| EMS101 |
Meets the 1998 EMT-Basic National Standard Curriculum requirements and incorporates New Mexico EMT-B scope of practice. Includes lecture and lab instruction to prepare the student to sit for New Mexico and National Registry testing. Restriction: program permission. |
36.00 |
46.00 |
252.00 |
| EMS102 |
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| EMS104 |
Teaches the basics of land navigation, map interpretation, GPS, and compass use in a wilderness environment. Prerequisite: 105. |
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| EMS105 |
Teaches the basics of survival in a wilderness environment. Topics include finding food and constructing shelter. |
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| EMS110 |
A 48-hour course consisting of 20 hours of didactic instruction in which includes the minimum standard Department of Transportation curriculum to prepare the student for prehospital field techniques and 20 hours of lab instruction which includes individual instruction in airway management and patient assessment skills. |
11.00 |
25.67 |
33.00 |
| EMS111 |
For individuals who wish to recertify their EMS First Responder, Basic or Intermediate certification. Corequisite: PBT 102L. Prerequisite: (Compass Writing=>75 and Compass Pre-Algebra=>36) or (ACT English=>19 and ACT Pre-Algebra=>9) or (ENGL 100 and MATH 099). |
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| EMS112 |
A required 16-hour course for EMS First Responders to maintain state licensure that reviews current treatment techniques for first responder emergency care and updates the student in any changes to the New Mexico Scope of Practice for EMS First Responders. Prerequisite: EMS 110. |
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| EMS113 |
Meets the 1998 EMT-Basic National Standard Curriculum requirements and incorporates New Mexico EMT-B scope of practice. Provides lecture instruction to prepare the student to sit for New Mexico and National Registry testing. Corequisite: 142. Restriction: program permission. |
48.00 |
55.33 |
288.00 |
| EMS114 |
First half of a 2-semester option for EMT-Basic based on the National Standard Curriculum and New Mexico EMT-B scope of practice. Provides lecture instruction to prepare the student for EMS 115, EMT-Basic II. Corequisite: 140. Restriction: program permission. |
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| EMS115 |
Second half of a 2-semester EMT-Basic course based on National Standard Curriculum and New Mexico EMT-B scope of practice. Provides instruction to prepare the student to sit for New Mexico and National Registry testing. Prerequisites: 114 and 140. Corequisite: 141. Restriction: program permission. |
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| EMS120 |
Covers the history of emergency medical services and the development of EMS systems and current trends and issues in EMS. Ideal for students considering a career in EMS. |
20.67 |
21.33 |
62.00 |
| EMS121 |
Teaches fundamental techniques of basic and light vehicle rescue. Primary focus is on vehicle extrication. Prerequisite: 113 and 142. |
2.33 |
13.33 |
2.33 |
| EMS122 |
Intended for medical professionals responding to emergencies in remote locations. Topics include search and rescue, environmental emergencies, and extended patient management in the wilderness. Prerequisites: 113 and 142. |
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| EMS140 |
First half of a 2-semester option for EMT-Basic based on the National Standard Curriculum and New Mexico EMT-B scope of practice. Provides lab instruction to prepare the student for EMS 141, EMT-Basic Lab II. Corequisite: 114. Restriction: program permission. |
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| EMS141 |
Second half of a 2-semester option for EMT-Basic based on the National Standard Curriculum and New Mexico EMT-B scope of practice. Provides lab instruction to prepare the student to sit for New Mexico and National Registry testing. Prerequisites: 114 and 140. Corequisite: 115. Restriction: program permission. |
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| EMS142 |
Meets the 1998 EMT-Basic National Standard Curriculum requirements and incorporates New Mexico EMT-B scope of practice. Provides lab instruction to prepare the student to sit for New Mexico and National Registry testing. Corequisite: 113. Restriction: program permission. |
47.33 |
55.00 |
94.67 |
| EMS143 |
Meets New Mexico requirements for EMT-Intermediate skills training, including intravenous fluid administration and pharmacology. Prerequisites: 113 and 142. Corequisite: 180. Restriction: program permission. |
12.33 |
19.00 |
12.33 |
| EMS151 |
Meets New Mexico requirements for EMT-Intermediate field and clinical training, including emergency department and prehospital experience. Prerequisites: 113 and 142. Corequisite: 180 and 143. Restriction: program permission. |
10.67 |
25.00 |
21.33 |
| EMS160 |
This course is designed to assist the EMT-Basic with out-of-state licensure meet New Mexico EMT-Basic licensure requirements. Restriction: program permission. |
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| EMS180 |
Meets New Mexico requirements for EMT-Intermediate lecture content, including intravenous fluid administration and pharmacology. Prerequisites: 113 and 142. Corequisite: 143. Restriction: program permission. |
13.33 |
25.67 |
40.00 |
| EMS193 |
Titles will vary. |
0.33 |
4.67 |
0.33 |
| EMS201 |
Meets the 1985 EMT-Intermediate National Standard Curriculum requirements and incorporates New Mexico EMT-I scope of practice. Includes lecture and lab instruction to prepare the student to sit for New Mexico and National Registry testing. Prerequisite: 101. Restriction: program permission. |
5.67 |
8.00 |
28.33 |
| EMS202 |
A required 24-hour course for EMT-Intermediates to maintain state licensure that reviews current treatment in pre hospital emergency patient care with advanced airway management and intravenous fluid therapy, and updates the student in any changes to the New Mexico Scope of Practice for EMT-Intermediates. Prerequisite: EMS 201 and instructor approval. |
