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What They Do
Paramedics work in ambulance services, fire departments, police departments, rescue squads and hospital emergency departments. Their duties may include:
- Assess and manage medical emergencies, such as strokes, heart attacks and respiratory difficulties
- Give pre-hospital care to accident victims
- Manage emergencies involving children and the elderly, psychological stress, environmental emergencies and burns
- Administer CPR, oxygen therapy, airway management and basic splinting
- Perform emergency childbirth if needed
- Train in emergency driving, radio communications and disaster management
- Perform advanced patient assessment for medical trauma and cardiac emergencies
- Perform advanced life support skills and procedures as directed by protocols and by physicians in hospital emergency departments
- Document each patient care situation and coordinate the rescue, care and transportation of patients
- Communicate with patients, family, bystanders and other public safety personnel regarding treatment and condition of patients
Duration of Training
The course duration is ten months, full-time. Didactic sessions meet twice per week for eight hours per session. Clinical and field internship rotations are scheduled separately and run concurrently with the didactic curriculum.
Program Start Date
January 2014
Prerequisites
- High school diploma or GED
- Valid certification as an emergency medical technician (EMT)
- Be at least 18 years old
- Successfully complete the written and practical entrance exams
- Successfully complete an accredited Anatomy and Physiology course (IU Health has an A&P course for students accepted into the IU Health Methodist Paramedic Program (August 28 – December 13; Tuesdays and Thursdays, noon – 3 pm).
Certificate / License
NREMT Certificate and State of Indiana Paramedic License
Upon successful completion of the program, students may sit for the National Registry exam offered by the Indiana State Emergency Medical Services Commission and the National Registry of EMTs (NREMT).
Summary, Course of Study
Anatomy and physiology, chemistry, math, introduction to paramedicine, pharmacology, drug therapy, cardiology, IV therapy, medical emergencies, advanced life support, trauma management, special patient situations, rope rescue, water rescue, extrication, ACLS, PALS, PHTLS courses, telemetry and clinical and field internships.
IU Health offers students clinical rotations in an unparalleled range of dynamic settings, from the IU Health Methodist Hospital Level 1 Trauma Center, Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health pediatric rotations, and numerous rotations through the many critical care units within IU Health.
The IU Health Methodist Paramedic Program is fully accredited by Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP www.caahep.org)
Physical Requirements
- Demonstrate EMT knowledge and skills proficiency at a level deemed appropriate by the education program, by successfully completing entry exams (written and practical)
- Demonstrate a reasonable level of competency for reading, writing and math skills by completing entry aptitude exams for health care professionals
- Hold a valid Indiana certificate as an emergency medical technician (EMT)
- Be recommended as a candidate for paramedic education by an Indiana licensed physician
- Be able to give and receive verbal and written instructions and directions reliably
- Demonstrate maturity of judgment, good moral character, motivation and dependability
- Have no addiction or dependency on drugs or alcohol
- Have a sound physique, not possessing any infirmity of body or mind, which might render you unfit to perform duties
- Provide additional references and undergo a physical examination
- Have 20/20 vision with correction
- Hear normally with correction
- Lift at least 50 pounds without assistance
- Walk, run and work in confined spaces for long periods of time
- Climb stairs (up and down) while carrying 50 pounds without assistance
Contact Information
IU Health Methodist Hospital
I-65 at 21st Street
Health Sciences
ATTN: Diana Carlton
Wile Hall, Room 631
P.O. Box 1367
Indianapolis, IN 46206-1367
Phone: 317.962.5470