Paramedic

Diploma · 4 Semesters

Northern's two-year Paramedic program trains students for emergency care careers. The curriculum covers leadership, communication, fitness, ethics, anatomy, physiology, pathology, and pharmacology. Students practice in a risk-free lab using real-life scenarios, observe working paramedics on-site, join ambulance calls as observers, and complete placements with over 30 emergency service partners including hospital emergency and maternity wards, 911 dispatch, and long-term care facilities. Delivered in the Integrated Emergency Services Complex alongside active emergency service providers.

Courses

• BI1003 — Anatomy and Physiology I
• EM1003 — Crisis Communications and Information Management
• GN1443 — Indigenous Culture & Awareness
• PR1006 — Patient Care and Assessment Theory I
• PR1016 — Patient Care and Assessment Lab I
• PR1030 — Fitness and Wellness I
• PR1063 — The Prehospital Environment
• AA2041 — Community Service Learning
• BI2013 — Anatomy and Physiology II
• PN1022 — Pharmacology I
• PR1034 — Hospital Clinical
• PR1053 — Mental Health and Crisis Intervention in EMS
• PR1073 — Professional Development and Leadership

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