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  • 5.00 Credits

    Lec. 5 Lab. 5 Credit 7 This course is designed to instruct a student to the level of emergency medical technician-basic who serves as a vital link in the chain of the heath care team. Southeastern Community College's training program follows the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Department of Transportation (DOT) EMT-Basic curriculum. This course includes all skills necessary for the individual to provide emergency medical care at a basic life support level with an ambulance service or other specialized service. Southeastern Community College is approved by the Iowa State Department of Public Health (Bureau of EMS). Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be eligible to take the National Registry's practical and written exam for EMT-basic certification. Prerequisites: Current basic life support certification (health care providers module). Corequisite: Twenty hours of clinical experience at a health care facility and twenty hours ride time with an established ambulance.
  • 10.00 Credits

    Lec. 12 Lab. 10 Credit 16 This course prepares the student in the knowledge and skills needed in the pre-hospital environment. Department of Transportation (D.O.T.), National Standard Paramedic Curriculum topics covered include: Well Being of the EMT, Illness and Injury Prevention, Ethics, EMS System, Roles and Responsibilities, Medical Legal Issues, Pathophysiology, Therapeutic Communications, Life Span Development, Airway Management and Ventilation, Patient Assessment, Communications, Documentation, Medication Administration, Pharmacology and Cardiology. This course also includes 64 hours of hospital clinical internship. This internship provides the opportunity to apply, in the clinical setting, the didactic knowledge and skills developed in the classroom and lab. It serves to assist the student to become an employable EMS provider. Clinical skills addressed include patient assessment, development of airway management skills, IV fluid management skills, communication skill development, and cardiac monitoring skills. Prerequisites: Current Iowa EMT-Basic Certification. Corequisite: Sixty-four hours hospital clinical internship.
  • 18.00 Credits

    Lec. 12 Lab. 18 Credit 17.5 This course prepares the student in the knowledge and skills needed in the pre-hospital environment. Department of Transportation (D.O.T.) National Standard Paramedic Curriculum topics covered include: Medication Administration and Medical and Trauma Emergencies of various body systems. This course has 256 hours of hospital clinical internship. This internship provides the opportunity to apply, in the clinical setting, the didactic knowledge and skills developed in the classroom and lab. It serves to assist the student to become an employable EMS provider. Clinical skills addressed include trauma management, patient assessment and evaluation; airway management skills, IV fluid management skills, communication skill development, and cardiac monitoring skills. Prerequisite: EMS-660. Corequisite: Two hundred fifty-six hours hospital clinical internship.
  • 10.00 Credits

    Lec. 3 Lab. 10 Credit 6 This course prepares the student in the knowledge and skills needed in the pre-hospital environment. Department of Transportation (DOT) National Standard Paramedic Curriculum topics covered include: Review of previous course material, Pediatrics, Geriatric, Psychiatric Disorders, and Patients with Special Challenges. This course also includes 128 hours of hospital clinical internship. This internship provides the opportunity to apply, in the clinical setting, the didactic knowledge and skills developed in the classroom and lab. It serves to assist the student to become an employable EMS provider. Clinical skills addressed include pediatric assessment and management, gynecological management, geriatric management, trauma management, patient assessment, airway management skills, IV fluid management skills, communication skill development, and cardiac monitoring skills. Prerequisites: EMS-661. Corequisite: 128 hours clinical/field internship.
  • 4.00 - 20.00 Credits

    Lec. 0 Clinical 4 - 20 Credit 1-5 This course will provide the EMS student with additional clinical hours necessary to complete competencies required for State and National Certification as a Paramedic. The course is variable credit and the student shall register for the number of credit hours recommended by the faculty member in order to complete the competencies of the Paramedic Program. This course will be offered in increments of 64 hours (1 credit). Prerequisites: EMS-212, EMS-660, EMS-661 and EMS-662.
  • 4.00 Credits

    Lec. 0 Lab. 4 Credit 2 This foundation English course is for students who need to improve skills in preparation for subsequent college writing courses. Emphasis is on grammar, punctuation and mechanics of basic writing within the context of producing effective sentences and paragraphs. This course is by independent study in the SuCCess Center.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Lec. 2 Lab. 2 Credit 3 This comprehensive English course concentrates on sentence structure and provides practice in writing complete sentences, editing and basic paragraph planning. This course includes the same material as ENG- 055 but is more intensive. It is offered in the classroom and in the computer lab.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Lec. 2 Lab. 2 Credit 3 Basic Writing Skills is a preparatory course for ENG-105, Composition I. Emphasis is on paragraph development in the rhetorical modes, basic grammar, and punctuation. Computer lab time is provided, as well as basic instruction in word processing. Prerequisite: (1) Appropriate ASSET and writing sample score of (2) A "C-" or abovein ENG-060, College Preparatory Writing I, plus a score of "2" orabove on the institutional writing sample taken at the end of the semester in ENG:060, College Preparatory Writing I.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Lec. 0 Lab. 2 Credit 1 A basic writing skills laboratory to assist selected students while they are enrolled in English Composition I. Graded on a Pass(P)/No Pass(Q) basis.
  • 0.00 Credits

    Lec. 3 Lab. 0 Credit 3 A study of the principles of writing. Emphasis on rhetoric, mechanics, and development of expository patterns: narration, description, illustration, comparison/contrast, classification, process, and cause/ effect. Required for AA and AS Degrees. Prerequisite: C- or above in ENG-061 or appropriate placement test score.
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