
Eric Hester, Program Coordinator ehester@southwesterncc.edu 828.339.4277 or 800.447.4091, ext. 4277
Tony Belcher, Clinical Coordinator
mbelcher@southwesterncc.edu 828.339.4309 or 800.447.4091, ext. 4309
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