Bachelor of Emergency Medical Services
Admission to Program
Admission to the program is explained in the HCT Admission Policy described in the Academic Policies section of this Catalog.
Program Mission
The Emergency Medical Services program is committed to training the next generation of UAE nationals to the highest international standards of prehospital emergency care. With an emphasis on evidence-based medicine, competency-based learning, and the latest educational technology, we strive to meet the needs of the community and our industry partners to have trained UAE nationals providing quality emergency care to the critically ill or injured in the United Arab Emirates.
Program Description
The Bachelor of Emergency Medical Services program is a four-year program preparing graduates for emergency medical care professional practice. In the first two program years students develop an extensive knowledge of communication, introduction to critical thinking, AI foundations, anatomy and physiology, emergency dispatching, disaster management, pharmacology, and prehospital emergency care up to a paramedic scope of practice. The final two years of the program develop students’ skills to advanced paramedic scope of practice, which includes: advanced prehospital care, community and remote medicine, advanced pharmacology, mental health, advanced obstetric, neonatal, and pediatric care, research, quality leadership, and specialized transport and rescue practices. The program promotes the development of analytical thinking, problem-solving abilities, communication skills, professional ethics, social responsibility, professional citizenship, the ability to adapt to change and respond to challenges in the prehospital and inhospital emergency settings, and a commitment to lifelong learning.
Students are eligible for a one year Work Experiential Learning experience during their study.
Program Goals
- Prepare competent, professional and autonomous pre-hospital emergency care providers equipped to provide quality and advanced life-support care to all critically ill or injured patients following the national and international EMS standards of care.
- Educate the EMS graduates on the knowledge and skills to be compassionate and effective communicators and able to utilize critical thinking and problem solving skills when providing prehospital emergency care.
- Prepare the EMS graduates with effective leadership and team work skills to work within an interdisciplinary healthcare team and foster the growth and development of the EMS in the UAE.
- Foster excellence and professional development through reflective practitioners and life-long learning for the current and future EMS practice.
- Prepare the EMS students as advanced life-support practitioners who contribute to the expansion, innovation and entrepreneurship in EMS professional practice and careers.
- Prepare the EMS graduates to be collaborative and innovative through evidence-based practices and scholarly activities.
Program Learning Outcomes
Bachelor of Emergency Medical Services
On successful completion of this program, the graduate will be able to:
- Use an evidence-based approach to provide internationally aligned best practice with safe, responsible, and quality patient care in the prehospital setting.
- Apply knowledge, psychomotor skills, and technology through simulation and skills-based training to make ethical autonomous decisions and deliver quality care in accordance with Advanced Paramedic Clinical Practice Guidelines (AP-CPG).
- Demonstrate effective communication, respect, integrity, and accountability to manage emergency medical situations for all patient populations.
- Apply critical thinking without guidance, to analyse medical emergency situations and investigate medical innovations to deliver the best quality medical care in the prehospital environment.
- Demonstrate competency in technical leadership skills, to be able to lead, advocate, and work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
- Use lifelong learning as a reflective practitioner in order to modify practice and enhance the prehospital emergency care profession.
- Apply entrepreneurship and innovation skills to identify and contribute to potential solutions for emerging complex healthcare challenges in the prehospital setting.
Diploma of Emergency Medical Services
On successful completion of this program, the graduate will be able to:
- Use an evidence-based approach to provide internationally aligned best practice with safe, responsible, and quality patient care in the prehospital setting.
- Apply knowledge, psychomotor skills, and technology through simulation and skills-based training to make ethical autonomous decisions and deliver quality care in accordance with the Paramedic Clinical Practice Guidelines (P-CPG).
- Demonstrate effective communication, respect, integrity, and accountability to manage emergency medical situations for all patient populations.
- Apply critical thinking with limited guidance to analyse medical emergencies and deliver the best quality emergency care in the prehospital environment.
- Demonstrate competency in technical leadership skills, to advocate, and work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
- Use lifelong learning as a reflective practitioner to enhance the prehospital emergency care profession.
- Demonstrate innovative and sustainable attributes relevant to the prehospital emergency care profession.
