Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2016

• 51. - Health professions and related programs
• 51.09 - Allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment professions

51.0904 - Emergency medical technology/technician (EMT paramedic)

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals, under the remote supervision of physicians, to recognize, assess, and manage medical emergencies in prehospital settings and to supervise ambulance personnel. These programs include courses in basic, intermediate, and advanced EMT procedures; emergency surgical procedures; medical triage; rescue operations; crisis scene management and personnel supervision; equipment operation and maintenance; patient stabilization, monitoring, and care; drug administration; identification and preliminary diagnosis of diseases and injuries; communication and computer operations; basic anatomy, physiology, pathology, and toxicology; and professional standards and regulations.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • emergency medical technician - paramedic (EMT-P)
  • emergency medical technician (paramedic)
  • emergency medical technology - paramedic (EMT-P)
  • paramedic

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • ambulance attendant(51.0810)
  • emergency medicine - residency(60.0412)
  • pediatric emergency medicine - residency(60.0552)