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| EMS207 |
Designed for professionals responding to medical emergencies in remote locations. Topics include survival techniques, search and rescue operations, communications, environmental emergencies, medical and traumatic emergencies and extended patient management in the wilderness including evacuation and transportation of patients from the wilderness. |
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| EMS209 |
Provides students with an understanding of foundational concepts in emergency medical services, including EMS systems, paramedic roles and responsibilities, and a review of anatomy and physiology. Corequisite: 210, 211, 212, 241, 251. Restriction: program permission. |
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| EMS210 |
Provides the paramedic student with an overview of drug classes, actions, and metabolism, as well as an understanding of considerations in medication administration. Corequisite: 209, 211, 212, 241, 251. Restriction: program permission. |
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| EMS211 |
Introduces the paramedic student to techniques of advanced airway management, patient history taking, and physical examination. Corequisite: 209, 210, 212, 241, 251. |
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| EMS212 |
Introduces the paramedic student to the assessment and management of patients with cardiac and respiratory problems. Includes cardiac rhythm interpretation. Corequisite: 209, 210, 211, 241, 251. Restriction: program permission. |
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| EMS220 |
Introduces paramedic students to the assessment and management of the adult patient with a variety of medical problems, including infectious illness, anaphylaxis, diabetes, and gastrointestinal emergencies. Corequisite: 221, 242, 252. Restriction: program permission. |
12.33 |
24.00 |
37.00 |
| EMS221 |
Introduces the paramedic student to the operational aspects of prehospital emergency care, including rescue and extrication, hazardous materials response, disaster response, and incident command. Corequisite: 220, 242, 252. Restriction: program permission. |
12.33 |
24.00 |
37.00 |
| EMS230 |
Provides an introduction to the prehospital emergency management of medical and traumatic problems in pediatric, geriatric, and pregnant patients. Corequisite: 231, 243, 253. Restriction: program permission. |
12.00 |
28.00 |
36.00 |
| EMS231 |
Introduces the paramedic student to prehospital advanced life support assessment and management of patients with traumatic injury. Corequisite: 230, 243, 253. Restriction: program permission. |
12.33 |
24.00 |
37.00 |
| EMS241 |
Provides instruction in and practice application of advanced life support skills in patient assessment, airway management, medication administration, and advanced cardiac life support. Corequisite: 209, 210, 211, 212, 251. Restriction: program permission. |
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| EMS242 |
Provides instruction in and practice application of advanced life support skills in the assessment and management of patients with medical emergencies. Practice in vehicle extrication skills. Corequisite: 220, 221, 252. Restriction: program permission. |
12.33 |
24.00 |
24.67 |
| EMS243 |
Provides instruction in and practice application of advanced life support skills in the assessment and management of pediatric, geriatric, and pregnant patients, as well as in trauma management. Corequisite: 230, 231, 253. Restriction: program permission. |
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| EMS251 |
Facilitates paramedic students? progress toward entry-level clinical competence by providing the opportunity to integrate classroom knowledge and skills with professional practice under the supervision of clinical instructors. Corequisites: 209, 210, 211, 212, 241. Restriction: program permission. |
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| EMS252 |
Observation and supervised care of emergency patients in the emergency department, inpatient units, and prehospital setting. Corequisites: 220, 221, 242. Restriction: program permission. |
12.00 |
24.00 |
24.00 |
| EMS253 |
Observation and supervised care of emergency patients in the emergency department, in-patient units, and prehospital setting. Corequisite: 230, 231, 243. Restriction: program permission. |
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| EMS254 |
Paramedic students develop EMS team-leadership skills and learn to operate independently, under supervision, at entry-level competence. Prerequisites: 230 and 231 and 243 and 253. Restriction: program permission. |
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| EMS300 |
Prepares the student to manage superficial wounds, including suturing, and to utilize temporary and long-term splints for extremity injuries, including casting. Prerequisites: 143 and 151 and 180. |
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| EMS308L |
Provides the student with clinical opportunities to observe and practice clinically relevant prehospital advanced life support skills in hospital clinical units under the preceptorship of clinical faculty. Prerequisites: 301 and 302 and 303 and 304. |
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| EMS309L |
Provides the student with clinical opportunities to observe and practice clinically relevant prehospital advanced life support skills in hospital clinical units under the preceptorship of clinical faculty. Prerequisite: 308L. |
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| EMS398 |
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9.00 |
27.33 |
27.00 |
| EMS399 |
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7.00 |
50.00 |
16.33 |
| EMS400 |
Provides paramedics with an in-depth understanding of patient history and physical examination techniques. Prerequisites: 212 and 241 and 251. Restriction: program permission. |
3.67 |
3.33 |
11.00 |
| EMS401 |
Provides paramedics with knowledge of inter-facility transport of critically ill adult patients. Topics include ventilator management, intra-aortic balloon pumps, and interpretation of laboratory data.