Completion Requirements
Bachelor of Emergency Medical Services
Students must successfully complete a minimum of 120 credits as follows:
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Medical Services Core Courses | 74 | |
| Emergency Medical Services Core Lab-Based Course | 7 | |
| Emergency Medical Services Preceptorship Courses | 21 | |
| General Studies | 18 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 120 | |
NOTE: Exit with Diploma
Students seeking the exit with a Diploma in Emergency Medical Services (DPHEM) degree must successfully complete the following minimum requirements:
1. A minimum of 62 credits, as follows:
a. A minimum requirement of 35 credits in EMS core courses.
b. A minimum requirement of 3 credits in EMS core lab-integrated courses.
c. A minimum requirement of 6 credits in EMS Preceptorship courses.
d. A minimum requirement of 18 credits in General Studies.
2. A minimum CGPA of 2.00.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Bachelor: Emergency Medical Services Core Courses | ||
| Required Credits: 74 | ||
| HEM 1013 | Anatomy for EMS | 3 |
| HEM 1012 | Fundamentals of Paramedic Practice | 2 |
| HEM 1023 | Physiology for EMS | 3 |
| HEM 1123 | Prehospital Emergency Care – Theory I | 3 |
| HEM 1223 | Pre-hospital Emergency Care – Practice I | 3 |
| HEM 2133 | Prehospital Emergency Care – Medical Theory II | 3 |
| HEM 2233 | Prehospital Emergency Care – Medical Practice II | 3 |
| HEM 2043 | Applied Pharmacology I | 3 |
| HEM 2032 | Emergency Services Dispatching | 2 |
| HEM 2143 | Prehospital Emergency Care – Trauma Theory II | 3 |
| HEM 2243 | Prehospital Emergency Care – Trauma Practice II | 3 |
| HEM 2042 | Disaster & Mass Incident Management | 2 |
| HEM 2142 | Gynecological, Obstetric & Pediatric Emergencies | 2 |
| HEM 3153 | Advanced Prehospital Emergency Care Theory | 3 |
| HEM 3253 | Advanced Prehospital Emergency Care Practice | 3 |
| HEM 3053 | Community Health & Remote Paramedicine | 3 |
| HEM 3023 | Applied Pharmacology II | 3 |
| HEM 3162 | Mental Health Emergencies & Crisis Intervention | 2 |
| HEM 3163 | Advanced Obstetrics & Neonatology Emergency Care | 3 |
| HEM 3263 | Advanced Pediatric Emergency Care | 3 |
| HEM 4073 | Research Methods for EMS | 3 |
| HEM 4023 | EMS Leadership & Quality Improvement | 3 |
| HEM 4076 | Specialized Transport & Rescue Practices for EMS | 6 |
| HEM 4083 | Capstone Research Project for EMS | 3 |
| HEM 4084 | Advanced Paramedic Case Studies & Critical Care | 4 |
| Bachelor: Emergency Medical Services Lab Integrated Courses | ||
| Required Credits: 7 | ||
| HEM 1021 | EMS Clinical Integration Lab I | 1 |
| HEM 2031 | EMS Clinical Integration Lab II | 1 |
| HEM 2041 | EMS Clinical Integration Lab III | 1 |
| HEM 3052 | EMS Advanced Clinical Integration Lab I | 2 |
| HEM 3062 | EMS Advanced Clinical Integration Lab II | 2 |
| Bachelor: Emergency Medical Services Preceptorship Courses | ||
| Required Credits: 21 | ||
| HEM 2933 | Hospital Preceptorship I | 3 |
| HEM 2943 | Ambulance Preceptorship I | 3 |
| HEM 3933 | Hospital Preceptorship II | 3 |
| HEM 3943 | Ambulance Preceptorship II | 3 |
| HEM 4933 | Responder Preceptorship I | 3 |
| HEM 4936 | Responder Preceptorship II | 6 |
| General Studies | ||
| Required Credits: 18 | ||
| LSC 1103 | Professional Written Communication | 3 |
| AES 1003 | Emirati Studies | 3 |
| LSS 1133 | Critical Thinking and Research Skills | 3 |
| LSC 1503 | Professional Spoken Communication | 3 |
| CIS 2603 | Artificial Intelligence Foundations | 3 |
| BUS 2403 | Innovation and Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| Note: Diploma in Emergency Medical Services Courses: Diploma Exit | ||
| Diploma: Emergency Medical Services Core Courses | ||
| Required Credits: 35 | ||
| HEM 1013 | Anatomy for EMS | 3 |
| HEM 1012 | Fundamentals of Paramedic Practice | 2 |
| HEM 1023 | Physiology for EMS | 3 |
| HEM 1123 | Prehospital Emergency Care – Theory I | 3 |
