CMH EMS Education Manual
Successful completion of Sub-Section 3-490-60 - EMS 516 (Paramedicine Clinical Experience II) Course.
100 contact hours - 6 credit hours
Refer to overall Paramedic Academy description, goals, and objectives in Sub-Section 3-490-02 - Paramedic Academy Goal
This course provides an opportunity for paramedic students to apply classroom knowledge to real-life situations and patients. Included in this course are assessment and treatment skills for obstetrics and pediatric patients. Additionally, assessment and treatment of pre-hospital patients are included in this course.
If the minimum number of patient assessments and skills listed in Sub-Section 3.490.48 - Paramedic Academy Clinical Requirements are not completed by the end of the minimum hours required, additional hours must be scheduled to meet the contact requirements.
Refer to Sub-Section 1-560-16 - Student Evaluations and Section 2-520 - Academic Criteria: Grading and Examination Policies.
| Location Type (click for details) | Prerequisites | Scope | Minimum Hours |
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| Ambulance | Successfully complete EMS 516 and successfully complete ACLS course | Paramedic student rotation on an ambulance is to have an advanced understanding of ambulance operations and perform advanced patient assessments and treatments. During the first phase of ride time, paramedic students should be exposed to the advanced methods of scene management. Paramedic students are to shadow ambulance paramedics and act as their extensions. | 100 |
In order for an interfacility transfer to be documented as a patient contact in the field experience or field internship courses, the patient must be transferred to a higher level of care requiring assessment and may require emergency care.
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