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This isnt a my school is better then your school thread. I thought it would be neat to see the different approaches to what is taught when.. I noticed the other day someone metioned their school was doing ALCS this fall, we dont do it until the spring.

We Go 18 months, Fall to the following Winter and start with patho and pt assessment. Then Cardic I, pharm, respiratory, We start clinicals the 3rd quarter with Cardic 2, and peds.
I cant remember the rest lol

what about yall?
 
Paramedic (ILS) is three years (two-three semesters per year) with 2,000 hours of theory and high fidelity simulatiom and 1,200 hours of practical placements combined. Following this a graduate Paramedic will undertake an on-road consolidation and assessment period prior to recieving Authority to Practice as a Paramedic.

Intensive Care Paramedic (ALS) is a further period of Post Graduate study as well as a clinical consolidation and mentoring period. It is offered to experienced Paramedics who demonstrate they are capable of undertaking the responsibilities of an ICP.
 
goodgrief said:
This isnt a my school is better then your school thread. I thought it would be neat to see the different approaches to what is taught when.. I noticed the other day someone metioned their school was doing ALCS this fall, we dont do it until the spring.

We Go 18 months, Fall to the following Winter and start with patho and pt assessment. Then Cardic I, pharm, respiratory, We start clinicals the 3rd quarter with Cardic 2, and peds.
I cant remember the rest lol

what about yall?
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There is now an idea in the US to put the subjects most students fail in the front part of the class, that way they don't complete a significant portion of it investing time and money, to find out they need to pick a different field or get some more basic education.

It also solves the problem where if you fail the second 1/2 of class, you don't have to pay to take the whole thing over in programs that do not simply make you repeat a semester because of the way the programs are set up.
 
Veneficus said:
There is now an idea in the US to put the subjects most students fail in the front part of the class, that way they don't complete a significant portion of it investing time and money, to find out they need to pick a different field or get some more basic education.

It also solves the problem where if you fail the second 1/2 of class, you don't have to pay to take the whole thing over in programs that do not simply make you repeat a semester because of the way the programs are set up.
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Or imagine a degree program where failed/non-passing classes would be retaken as a normal college class.
 
SanDiegoEmt7 said:
Or imagine a degree program where failed/non-passing classes would be retaken as a normal college class.
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A degree program solves many problems.
 
One day I walked in to the fire station and a guy says just keep saying to yourself air goes in and out, blood goes round and round, if either is not happening call medical control to find out how to fix it. You are now a Paramedic. :blush:


:P
 
medic417 said:
One day I walked in to any fire station and a guy says just keep saying to yourself air goes in and out, blood goes round and round, if either is not happening call medical control to find out how to fix it. You are now a Paramedic. :blush:


:P
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Needs to be more pre-req and alinged with AS degree for medics to be taken seriously
 
International paramedics seem to be very similar (as far as training) to our PAs. :unsure:
 
I just started P-school in CO, we go 9 months. Jan-May is in class 8 hours a day monday, wednesday, thursday, plus 200 hours of hospital clinicals. May-whenever you finish is the 500 hour field internship plus one 8 hour day in class per week. In CO there are programs as short as 6 months, and as long as 18.
 
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Two options

Option 1:
1: BAA (4 - 9 months) then
2: 1000 clinical hours as a BAA (roughly slightly more than a year)
3: AEA (4 - 9 months) then
4: 1000 clinical hours as a AEA (roughly slightly more than a year)
5: CCA (12 months) followed by the usual ACLS/ATLS/PHTLS/IHTLS and so on.
Total: 4-5 years (roughly)

Congradulations, you are now an ALS Paramedic.

Option 2:
1: 3 Year NDIP EMC or 4 Year Btech EMC degree.

Addition: BAA = Basic Life Support, AEA = Intermediate Life Support, CCA = Critical Care ALS
 
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SanDiegoEmt7 said:
Or imagine a degree program where failed/non-passing classes would be retaken as a normal college class.
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This is actually how one of the programs in my area operates. Pretty nice knowing that poor performance in one class will not negate all the others.
 
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im not a paramedic student so i dont know the exact info but for my college we have 2 paramedic classes. one is 10 months long which you go to school 4 days a week. the other is 12 months and you go 3 days a week. thats all i really know
 
11 Months, 5 days a Week in class from 8-5. for about 5-6 months with Ride outs on the weekends. We had a quiz every day of class with a Test every monday. 2months of Clinical Time(Er, OR, Trauma, OB, Childrens(lots of Pedi Intubations), 3 Months of Internship which were 24hr graded shifts on Ambulances that did on average 19 transports a shift. This was good experience for I was stationed in a low income area, healthcare wasn't abundant there so we had a LOT of sick people, plus the gang violence shootings/stabings.

Prior to Paramedic school starting was A&P class, an EKG course, and Paramedic Prep. So all in all about 2 yrs? With a min. of 1 yr experience as an EMT before you could apply. And and Gen. Knowledge test that you must pass to get in.
 
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Veneficus said:
There is now an idea in the US to put the subjects most students fail in the front part of the class, that way they don't complete a significant portion of it investing time and money, to find out they need to pick a different field or get some more basic education.

It also solves the problem where if you fail the second 1/2 of class, you don't have to pay to take the whole thing over in programs that do not simply make you repeat a semester because of the way the programs are set up.
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I like this, more than half of my class failed out and it was sad to see people go after investing the 16k to go to school, If you failed early most of your money was returned, but Cardiology was later in the class and when you failed out on that subject your lost more than half of the 16k.
 
Here in eastern Canada it is 10 months of 40 hr weeks to get your Primary Care Paramedic. The program costs about $14,000. To move on and get your Advanced Care Paramedic you need your PCP and then 13 months, 40 hrs a week of school. The schools prefer you to have two years experience before going to ACP school. Between them you will have at least 1000 hrs of preceptered ambulance time and 600 hrs of hospital clinicals. ACP school is about $16,000. Some ACP schools will do a distance course over 24 months.
 
Mercy College of Health Sciences-Des Moines, IA

We started with Anatomy, Patho, Some assessment. We started clinicals in the first term. IV's, Intubation, Med admin, etc...

second term is Cardiac and ACLS + more clinicals

Third term is Peds, PALS, OB + More clinicals.
 
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