| HEM 1223 | Pre-hospital Emergency Care – Practice I | 3 |
| HEM 2133 | Prehospital Emergency Care – Medical Theory II | 3 |
| HEM 2233 | Prehospital Emergency Care – Medical Practice II | 3 |
| HEM 2043 | Applied Pharmacology I | 3 |
| HEM 2032 | Emergency Services Dispatching | 2 |
| HEM 2143 | Prehospital Emergency Care – Trauma Theory II | 3 |
| HEM 2243 | Prehospital Emergency Care – Trauma Practice II | 3 |
| HEM 2042 | Disaster & Mass Incident Management | 2 |
| HEM 2142 | Gynecological, Obstetric & Pediatric Emergencies | 2 |
| Diploma: Emergency Medical Services Lab Integrated Courses | ||
| Required Credits: 3 | ||
| HEM 1021 | EMS Clinical Integration Lab I | 1 |
| HEM 2031 | EMS Clinical Integration Lab II | 1 |
| HEM 2041 | EMS Clinical Integration Lab III | 1 |
| Diploma: Emergency Medical Services Preceptorship Courses | ||
| Required Credits: 6 | ||
| HEM 2933 | Hospital Preceptorship I | 3 |
| HEM 2943 | Ambulance Preceptorship I | 3 |
| General Studies | ||
| Required Credits: 18 | ||
| LSC 1103 | Professional Written Communication | 3 |
| AES 1003 | Emirati Studies | 3 |
| LSS 1133 | Critical Thinking and Research Skills | 3 |
| LSC 1503 | Professional Spoken Communication | 3 |
| CIS 2603 | Artificial Intelligence Foundations | 3 |
| BUS 2403 | Innovation and Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| Description | Data |
|---|---|
| Total Required Credits | 120 |
| Maximum Duration of Study | 6 years |
| Minimum Duration of Study | 4 years |
| Cost Recovery Program | No |
| Program Code | BHEMU |
| Major Code | HEM |
Recommended Sequence of Study
| Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Semester 1 | Credit Hours | |
| LSC 1103 | Professional Written Communication | 3 |
| AES 1003 | Emirati Studies | 3 |
| LSS 1133 | Critical Thinking and Research Skills | 3 |
| HEM 1013 | Anatomy for EMS | 3 |
| HEM 1012 | Fundamentals of Paramedic Practice | 2 |
| Credit Hours | 14 | |
| Semester 2 | ||
| LSC 1503 | Professional Spoken Communication | 3 |
| HEM 1023 | Physiology for EMS | 3 |
| HEM 1123 | Prehospital Emergency Care – Theory I | 3 |
| HEM 1223 | Pre-hospital Emergency Care – Practice I | 3 |
| HEM 1021 | EMS Clinical Integration Lab I | 1 |
| Credit Hours | 13 | |
| Summer | ||
| HEM 2933 | Hospital Preceptorship I | 3 |
| Credit Hours | 3 | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Semester 3 | ||
| CIS 2603 | Artificial Intelligence Foundations | 3 |
| HEM 2133 | Prehospital Emergency Care – Medical Theory II | 3 |
| HEM 2233 | Prehospital Emergency Care – Medical Practice II | 3 |
| HEM 2032 | Emergency Services Dispatching | 2 |
| HEM 2043 | Applied Pharmacology I | 3 |
| HEM 2031 | EMS Clinical Integration Lab II | 1 |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Semester 4 | ||
| BUS 2403 | Innovation and Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| HEM 2143 | Prehospital Emergency Care – Trauma Theory II | 3 |
| HEM 2243 | Prehospital Emergency Care – Trauma Practice II | 3 |
| HEM 2042 | Disaster & Mass Incident Management | 2 |
| HEM 2142 | Gynecological, Obstetric & Pediatric Emergencies | 2 |
| HEM 2041 | EMS Clinical Integration Lab III | 1 |
| Credit Hours | 14 | |
| Summer | ||
| HEM 2943 | Ambulance Preceptorship I | 3 |
| Credit Hours | 3 | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Semester 5 | ||
| HEM 3153 | Advanced Prehospital Emergency Care Theory | 3 |
| HEM 3253 | Advanced Prehospital Emergency Care Practice | 3 |
| HEM 3053 | Community Health & Remote Paramedicine | 3 |
| HEM 3023 | Applied Pharmacology II | 3 |
| HEM 3052 | EMS Advanced Clinical Integration Lab I | 2 |
| Credit Hours | 14 | |
| Semester 6 | ||
| HEM 3162 | Mental Health Emergencies & Crisis Intervention | 2 |
| HEM 3163 | Advanced Obstetrics & Neonatology Emergency Care | 3 |
| HEM 3263 | Advanced Pediatric Emergency Care | 3 |
| HEM 3933 | Hospital Preceptorship II | 3 |
| HEM 3062 | EMS Advanced Clinical Integration Lab II | 2 |
| Credit Hours | 13 | |
