Georgia Health Sciences University's CCEMTP Satellite Program
Critical Care Emergency Medical Transport Program

 The Critical Care Emergency Medical Transport Paramedic (CCEMTP) program is owned by the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). The CCEMTP program is conducted as a satellite program on the Georgia Health Sciences University campus. 

Program Goals

Program Goals
The Critical Care Emergency Medical Transport Program is designed to prepare paramedics and nurses to function as members of a critical care transport team.  Critical patients that must be transported between facilities require a different level of care from hospital or emergency field patients.

Participants will gain an understanding of the special needs of critical patients during transport, become familiar with the purpose and mechanisms of hospital procedures and equipment, and develop the skills to maintain the stability of hospital equipment and procedures during transport.

Curriculum Design
The CCEMTP Program is designed to provide the basic educational foundation required for specialists transporting critical care patients.  In addition, it may serve as a springboard for those institutions looking to expand into critical care.

The CCEMTP Manual is a curriculum divided into broad modules.  Each module has a specific instructional goal, a rationale (establishing a connection with the desired benefits of the program), a list of necessary equipment to demonstrate various critical care techniques, the required readings and the learning objectives.

Each lesson contains a focus statement (providing a specific direction about the topic and how it will contribute to the development of the participants), a list of learning objectives, demonstration equipment, additional readings, handouts, and a lesson outline.

Participants
The Critical Care Emergency Medical Transport Program brings paramedics and nurses together in an effort to bridge the gap between pre-hospital and hospital care.  The result is a specialized care provider that has an understanding of both aspects of patient care, and uses the understanding to provide the highest level of care to critical patients during transport.

Paramedic requirements:
Current recommended certifications in CPR, ACLS, BTLS or PHTLS, PALS/PEPP/PPC, and a recommended minimum of one- year experience in that role.

Nurse requirements:
Current recommended certifications in CPR, ACLS, BTLS/PHTLS/TNCC/TNATC, PALS/PEPP/ENPC, and a recommended minimum of one- year experience in that role.

Course Outline
Module A       Critical Care Environment
Module B       Breathing Management
Module C       Surgical Airway Management
Module D       Hemodynamic Management
Module E       Cardiac Management
Module F       Pharmacological Management
Module G       GI, GU and Renal Management
Module H       Neurological Management
Module I         Complications of Transport
Module J        Special Considerations

For more information, please contact Rebecca Rote at 706-721-3548 or email rrote@georgiahealth.edu .