Emergency Medical Services Management

(130 semester hours) Requirements are subject to change.

Emergency medical services (EMS) systems have grown in size and in the complexity of issues facing EMS managers. This program is designed to provide the student with the technical EMS skills and the management tools necessary to participate in the operations of EMS systems in place today and to be prepared to lead systems into the future.

Certification-level courses are offered up to and including the EMT—Paramedic level, all of which have been approved by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Office of Emergency Medical Services. In addition, each certification course meets or exceeds the national training standards of the United States Department of Transportation. The technical courses are complemented with offerings in emergency management, business management, and the management internship program to provide the widest range of EMS experience available in higher education today. Successful completion of the major results in both certification at the EMT—Paramedic level and the bachelor of science degree.

For more information about this major, contact Professor Judith Moore, chairperson of the Emergency Medical Services Management Department, at (413) 788-2429 or the Admissions Office at (800) 343-1257.

General Education Program - 34 s.h. in addition to courses taken for the major.

I. General Education Program

To integrate the humanics philosophy into their lives, Springfield College students engage in the search for knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of values through a variety of courses in the sciences and humanities. In addition to those General Education courses, students must complete 6 s.h. of Writing-Across-the-Curriculum (WAC) courses. For more information see the General Education Program and WAC courses. In the major requirements listed below, selected courses which fulfill General Education categories are marked with an asterisk; selected WAC courses are marked with a “W”.

II. Departmental Core Requirements (45–45.5 s.h.)

EMSM 114 - CPR, Health Care Provider Credits: 0.5 s.h
EMSM 115 - Emergency Medical Technician-Basic Credits: 4 s.h
EMSM 135 - EMS Career Planning Credits: 3 s.h
EMSM 150 - EMT-Intermediate Credits: 4 s.h
EMSM 200 - EMT-Paramedic I Credits: 4 s.h
EMSM 250 - EMT-Paramedic II Credits: 4 s.h
EMSM 251 - Advanced Cardiac Life Support Credits: 1 s.h
EMSM 300 - EMT-Paramedic III Credits: 4 s.h
EMSM 301 - Pediatric Advanced Life Support Credits: 1 s.h
EMSM 325 - System Status Management Credits: 2 s.h
EMSM 335 - Plan and Design of Emergency Vehicles and Facilities Credits: 2 s.h
EMSM 340 - EMS Continuing Education and EMT-Basic Refresher Credits: 2 s.h
EMSM 350 - EMT-Paramedic Clinical Affiliation Credits: 4 s.h
EMSM 375 - Search and Rescue Management Credits: 3 s.h
EMSM 386 - EMT-Paramedic Field Internship Credits: 4 s.h
EMSM 420W - EMS Management Senior Project Credits: 3 s.h
EMSM 486W - EMS Management Internship Credits: 3 s.h

The following courses are not required, but strongly recommended :

EMSM 160 - EMT-Intermediate Clinical Affiliation Credits: 1.5 s.h
EMSM 186 - Intermediate Field Internship Credits: 1.5 s.h
EMSM 211 - Basic Cardiac Life Support Instructor Credits: 2 s.h
EMSM 374 - Fundamentals of Search and Rescue Credits: 2 s.h

III. Related Core Requirements (48 s.h.)

SMRT 479 - Personnel Management (3 s.h.)

AEXS 377 - Stress Management Credits: 3 s.h
BIOL 130* - Anatomy and Physiology I Credits: 3 s.h
BIOL 131* - Anatomy and Physiology II Credits: 3 s.h
BIOL 132* - Anatomy and Physiology I Lab Credits: 1 s.h
BIOL 133* - Anatomy and Physiology II Lab Credits: 1 s.h
CHEM 101* - Chemistry Survey Credits: 3 s.h
CHEM 102* - Chemistry Survey Laboratory Credits: 1 s.h
ECON 200* - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3 s.h
or
ECON 205* - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3 s.h
HPER 479 - Personnel and Human Resources Management Credits: 3 s.h
MGTE 210 - Principles of Accounting I Credits: 3 s.h
MGTE 360 - Statistics for Business and Economics Credits: 3 s.h
PSYC 221 - Abnormal Psychology Credits: 3 s.h
RHDS 378* - Introduction to Manual Communication/Issues of Deaf Culture Credits: 3 s.h
SOCI 101* - Introduction to Sociology Credits: 3 s.h
SOCI 322* - Racial and Ethnic Relations Credits: 3 s.h
SOCI 337 - Sociology of Death and Dying Credits: 3 s.h
SOCI 430 - Medical Sociology Credits: 3 s.h

IV. Electives

(2.5–3 s.h. of electives, to complete 130 s.h.)

V. Sample Program By Year

The program listed below is a sample—courses are not guaranteed to be offered during the semester or year listed. It is the student’s responsibility to insure that all requirements are met on a timely basis and that needed prerequisite courses are completed before taking upper-level requirements; therefore, they should consult carefully with an advisor when planning their program.

In addition to the courses identified below, the following General Education categories need to be fulfilled for this major: Computer Science, Health, Physical Education, Literature, Mathematics, Philosophy, Second Language/Culture, Visual and Performing Arts, History, and Religion.

Courses marked with an * fulfill or partially fulfill a General Education category. Courses marked with a w may fulfill a WAC requirement, depending on the year taken.