| Summer | ||
| HEM 3943 | Ambulance Preceptorship II | 3 |
| Credit Hours | 3 | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Semester 7 | ||
| HEM 4073 | Research Methods for EMS | 3 |
| HEM 4023 | EMS Leadership & Quality Improvement | 3 |
| HEM 4076 | Specialized Transport & Rescue Practices for EMS | 6 |
| HEM 4933 | Responder Preceptorship I | 3 |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Semester 8 | ||
| HEM 4083 | Capstone Research Project for EMS | 3 |
| HEM 4084 | Advanced Paramedic Case Studies & Critical Care | 4 |
| HEM 4936 | Responder Preceptorship II | 6 |
| Credit Hours | 13 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 120 | |
Anneke Jackson, B-Tech (Emergency Medical Care), Durban University of Technology, South Africa
Aruna Ramisetti, MSc (Public Health), University of Glamorgan, United Kingdom
Binyamien Kariem, B-Tech (Emergency Medical Care), Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa
Carmel Nichols, Bachelor (Clinical Practice-Paramedic), Charles Sturt University, Australia
Dhanyakumari Hariharan, BSc (Emergency & Trauma Care Technology), Sri Ramachandra Medical College, India
Don Johnson Libor, BSc (Nursing), La Union College of Arts and Sciences, Philippines
Elias Thomas, Bachelor (Emergency Medical Care), Namibia University of Science and Technology, Namibia
Ellie Ioannidis, Bachelor (Emergency Health-Paramedicine), Monash University, Australia
Girish Jose, Master's (Prehospital Critical Care), University of Stavanger, Norway
Harmiya Hakkim, MSc (Nursing), Kerala University of Health Sciences, India
Heinrich Schwieger, Bachelor (Emergency Medical Care), Namibia University of Science and Technology, Namibia
Ibraheem Abusaqri, MSc (Paramedical Science), University Sultan Zainal Abidin, Malaysia
Indu Asokan, BSc (Accident and Emergency Care Technology), Christian Medical College & Hospital, India
Jane-Louise Reid, MSc (Professional Practice in Health Sciences), University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Jani Mothibi, Masters (Health Professions Education), University of the Free State, South Africa
Jared McDowal, MSc (Emergency Medicine), University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
John Adams, B-Tech (Emergency Medical Care), Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa
Kashmir Aking, Bachelor (Criminology), Emergency Medical Technician, Philippines
Kevin Breitsprecher, MSc (Advanced Clinical Practice), University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Lavanya Aradhya, Masters (Emergency Medical Technology), Manipal College of Health Professions, India
Mazoon Rashed Ali, Masters (Public Health), Hamdan Bin Mohammad Smart University, United Arab Emirates
Nabil Hathiyani, Bachelor (Paramedical Science), University of Toronto, Canada
Nadine Seymour, MPhil (Emergency Medicine), University of Cape Town, South Africa
Nurhan Chuen, Masters (Disaster Risk Management), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
Patricia Murphy, BSc (Paramedic Science), Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom
Paul Du Toit, Masters (Trauma Science), Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
Petri Aspegren, MSc (Nursing), University of Oulu, Finland
Rawan Abu Jneineh, MSc (Medical Education for Health Care Professionals), University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Rufo Jr. Escosio, Bachelor (Nursing), Virgen milagrosa University Foundation, Philippines
Santhi Alagesan, MSc (Trauma Care Management), Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education & Research, India
Sathiya Nagamanickam, MSc (Emergency & Critical Care), Vinayaka Missions University, India
Shameeg Jacobs, Masters (Public Health), University of Stirling, Scotland
Suresh Katta, Masters (Disaster Management), Annamalai University, India
Vanitha Viji Rasneed Balasamy, Bachelor (Emergency Trauma Care Technology), Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute, India