Emergency Medical Science REVISED
Curriculum Description
The Emergency Medical Science curriculum provides individuals with the knowledge, skills and attributes to provide advanced emergency medical care as a paramedic for critical and emergent patients who access the emergency medical system and prepares graduates to enter the workforce.
Students will gain complex knowledge, competency, and experience while employing evidence based practice under medical oversight, and serve as a link from the scene into the healthcare system.
Graduates of this program may be eligible to take state and/or national certification examinations. Employment opportunities include providers of emergency medical services, fire departments, rescue agencies, hospital specialty areas, industry, educational and government agencies.
Certificate
C45340
NC CIP: 51.0904
Day
POS Approved: Fall 2025
Fall Semester
| Course | Course Title | Class Hours | Lab/Shop Hours | Clinical/WBL Hours | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIO 163 | Basic Anat & Physiology | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| EMS 110 | EMT | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| Select one: | |||||
| Writing and Inquiry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| OR | |||||
| Mathematical Measurement and Literacy | (2) | (2) | (0) | (3) | |
| OR | |||||
| Quantitative Literacy | (2) | (2) | (0) | (3) | |
| Total: | 13 | 8 | 3 | 17 | |
Total Credit Hours: 17
Additional Information
Students interested in this program must contact Michael Belcher (mbelcher@forsythtech.edu) for more information.
C45340