Emergency Medical Sciences
Emergency Medical Sciences Degrees From Oklahoma City Community College
In this top national program, learn to make quick, life-saving decisions to help those in need.
Making fast, life-saving decisions is probably the most important thing an emergency medical technician (EMT) paramedic can do. If you want to help those who are hurt or in need, have an interest in the health care industry and are a quick, critical thinker, you might consider a career in the emergency medical sciences.
Oklahoma City Community College offers an associate degree in applied science in emergency medical sciences, which leads graduates immediately into the job market and prepares them for the National Registry paramedic exam. This degree is offered both traditionally and in an online hybrid format for those who live far from campus or who have work and family obligations.
You might also look into the certificate of mastery program in basic emergency medical technology and the certificate of mastery in paramedic certification. These will give you the same training you need to enter the health care world without taking the general education requirements needed for a degree.
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When it comes to saving the lives of people who have been involved in car accidents, suffered heart attacks, are in the midst of childbirth or who have been injured in a violent crime, EMTs can respond immediately to transport patients to a medical facility.
In the OCCC emergency medical sciences program, you will learn:
- To describe the role of the emergency medical technician in an emergency medical services system
- To perform advanced comprehensive patient assessments on patients with traumatic injuries and patients with medical emergencies
- To manage a multi-casualty incident including triage
- To correctly manage medical and trauma emergencies in various situations and environments
- To evaluate attitudes toward ethics and death and dying
- To identify and manage dysrhythmias
- To identify and correctly interpret actions of emergency drugs
- To summarize and interpret legal responsibilities of safe ambulance operations in Oklahoma
Emergency Medical Sciences Degrees at Oklahoma City Community College
Oklahoma City Community College offers:
- An associate degree in applied science in emergency medical sciences, which leads graduates immediately into the job market and prepares them for the National Registry paramedic exam.
The certificate of mastery programs will give you the same training you need to enter the health care world without taking the general education requirements needed for an associate in applied science degree.
Emergency Medical Sciences Classes at Oklahoma City Community College
Emergency medical sciences courses are taught by experienced paramedics, nurses and doctors in clinical and classroom settings and focus on the pre-hospital aspects of emergency health care.
In the emergency medical sciences program at Oklahoma City Community College, you’ll study:
- Basic Emergency Medical Technology
- Paramedic Care I, II, III and IV
- ECG Interpretation and Procedures
- Pharmacology
- EMS Operations
Visit OCCC’s online course catalog for full details on your emergency medical sciences degree program. You can also check the current community college class schedule for course availability.
Harvey Conner
Professor of Emergency Medical Sciences
EMS Professional for over thirty five years with twenty two years teaching experience. Graduate of the then SOCJC EMS program in 1975. Currently serve as Regional Faculty for the American Heart Association in Basic Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, and Pediatric Advanced Life Support. Twice recipient of the OEMTA Instructor of the Year Award (1991,2009) and 2010 recipient of the Beverly Doyle EMS Leadership Award from the Oklahoma EMT Association
Emergency Medical Sciences Careers
Emergency medical sciences graduates are qualified to provide pre-hospital emergency health care.
The most common certification in emergency medical services is the emergency medical technician, or EMT. There are four levels of certification: EMR (Emergency Medical Responders), EMT-Basic, Advanced EMT and Paramedic. The biggest differences between these jobs are the amount of training received and what medical procedures each is allowed to do under the law.
EMRs and EMTs go through fewer hours of training and are not generally allowed to do invasive procedures or administer most medications; paramedics are more highly educated and are allowed more options to treat patients.
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, paid positions for EMTs and paramedics will continue to become available in first-responder units, but volunteers will also be needed, especially in rural communities
The role of emergency medical services providers continues to expand, creating greater job options and expanding from work on a ground ambulance to the hospital emergency room and into doctors’ offices. Others will find work on aircraft, on oil rigs, in fire departments and on SWAT teams.