Prerequisites: 211 and 212 and 220 and 241 and 242. |
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| EMS402 |
Provides paramedics with knowledge of inter-facility transport of critically ill pediatric patients. Topics include ventilator management, congential heart defects and interpretation of laboratory data. Prerequisites: 230 and 243. Restriction: program permission. |
2.00 |
5.00 |
6.00 |
| EMS407 |
Provides paramedics with an overview of rotary and fixed-wing air medical transport, including ground operations, flight physiology, and patient management. Prerequisites: 212 and 220 and 241 and 242. |
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| EMS410 |
An introduction to all aspects of EMS service agency administration. Topics include political and regulatory structures, personnel management, and fiscal management. Prerequisites: 113 and 120 and 142. |
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| EMS411 |
Students are assigned to an EMS agency administrative unit and are assigned tasks and projects in cooperation with EMS agency personnel. Pre- or corequisite: 410. |
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| EMS420 |
Covers all the aspects of EMS administration, including political and regulatory structures, personnel management, fiscal management and overall management of EMS agencies in both the public and private sectors. Prerequisite: 120. |
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| EMS421 |
The student is assigned to an instructor mentor and will participate, under supervision, in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of EMS training programs. Prerequisite: 441. |
0.00 |
10.00 |
0.00 |
| EMS422 |
Gives EMS providers the tools needed to plan an injury prevention program in their communities, including programs in home, motor vehicle, public, and work safety. |
8.00 |
13.00 |
24.00 |
| EMS441 |
This course covers the development, design, implementation, and evaluation of EMS training programs. Prerequisite: 143 and 153 and 180. |
3.67 |
20.00 |
11.00 |
| EMS442 |
The student is assigned to an EMS training program under the preceptorship of a staff instructor and is required to prepare and conduct various lectures, workshops and participate in all aspects of course development. Pre- or corequisite: 441. |
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| EMS450 |
Course in the critical exposition of EMS literature. The scientific process of developing research concepts, the scientific method and writing and presenting proposals will be presented. Prerequisite: 201 and STAT 145. |
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| EMS453 |
Practical application of content learned in EMS 403. Student will work under the preceptorship of a fixed-wing flight crew. Pre- or corequisite: 416. |
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| EMS455 |
Injury ranks as one of the nation s most pressing health challenges. This course is designed to give you the tools to plan an injury prevention program in your community. The course will cover a variety of safety and health topics focusing on injury prevention in the home, motor vehicle, public, and work environments and specific populations. It will provide the necessary background to identify injury risks, plan an effective intervention, prepare a request for funding proposal for IP funding, and implement a prevention program. |
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| EMS470 |
This course provides the student with an overview of the research process and teaches skills in critical analysis of medical literature. Prerequisite: STAT 145. |
16.67 |
20.00 |
50.00 |
| EMS471 |
The student designs an original research project under the guidance of department faculty. Emphasis is on literature review, research design, and completing institutional review board requirements. Prerequisite: 470. |
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| EMS472 |
Designed as a follow-up to EMS 471. The student will continue with the project developed in EMS 471, including data collection and analysis. Prerequisite: 471. |
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| EMS473 |
Seminar course involving reading, presentation, and discussion of emergency medicine literature.
Restriction: program admission. |
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| EMS498 |
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4.00 |
11.33 |
12.00 |
| EMS499 |
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3.00 |
48.33 |
9.00 |