MCCCD Program Description

Major: 5003N Catalog Year: 2024-2025 Effective Term: 2020 Fall Last Admit Term: 9999 Award: CCL Total Credits: 8 CIP Code: 51.0904	Primary College: Not Found Initiating College: Mesa Community College Program Availability: Not Found Program Availability: Shared Program Availability: GC MC PC PV Field of Interest: Health Sciences Instructional Council: Emergency Medical Technology/Fire Science Technology GPA: 2.0
SOC Code: Upon completion of this certificate, students may pursue a career as 29-2041.00 Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics

Description: The Certificate of Completion (CCL) in Critical Care Paramedicine is designed to provide the knowledge, skills and ability to synthesize standard of care and expanded scope of practice with comprehensive assessment, diagnostic technology, patient advocacy, ethical and professional behaviors, to practice patient-centered evidence based paramedicine in the clinical, out-of-hospital, and inter-facility transport settings. This certificate prepares students for a critical care paramedic credential.

Learning Outcomes
1. Explain the standard of care and expanded scope of practice in critical care settings in Paramedicine. (PME292) 2. Demonstrate ethical and professional behaviors consistent with Critical Care Paramedicine and expanded scope of practice. (PME292) 3. Describe factors of effective communication and decision-making in critical care team dynamics. (PME292) 4. Describe the Paramedic`s roles and responsibilities in medical and legal issues. (PME292) 5. Demonstrate patient advocacy. (PME292) 6. Apply strategies of safety and survival in Critical Care Paramedicine. (PME292) 7. Apply principles of flight physiology. (PME292) 8. Integrate the pathophysiological significance of comprehensive assessment findings to manage Critical Care and high-risk patients. (PME292) 9. Synthesize Critical Care Paramedicine standard of care and expanded scope of practice to perform comprehensive patient assessment. (PME292) 10. Integrate pathophysiologic principles, epidemiology, and comprehensive assessment to formulate a differential diagnosis for patients in critical care settings. (PME292) 11. Utilize diagnostic technology and resources to interpret lab values of Critical Care and high-risk patients. (PME292) 12. Integrate the pathophysiological significance of comprehensive patient assessment findings to implement a management plan according to Critical Care Paramedicine expanded scope of practice. (PME292) 13. Utilize types of health information technology. (PME292)

Program Notes
This program is not eligible for Title IV Federal Financial Aid. Students must earn a grade of C or better in all courses within the program.

Admission Criteria
Current state Paramedic certification.

Required Courses

PME292 Critical Care Paramedicine 8

Credits: 8

Restricted Electives
	Credits:

General Electives
	Credits:

+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites.
++ indicates that any suffixed course may be selected.

MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: October 22, 2019

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