Emergency Services and Management

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Emergency Medical Science Degree/ Paramedic Bridge

(A45340B)

The Emergency Medical Science curriculum provides individuals with the knowledge, skills and attributes to provide advanced emergency medical care as a paramedic for critical and emergent patients who access the emergency medical system and prepares graduates to enter the workforce.

Students will gain complex knowledge, competency, and experience while employing evidence based practice under medical oversight, and serve as a link from the scene into the healthcare system.

Graduates of this program may be eligible to take state and/or national certification examinations. Employment opportunities include providers of emergency medical services, fire departments, rescue agencies, hospital specialty areas, industry, educational and government agencies.

Students who have a current North Carolina or National Registry Paramedic certification, are affiliated with an Emergency Medical Provider, and are certified in Basic Trauma Life Support (ITLS) or (PHTLS), Advanced Trauma Life Support (ACLS), and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) are eligible to receive credit for courses marked with an asterisk (*).

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