Emergency Healthcare

• Mission Statement

  The mission of the Department of Emergency Care & Rescue is to provide competent entry-level EMS providers to serve the medical needs of the Intermountain West.  The program strives to utilize the latest in technology to deliver high quality BLS and ALS programs on the main campus and in the extended campus. A continuous quality improvement process is utilized to monitor success of the graduates and guide program development.
   
   Program Vision Statement:

  • The Emergency Care and Rescue Program prepares EMS graduates to perform as health care professionals providing prehospital emergency care under the command of a physician, to sub-acute and acutely ill or injured patients. Paramedics and EMT-Basics have special, well-defined skills and knowledge in prehospital emergency care, are concerned for others, and place complete attention to all assigned tasks in order to promote the well-being of others.

   
  Program Core Values:

  • Community: Students will provide medical care to the community under the supervision of clinical and field internship preceptors.  
  • Learning: The program will provide a superior educational experience for our students, which will exemplify our commitment to the community.   

   

  Articulation With WSU Core Themes:

  • Access: The paramedic program is offered in a two semester campus day program or a 4 semester evening extended campus model.  The extended campus model uses live video streaming to rural training centers. The program will provide a superior educational experience for our students which will exemplify our commitment to the community. As advocates of our students, and our patients, we believe our students will achieve EMS excellence using the critical thinking and assessment based management process through the integration of:
  • Anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology
  • Thorough and appropriate patient assessment
  • Determination of a field or paramedic differential diagnosis
  • Implementation of a treatment plan using national and local standards and protocols
  • The program will always insure both instructional quality and student safety in the classroom, skill lab, clinical and field internship environments. The faculty desire that all students succeed to be safe and competent EMS providers. The program will provide a superior educational experience for our students which will exemplify our commitment to the community.
• Student Learning Outcomes
  • Certificate

    Upon successful completion of the Paramedic Certificate program, the student will be able to:

    1. Demonstrate professional behavior by employing the 11 components of affective domain as defined by the 2021 EMS Education Standards.
    2. Use critical thinking skills to manage emergency situations confidently and effectively.
    3. Know the principles of anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, and disorders recognized and treated by paramedics.
    4. Demonstrate proficiency to practice as a paramedic through successful evaluations during field internship and clinical practice.
    5. Demonstrate independent thinking and make sound decisions regarding patient management. Apply these skills to appropriate, safe, effective patient care.
  • Associate Degree

     

  • Bachelor Degree

    At the end of their study at WSU, students in this program will:

    • Demonstrate terminal competency by passing the National Registry paramedic certification exam.
    • Demonstrate predicted National Registry paramedic certification utilizing the HESI predictive exam with a minimum score of 650.
    • Demonstrate clinical and field readiness by achieving the “3” competent score.
    • Demonstrate affective domain employment traits by achieving Satisfactory in the 11 categories of professionalism as defined by the 2010 EMS Education Standards.

   

• Curriculum Grid

   

• Program and Contact Information

  The Emergency Healthcare (EH) department at Weber State University (WSU) began offering Emergency Medical Services (EMS) training in the early-1970s, making it the first program of its kind in Utah and one of the earliest in the nation.The program continues to provide Utah, the Intermountain West, and beyond with the highest commitment to prehospital emergency medicine education.

  The EH paramedic program was also the first accredited program in the state of Utah and one of the first nationwide.WSU's paramedic program was initially JRC accredited in 1984.In 2011 the program was site visited for its sixth CoAEMSP re-accreditation upon which it received no citations and numerous superlative comments.The next accreditation site visit is scheduled to occur in the Fall of 2018.

  Currently, the EH Department provides courses in EMT, Paramedic, and selected continuing education courses including Tactical EMS and Critical Care Transport.The EH Department offers a paramedic institutional certificate, an associate of applied science in paramedic studies, and in the Fall of 2016, began offering a bachelor of science in emergency healthcare sciences.

  More than 95 percent of WSU's graduates are employed upon graduation and are eagerly sought out by EMS/Fire agencies and health care facilities across the nation.

   

  Contact Information:
  William Robertson
  Weber State University
  3875 Stadium Way
  Ogden, UT 84408-3902
  Marriott Health Bldg, Rm 409

  Emergency Care & Rescue Department Website

• Assessment Plan

   

  Student Learning Outcomes	Assessment Plan	Frequency / Responsibility
  To prepare students as competent entry level EMT-P practitioners, in the Cognitive Domain.	Performance on formative, section / final summative program written examinations. Post graduate instructor surveys Performance on standardized National and/or Utah paramedic computer adaptive examination Employer surveys Graduate surveys	Evaluations are administered at the end of the final semester Faculty complete an evaluation at the time of graduation Written examinations are conducted within three weeks of the completion of the WSU program Employer surveys are distributed six months from program completion Graduate surveys are distributed six months from program completion
  To prepare students as competent entry level EMT-P practitioners, in the Psychomotor Domain.	Evaluations of clinical performance Performance on standardized National and/or Utah paramedic skills examination Employer surveys Post-Graduate instructor surveys	Evaluations are administered at the end of the final semester Practical examinations are conducted within three weeks of the completion of the WSU program Employer surveys are distributed six months from program completion Faculty complete an evaluation at the time of graduation
  To prepare students as competent entry level EMT-P practitioners, in the Affective Domain.	Post-Graduate instructor surveys Employer surveys Graduate surveys	Faculty complete an evaluation at the time of graduation Employer surveys are distributed six months from program completion Graduate surveys are distributed six months from program completion

• Assessment Report Submissions
  2021-22 - No Report Submitted
  2019-20 - No Report Submitted
  2017
  2016
  2015 - No Report Submitted

• Program Review

  2025-26
  2018-19
   

This information is part of the cyclical program review process. Details such as mission statements, learning outcomes, etc., are updated as part of the biennial assessment reporting process, an integral component of program review.