EMR Program
Emergency Medical Responder Program
What's New:
Program Updates - updated Jan 20, 2021
ACP
Program
- Selections February 18 and 19, 2021 commencing July 2021 - see
Program Dates or
email for more information.
Airway for DDS - Essentials of Airway Management for Adults and
Pediatrics - Calgary and St. Albert
February 2021 - see dates
FMR
Program - next FMR programs Calgary and St.
Albert - TBA - see
Program Dates
or
contact
the office for information on future programs.
PCP Program
- Selections dates closed for February 2021 program next program likely May 2021. See Program Dates.
TECC
Program - TBA -
Email
for information on additional programs.
Difficult
Airway Course: EMS (ALS) -
Calgary and St. Albert TBA
Fundamentals
of Airway Management (BLS) - St. Albert and Calgary dates to be
announced for Spring 2021 (COVID permitting) -
Email for more information
NEW
CALGARY OFFICE - New campus located at
#112, 11420 - 27
Street SE, Calgary.
Current News:
PMA - Airway Programs - Updated: Feb 12, 2016
Professional
Medical Associates is an Authorized Training Centre for the Difficult Airway
Course for ACP and the Fundamentals of Airway Management Program for BLS
providers.
Recent Events:
First Canadian Difficult Airway Course presented
October 14, 2015
Professional
Medical Associates, an authorized training centre, offered the first Difficult
Airway Course to ACP students in Canada.
Success
Program
PMA offering program with excellent record of success.
Emergency Medical Responder Program
Program Overview
EMR Program
The Emergency Medical Responder program was designed as the entry level
ambulance program for the ambulance profession. Recent additions to the program
have now led to many students completing the FMR program
instead and then continuing to the Primary Care Paramedic
program where the employment outlook is more favourable.
The
program is designed as an entry level program to work in the ambulance
profession and includes information on documentation, ambulance driving and
roles and responsibilities. Graduates of the Professional Medical Associates'
programs are eligible to complete the Provincial Registration Examination and
become registered as Emergency Medical Responders with the Alberta College of
Paramedics and eligible to work in the province of Alberta.
Goal:
The goal of this course is to provide the EMR with the skills, knowledge and
confidence to appropriately manage various traumatic and medical emergencies
with in the cooperation of the Fire Service, while providing the opportunity to
become registered health care providers as members of the Alberta College of
Paramedics. The benefit for potential students is that they are eligible for
registration as an EMR and benefit from continuing education.
Delivery Method:
The program will be presented through a delivery model demonstrating maximal
success in the past. This includes lecture and practical sessions,
supplemental interactive multi-media presentations and home-study and review
packages. Programs are delivered by experienced PCP, or ACP personnel with
extensive field and training experience.
Student Evaluation:
Students will be assessed on an on-going basis in practical sessions as well as
regular review quizzes and examinations. Final examinations will be by way of
practical and theory examinations, designed to cover all aspects of the course
and will be 200 questions in multiple choice format. Unit examinations will be
marked to assist the student in gauging their performance throughout the course.
Learning Resources:
Course textbook is Emergency Care of the Sick and Injured, 11th edition,
American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons. Further supplemental materials
would include readings of interest to students, copies of applicable legislation
as well as multi-media or computer based learning materials as required and
developed fully.
Instructor Core:
Instructors for the course would be ACP and PCP personnel employed by
Professional Medical Associates in order to maintain a ratio of 4:1 during practical sessions.
Other EMS Programs
ACP (Advanced Care Paramedic) Program
PCP (Primary Care Paramedic) Program


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