3/14/2025 6:16:27 PM	EMC 134 Course Outline as of Fall 2025	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  EMC 134	Title:  PARAMEDIC FIELD
Full Title:  Paramedic Field Practicum
Last Reviewed:3/10/2025

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	10.00	Lecture Scheduled	0		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	0
Minimum	10.00	Lab Scheduled	0		12 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	30.00			Contact DHR	525.00
		Contact Total	30.00			Contact Total	525.00
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  0.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 525.00

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade Only
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly:  EMC 132

Catalog Description:

Students will synthesize and apply knowledge and skills acquired in paramedic clinical (EMC131A, 131B) and will work on an approved advanced life support unit.  This is the final course in a series designed to give students the field experience required for licensure as a paramedic in California. This course meets standards mandated by the California Health and Safety Code Title 22 and the National Emergency Medical Services Education Standards (NEMSES) published by the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT).

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion of EMC 131B and Course Completion of EMC 162 and Course Completion of EMC 162L

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:
Enrollment in Paramedic Academy

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Students will synthesize and apply  knowledge and skills acquired in paramedic clinical (EMC131A, 131B) and will work on an approved advanced life support unit.  This is the final course in a series designed to give students the field experience required for licensure as a paramedic in California. This course meets standards mandated by the California Health and Safety Code Title 22 and the National Emergency Medical Services Education Standards (NEMSES) published by the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT).

(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:Course Completion of EMC 131B and Course Completion of EMC 162 and Course Completion of EMC 162L
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:Enrollment in Paramedic Academy
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Both Certificate and Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1. Apply the knowledge required to care for an ill or injured person in the pre-hospital setting.

2. Demonstrate clinical decision making skills required to formulate a treatment plan for a patient of any age.

3. Demonstrate proficiency in all psychomotor skills outlined in the California state regulations, Health and Safety Code, Title 22 and the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians.

4. Demonstrate personal behaviors consistent with professional and employer expectations while caring for an ill or injured person.

5. Demonstrate ability to function as a competent, safe entry level paramedic.

 

Objectives:

At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1. Demonstrate verbal and written communication skills with patients, families, and members of health care team

2. Demonstrate ability to independently perform a thorough patient assessment on an adult or pediatric patient with a medical complaint or traumatic injury

3. Integrate clinical findings to determine a treatment plan for the adult or pediatric patient with a medical complaint or traumatic injury in the out of hospital setting

4. Demonstrate affective behaviors expected of a professional paramedic

5. Demonstrate ability to deliver the full continuum of care to a patient in the out of hospital setting

6. Demonstrate ability to function as team leader at the scene of an out of hospital emergency

7. Demonstrate all methods of delivering oxygen therapy

8. Demonstrate the ability to establish venous access

9. Calculate drug doses and drip rates

10. Demonstrate proper technique in providing intravenous, intraosseous, intramuscular, subcutaneous, and oral medications

11. Demonstrate basic and advanced airway management techniques

12. Demonstrate skills necessary to splint/immobilize all types of soft tissue and musculoskeletal injuries

13. Demonstrate assessment and management of a patient with a traumatic injury in the out of hospital setting

14. Recognize normal and abnormal cardiac rhythms

15. Administer appropriate medication to treat abnormal cardiac rhythms

16. Demonstrate assessment and management of a patient with a cardiovascular emergency in the out of hospital setting

17. Demonstrate assessment and management of a patient with a respiratory emergency in the out of hospital setting

18. Demonstrate assessment and management of a patient with an identified medical emergency in the out of hospital setting

19. Demonstrate assessment and management of a patient under the influence of alcohol or other chemical substance in the out of hospital setting

20. Demonstrate proper technique of handling infectious disease issues in the out of hospital setting

21. Assess and manage an obstetrical patient in the out of hospital setting

22. Demonstrate management of a patient exhibiting a behavioral emergency in the out of hospital setting

Topics and Scope

I.  Leadership

    A. Delegation

    B. Scene control

    C. Team leader

    D. Communication

    E. Professionalism

II. Assessment and Management

    A. Patient assessment

    B. Airway management and oxygen therapy

    C. Intravenous cannulation

    D. Medication administration

III. Medical Emergencies

    A. Eyes, ears, nose and throat

    B. Respiratory

    C. Neurology

    D. Endocrinology

    E. Immune system disorders

    F. Infectious and communicable diseases

    G. Gastrointestinal disorders

    H. Genitourinary and renal disorders

    I. Hematology

    J. Nontraumatic musculoskeletal disorders

    K. Toxicology

    L. Behavioral and psychiatric disorders

    M. Cardiology

    N. Obstetrical emergencies

         1. Normal labor and delivery

         2. Complications of delivery

         3. Neonatal care

Assignments:

1. Work 12-56 hr/week (preceptor schedule)

2. Minimum of 40 Advanced Life Support patient contacts

3. Minimum of twenty (20) Team Leads

4. Meet minimum number of patient contacts, pathology, and chief complaints as set by Committee on Accreditation of Education Programs for the EMS Profession

5. Affective and performance evaluations

6. Track patient assessments and skills (documentation)

7. Patient care reports

8. Summative Exam

9. Attendance as mandated by Title 22

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 5 - 10%
Patient care reports
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 40 - 50%
Team Lead on advanced life support unit
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 20 - 30%
Title 22 scope of practice mandated skills
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 15 - 20%
Summative Exam
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 5 - 10%
Affective behaviors, attendance, documentation

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Paramedic Care: Principles and Practice, Vols. 1 and 2. 6th ed. Bledsoe, Bryan and Porter, Robert and Cherry, Richard. Pearson. 2022

Testing and Tracking Software

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