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Truck•• Meadow• community Collaga
TMCC PROGRAM UNIT REVIEW - ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT 2014-15
Program/Unit Reviewed: Emergency Medical Services
Self-Study Chair: Darryl Cleveland
Division: Technical Sciences
Dean: Jim New
Year of Last PUR: 2009/10
Year of next PUR: Fall 2015
Program/Unit Mission Statement: The EMS program improves the quality of health in our community
by professionally preparing students for entry-level employment and career advancement in out-ofhospital care by providing high quality, innovative training based on national standards.
The EMS programs help provide lifelong learning opportunities to improve the quality of life for our
diverse communities by providing occupational/technical training as articulated in the College's
mission .
The Description of the Degree(s)/Emphasis(s)/Certificate(s) for your PUR area is listed below. Please review for
accuracy.
Description of Degree/Emphasis/Certificates: The objective of this non-transferable degree is to train
students with the necessary cognitive, psychomotor, and affective behaviors to provide advanced life
support in the prehospital setting and to provide the necessary coursework to be licensed in the State
of Nevada and nationally certified. This limited entry program offers a comprehensive and in-depth
study of advanced life support skills which include pharmacology, advanced airway management
procedures and skills, ECG interpretation and electrical therapy for specified cardiac patients. Associate
degree recipients may see improved opportunity for managerial, clinical or educational advancement
after sufficient field experience is obtained. The Paramedic program is accredited by the Commission
on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of
the Committee of Educational Programs forthe Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoA-EMSP).
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, 1361 Park Street, Clearwater, FL
33756, (727) 210-2350.
**Emergency Medical Technician and/or Advanced Emergency Medical Technician are pre-requisite to
the Paramedic entrance process.
SECTION I
The Outcomes and Measures listed below were retrieved from Degree/Emphasis or Certificate submissions provided by
your area to CAP and approved. Please review the outcomes to ensure accuracy or submit changes to CAP via the
Degree, Emphasis, Certificate (DEC) Revisions form located on the CAP Resources web page.
AAS Degree Prehospital Emergency Medicine Emphasis Goals/Outcomes:
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Demonstrate competency in all areas outlined in the National Registry of Emergency
medical Technicians - EMT Cognitive and Psychomotor examinations ..
Exhibit proficiency in all technical skills required of emergency medical care and
transportation of critical and emergent patients.
Demonstrate professional attitudes and ethical behaviors consistent with the expectations of the
profession, area employers and the local medical community.
APR I REV: 5{2014
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Truck•• M•adaw• Community Callege
TMCC PROGRAM UNIT REVIEW -ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT 2014-15
SECTION II
The following Strategies were identified in your most recent Program/Unit Review. Please respond to the
strategies by including the status, actions taken to respond to the strategy, projected timeline, and if
resource issues are anticipated to fulfill the strategy.
Unit Strategy #1
Program needs to establish a more focused recruitment plan to
increase student diversity.
Status: choose
Complete&
Ongoing
Timeline:
Started in
2014&
continuing
Action: This strategy is both accomplished and ongoing. The Saturday EMT course was removed and changed
to a weekday course, which is now the first EMS course to fill consistently each semester. Also, with the
exception of the Paramedic program, all EMT and AEMT courses are full and beyond full each semester. We are
continuing to work toward this goal through our Bridge program and through additional marketing of the
Paramedic program in particular. It is also anticipated the new Prehospital Emergency Medicine AAS degree will
develop further recruitment opportunities.
Anticipated Resource Needed: Marketing materials which will cost approximately u,000.00 per year.
Unit Strategy #2
Status: choose
Timeline:
Complete
2015
Conduct a survey in an effort to determine why students are not
qualifyinq for the certificate.
Action: This strategy will go away in the next PUR. Many students do not qualifyfor the certificate as the
certificate does not advantage them in the work place. The new degree is expected to take the place of the
certificate.
Anticipated Resource Needed: NIA
Status: choose
Timeline:
Unit Strategy #3
Complete
June2015
Conduct a needs assessment as recommended by the Program
and Discipline Review Committee to determine if an Associate of
Applied Science would be an appropriate degree to pursue.
Action: The new Prehospital Emergency Medicine AAS degree was approved by the NSHE Board of Regents at
their June 2015 meeting.
Anticipated Resource Needed: NIA
Unit Strategy #4
Complete the self-study and application for accreditation.
Status: choose
Ongoing
Complete
Timeline:
July2014
Action: The Paramedic program accreditation was accomplished and awarded by the CAAHEP in July of 2014.
The program now is engaged in the processes necessary to ensure ongoing re-accreditation.
Anticipated Resource Needed: NIA
Unit Strategy #5
Separate the Fire Tech and EMS/Paramedic advisory board
meetings so that this program can have more effective and
focused meeting outcomes.
Status: choose
Complete
Timeline:
2013
APR I REV: 5/2014
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Truak•• M••dawa Community College
TMCC PROGRAM UNIT REVIEW -ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT 2014-15
Action: This was accomplished in the Fall of 2013. It has proven to be a more effective andfocused approach to
working with the advisory committees on specific discipline issues.
Anticipated Resource Needed: NIA
Unit Strategy #6
Work more diligently to enhance the working relationship with
Regional Emergency Medical Services Authority (REM SA).
Status: choose
Ongoing&
Complete
Timeline:
2015
onward
Action: The program has been working over the past couple ofyears to enhance and improve the relationship
with REMSA. This year, Fall 2015 we have two paramedic students engaged in internships with REMSA. The
program will continue to work closely and collaboratively with R£MSA in the foreseeable future.
Anticipated Resource Needed: NIA
Status: choose
Timeline:
Unit Strategy #7
Ongoing
2015
Continue to address the issue of lack of clinical sites in Northern
onward
Nevada.
Action: This issue has somewhat improved as the program has worked very hard to improve its reputation and
credibility in the region. We now have agencies requesting our students for internships, particularly paramedics,
thatformerly did not want to intern our students far poor quality reasons. However, as the program continues to
grow and expand, our needs in particularfar field internship sites will continue to be a challenge. The program
will be engaging potential field internship opportunities with agencies to our west in California in order to
minimize this issue as much as possible.
Anticipated Resource Needed: Staff time and funds, approximately s25oa. oo annually ta establish the
contracts and funds for faculty travel for internship site visits with students and preceptors.
APR I REV: 5/2014
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Truak•• M ••dowa Community C ollege
TMCC PROGRAM UNIT REVIEW-ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT 2014-15
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(OPTIONAL- Fifi out only if adding new Unit Strategies)
Please include any newlv identified Strategies for the Program/Unit. Please respond to the strategies by
including the status, actions taken to respond to the strategy, projected timeline, and if resource issues are
anticipated to fulfill the strategy. If there are no new strategies, please leave this blank and no signatures
are required.
Unit Strategies: New
Status: choose
Ongoing Complete
Ot her
Timeline: Date range
Action: Recap of accomplishments work to do
Anticipat ed Resource Needed: What are they and what are the approximate costs?
Unit Strategies: New
Status: choose
Ongoing Complete
Other
Action: Recap of accomplishments work to do
Anticipated Resource Needed: What are they and what are the approximate costs?
Unit Strategies: New
Status: choose
Ongoing Complete
Other
Action: Recap of accomplishments work to do
Timeline: Date range
Timeline: Date range
Anticipated Resource Needed: What are they and what are the approximate costs?
Approvals (Signatures and dates are required)
APR I REV: 5/2014