Catalog 2023 SPRING REVISION

EAST CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE

PRACTICAL NURSING PROGRAM HESI A2 ADMISSION EXAM SUBCATEGORIES Grammar Score Percentage...................................................................................Points 90% to 100% ...................................................................................................3 80% to 89%......................................................................................................2 75% to 79%......................................................................................................1 74% or below..................................................................................................0 Reading Comprehension Score Percentage...................................................................................Points 90% to 100% ...................................................................................................3 80% to 89%......................................................................................................2 71% to 79%......................................................................................................1 70% or below..................................................................................................0 Math Score Percentage...................................................................................Points 90% to 100% ...................................................................................................3 80% to 89%......................................................................................................2 75% to 79%......................................................................................................1 74% or below..................................................................................................0 Critical Thinking Score Points........................................................................................... Points 900-1000........................................................................................................... 3 800-899............................................................................................................. 2 700-799............................................................................................................. 1 699 or below...................................................................................................0

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EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY-BASIC Emergency Medical Technician is a one-semester instructional course that prepares individuals to provide basic emergency medical care and transportation for critical and emergent patients who access the emergency medical system. Emergency Medical Technicians function as part of a comprehensive EMS response, under medical oversight, trained in airway management, communications, documentation, general pharmacology, hemorrhage control, ambulance operations, and splinting of adult, pediatric, and infant patients; and special care of patients exposed to heat, cold, radiation, or contagious disease. Students who complete the course are eligible to take the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians Exam and become state certified. Industry standards are based on the National EMS Education Standards and the Emergency Medical Technician Instructional Guidelines. The Mississippi State Department of Health determines guidelines and minimum standards and the Mississippi Community College Board provides curriculum. Mississippi State Department of Health Mississippi Bureau of Emergency Medical Services 570 East Woodrow Wilson Drive Jackson, MS 39216 Phone: 866-458-4948 Website: www.msdh.ms.gov

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