Georgian College is one of ontario's
oldest colleges located in barrie with
many renovations new buildings and
exciting programs it's becoming a
thriving college with much to offer its
paramedic program is fairly new but
program coordinator Sean Midori is
always finding ways to make it one of
georgians best programs we have a huge
staff dedicated to assisting students
with their learning skills with studying
with with researching we have a bran new
library brand new fitness center and
we've currently expanded a paramedic
program into the spring water fire hall
so we have a more I suppose more
realistic setting to run our labs
student in the program learn all about
emergency safety pre-hospital medical
and trauma care and how to administer
treatment to patients of all ages they
must always be prepared for emergency
situations like this one and know what
is best for the patients there are 45
students admitted into the paramedic
program here at georgian college per
year upon graduation students learn to
administer emergency treatment and care
rob ferryold is professor of paramedic
at georgian college in his classes
students learn how to deal with
seriously ill or injured people within
the first few minutes of an emergency
they study the basic assessments of the
airway breathing circulation vital signs
and head to toe examinations they can
also administer a number of medications
the primary care paramedics are able to
administer a number of drugs for various
sort of commonly encountered medical
emergencies like asthma croup and
children anaphylaxis or severe allergic
reactions diabetic patients and a number
of other conditions because only 45
students are admitted into the program
per year competition is fierce and
students must be well prepared before
applying for the program and ensure all
of the programs
pre requsits are met to qualify for the
program you have to have completed a
minimum of grade 11 biology in grade 11
chemistry and a minimum of grade 12 math
and grade 12 english any courses
above and beyond that within those
fields are acceptable prerequisites and
then the students also to complete
what's called the health occupations
aptitude exam the paramedic program
begins in the fall of every semester in
order to graduate students must complete
almost 600 hours of supervised hospital
clinicals and a field placement with an
ambulance service in the region for
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