Critical Care Paramedic Course

Ascension Saint Thomas EMS registration for the next critical care paramedic course considers the current situation relative to group assemblages and vaccination requirements for clinical. Saint Thomas EMS continues to embrace the traditional classroom environment. We anticipate lectures that may utilize video and smaller skills sections and lectures. The course curriculum will still include Bob Page lectures (January 17-18), ventilator transport training, course content experts, and flight paramedic review. Fourteen lecture and skills days will be held on Fridays (TBA) beginning on January 10, 2025 with the State exam in April 2025. (All class times will be 0900-1700 hours). In addition to the classroom sessions, there will be approximately 60 hours of required hospital critical care rotations. The course fee is $1000.00 per student which includes uniform, shirt, and course supplies. Reference copies of textbooks, Critical Care Transport by AAOS and NRP Program, will be provided. State licensure and testing fees are not included.

A unique new element of the Saint Thomas EMS Critical Care Paramedic Program is the addition of Bob Page to instruct 12 lead Interpretation, Capnography and Stethoscopy.

Bob Page is an internationally known speaker, instructor, author and paramedic. He has presented seminars across the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, the Middle East and Japan. He is recognized for his energetic, humorous and motivational style. Bob takes ordinarily dry and hard to teach topics and transforms them into a fun, learning experience.

Instructors will be expert clinical specialists for each topic area and will include physicians, nurses, paramedics, respiratory therapists, and other clinical specialists with extensive experience in critical care. A sampling of past instructor quality includes:

Tim Myers, MD is the Medical Director of the Emergency Department at Saint Thomas West Hospital. Leading several critical course sections including managing difficult airways Dr. Myers is also the Course Medical Director for the Saint Thomas EMS Critical Care Program.

Eric Bruno, MD FAAEM is an emergency medicine physician serving multiple hospitals in the Nashville area including Saint Thomas Midtown and Saint Thomas Rutherford. He served four years on active duty in the United States Air Force on a Special Operations Surgical Team for the Air Force's Special Operations Command. Dr. Bruno currently serves as the Medical Director for Saint Thomas EMS and is an Associate Program Director of the University of Tennessee’s emergency medicine residency program at Saint Thomas Health.

For more information about the Critical Care Paramedic Program or Critical Care renewal hours, contact Eric Getner, 615-222-5602, stemsadmin@ascension.org