Program Overview

OEEM- PARAMEDIC (OEEM) Program

The OEEM- PARAMEDIC (OEEM) program is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to become a paramedic. The program includes a range of courses that cover topics such as emergency medical techniques, patient assessment, and medical emergencies.

Course Descriptions

• OEEM 101. CPR for the Health Care Professional: This course teaches students how to identify and respond to airway and circulation emergencies, including the use of a SAED and accessing the EMS system.
• OEEM 103. Heartsaver First Aid/CPR: This course covers how to identify and respond to airway, circulation, and basic first aid emergencies, including the use of a SAED and accessing the EMS system.
• OEEM 106. Advanced First Aid: This course provides theory and advanced first aid skills, emphasizing recognition and care for injury or sudden illness until professional medical help arrives.
• OEEM 115. First Responder Prehospital Professional: This course provides training in prehospital medical and traumatic emergencies, requiring a C or better to pass.
• OEEM 116. Emergency Medical Technician Bridge: This course offers enhanced skill instruction and didactic integration designed to meet the requirements for an EMT-Basic certificate.
• OEEM 120. Emergency Medical Technician Basic: This course covers EMT-Basic skills, including care of soft tissue and muscular/skeletal injuries, circulatory, nervous, general medical, and respiratory emergencies.
• OEEM 120 L. Emergency Medical Technician Basic Lab: This lab course focuses on EMT-Basic skills development, emphasizing assessment, skills competency, and teamwork in patient care.
• OEEM 121. Emergency Medical Technician Basic Field/Clinical: This course provides patient care experience through assigned shifts in the hospital and/or ambulance setting.
• OEEM 122. Emergency Medical Technician Basic Advanced Field/Internship: This course offers an expanded patient care experience through practical scenarios and assigned shifts.
• OEEM 150. Emergency Medical Technician Intermediate: This course covers the theory of the roles, responsibilities, and scope of practice of the EMT-Intermediate, including assessment and management of various emergencies.
• OEEM 150 L. Emergency Medical Technician Intermediate Lab: This lab course focuses on EMT-Intermediate skills development, emphasizing assessment, skills competency, and teamwork.
• OEEM 151. Emergency Medical Technician Intermediate Field/Clinical: This course provides patient care experience through assigned shifts in the hospital and/or ambulance setting.
• OEEM 153. Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology for the EMS Provider: This course provides a systematic approach to building a foundation in human anatomy and physiology for prehospital providers.
• OEEM 155. Special Topics: This course covers specific topics listed in the Schedule of Classes, which may be repeated for a maximum of 10 credits.
• OEEM 158. Emergency Medical Technician-Combination Refresher: This course is a comprehensive review of prehospital medicine for the prehospital care provider, including new material relevant to recertification.
• OEEM 177. Emergency Medical Services Instructor: This course covers the theory of student learning, methodology, instructional components, evaluation, and course coordination for the EMS profession.
• OEEM 201. Human Pathophysiology: This course provides an overview of anatomy and physiology, emphasizing human body pathophysiology, including a medical illness component.
• OEEM 202. EMT-Paramedic I Respiratory Emergencies: This course reviews the anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology of the respiratory system, covering assessment and management of respiratory emergencies.
• OEEM 203. EMT-Paramedic II Trauma Emergencies: This course studies the effects of trauma on the human body, covering assessment and management of trauma patients and scenes.
• OEEM 206. Introduction to Advanced Prehospital Care: This course provides an overview of prehospital care, including roles and responsibilities of EMT-P, EMS systems, medical, legal, and ethical issues.
• OEEM 207. Introduction to Pharmacology: This course covers drug actions, factors modifying drugs and dosages, and prehospital protocol, transport, and common patient prescription medications.
• OEEM 210. Cardiac Rhythm Interpretation: This course covers the cardiac conduction system, electrophysiology, electrocardiogram, monitor, and dysrhythmias interpretation.
• OEEM 212. EMT-Paramedic Cardiovascular Emergencies: This course reviews the anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology of the cardiovascular system, covering assessment and management of cardiovascular emergencies.
• OEEM 213. EMT-Paramedic: Medical Emergencies I: This course studies the disease process, covering assessment and management of neurological, endocrine, gastrointestinal, renal emergencies, and infectious disease.
• OEEM 214. EMT--Paramedic: Medical Environmental Emergencies II: This course covers the disease process, assessment, and management of poisoning, drug and alcohol abuse, environmental, behavioral, and geriatric emergencies.
• OEEM 216. EMT-Paramedic: Reproductive and Childhood Emergencies: This course covers anatomy, physiology, disease processes, assessment, and management of male and female reproductive system emergencies and childhood emergencies.
• OEEM 218. Pediatric Advance Life Support for the Healthcare Professional: This course teaches how to identify and respond to life-threatening pediatric emergencies, using the American Heart Association guidelines.
• OEEM 219. Advance Cardiac Life Support for the Healthcare Provider: This course teaches how to identify and respond to life-threatening cardiac emergencies, using the American Heart Association guidelines.
• OEEM 230. EMT-Paramedic Clinical Experience I: This course provides assigned clinical experiences in patient assessment and specific management techniques.
• OEEM 231. EMT-Paramedic Clinical Experience II: This course offers continued clinical experiences in patient assessment and specific management techniques.
• OEEM 240. EMT-Paramedic Field Experience I: This course focuses on advanced prehospital skills and knowledge, requiring successful completion of at least the minimum required hours and course objectives.
• OEEM 241. EMT-Paramedic Field Experience II: This course continues the focus on advanced prehospital skills and knowledge, with increasing responsibility for patient care.
• OEEM 242. EMT-Paramedic Field Internship II: This course emphasizes total patient care responsibility and team leadership skills, requiring successful completion of the minimum hours required and course objectives.
• OEEM 243. EMT-Paramedic Preparation for Practice: This course provides comprehensive final program testing to prepare for the licensing examination.
• OEEM 247. Emergency Medical Technician - Paramedic Refresher: This course is a comprehensive review of prehospital emergency medicine for the EMT Paramedic, including new material relevant to recertification.
• OEEM 253. Critical Care Emergency Medical Transport Program: This course provides further education to Paramedics, Registered Nurses, and Registered Respiratory Therapists who wish to function as part of a critical care transport team.

Program Requirements

• Students must complete all required courses with a grade of C or better.
• Some courses have prerequisites or corequisites, which are specified in the course descriptions.
• The program is restricted to majors, and some courses are restricted to Community Colleges campuses only.
• Consent of the instructor is required for some courses.

Admission Criteria

• Admission to the program requires a high school diploma or equivalent.
• Some courses have specific prerequisites or requirements, which are specified in the course descriptions.

Tuition Fees

• Tuition fees are not specified in the provided context.

Research Areas

• The program focuses on emergency medical services, including prehospital care, patient assessment, and medical emergencies.
• Research areas include cardiovascular emergencies, respiratory emergencies, trauma emergencies, and medical environmental emergencies.