Capstone Paramedic Field Internship.

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Students will apply theory and acquired clinical skills while performing pre-hospital treatment under the supervision of experienced, certified paramedics during 200 hours of field internship. Students will complete 50 patient contacts on an ALS ambulance. The first 30 patient contacts will be formative, where the student is developing their skills as an ALS field provider. The remaining 20 patient contacts are competencies. These 20 competencies are the Field Capstone. For the field capstone contacts, the student is expected to manage all parts of the patient contact with minimal assistance. ALL classroom, lab, and hospital clinical elements must be completed prior to starting this class. Students will demonstrate satisfactory performance of all program requirements and be successfully signed off by the program medical director at the end of this course. Adherence to the attendance policy and completion of this course with a final grade of B- or better must be achieved in order to complete the program and receive authorization to test the National registry Paramedic Exam. Fall. Prerequisites: HCC 218 with a B- or higher; HCC 220 (corequisite).