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Emergency Medical Technician - Paramedic

EMT-Paramedic is the highest level of EMS provider in Maine.  The EMT-Paramedic possesses advanced assessment, treatment and patient-management skills and knowledge.     

As in the EMT-Intermediate training program, the EMT-Paramedic student must complete a significant didactic and clinical education program. The EMT-P program provides a more in-depth course of study of the topics covered in both the EMT-B and EMT-I programs and also includes: pathophysiology, advanced patient assessment, advanced pharmacology, cardiac emergencies, respiratory emergencies, neurological emergencies, endocrine emergencies, trauma assessment, and ALS operations.

Clinical rotations occur both in the hospital and field.  Hospital clinical includes rotations in the ED, OR, ICU, IV team, pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), Respiratory Therapy, Labor and Delivery, Psychiatry, Geriatrics, Civic leadership, and electives.

Field clinical time is designed to allow the student to start to gain mastery of the necessary prehospital skills under the evaluation and guidance of a paramedic preceptor.

Maine EMS licensed Paramedics are permitted under the Maine EMS Prehospital Treatment Protocols and Maine EMS Rules to provide all the skills of the other licensure levels plus:

  • Endotracheal intubation (oral, nasal, or digital)
  • Needle cricothyrotomy
  • Surgical cricothyrotomy
  • Needle thoracostomy
  • Synchronized cardioversion
  • Medication administration
  • 12 lead acquisition and interpretation
  • Transcutaneous pacing
  • CPAP *

* For those who have successfully completed this Maine EMS approved upgrade training.