Our Curriculum

Effective August 2012, all paramedic lecture classes will be held on Monday through Thursdays from 08:00 to 14:00 (8:00a.m.-2:00p.m.) at The Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences throughout the 11 month program. Graduation is scheduled for July.

_.Clinical rotations will be completed at times convenient to the student.

Topics of instruction include:

Prehospital Environment

• Roles and Responsibilities
• EMS Systems
• Medical/Legal Aspects
• EMS Communications
• Rescue
• Major Incident Response
• Stress Management

Preparatory

• Medical Terminology
• General Patient Assessment and Initial Management
• Airway and Ventilation
• Pathophysiology of Shock
• General Pharmacology
• Anatomy and Physiology

Trauma Emergencies

• Shock Trauma
• Burns

Medical Emergencies

• Respiratory
• Cardiovascular
• Nervous System
• Endocrine Emergencies
• Acute Abdomen, Genitourinary and Reproductive Systems
• Anaphylaxis
• Gastroenterology
• Toxicology, Alcoholism and Drug
• Infectious Disease
• Geriatrics/Gerontology
• Pediatrics

OB/GYN and Neonatal Behavioral Emergencies

Classes are held at The Reading Hospital and Medical Center, Sixth Avenue and Spruce Street, West Reading. Clinical rotations in the following services also take place at the Hospital:

• Emergency Care
• Surgical and Medical Intensive Care (including Cardiac Intensive Care)
• Pediatric Care
• Psychiatric Care
• Labor and Delivery