{"id":140234,"date":"2021-04-27T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T22:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=140234"},"modified":"2021-04-27T12:00:18","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T22:00:18","slug":"new-paramedic-training-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/04\/27\/new-paramedic-training-program\/","title":{"rendered":"New paramedic training program provides more flexibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_92102\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tcCDXNSX8Mw?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Kapi\u02bbolani Community College: Emergency Medical Technician and Medical Intensive Care Technician\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>COVID-19 is changing the healthcare profession, including the roles of emergency service providers. There are differing levels of emergency medical technicians in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>, and the only campus in the <a href=\"https:\/\/uhcc.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Community College system<\/a> to offer the higher-level <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kapiolani.hawaii.edu\/academics\/programs-of-study\/mobile-intensive-care-technician-program\/\">Mobile Intensive Care Technician<\/a> (<abbr>MICT<\/abbr>) program is <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> Community College.<\/p>\n<p>While an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kapiolani.hawaii.edu\/academics\/programs-of-study\/emergency-medical-technician-program\/#\/%27\">emergency medical technician<\/a> (<abbr>EMT<\/abbr>) is able to provide basic support to patients in a pre-hospital emergency setting, the <abbr>MICT<\/abbr> is trained to perform additional more advanced life-saving functions such as administering intravenous fluids and medications, performing endotracheal intubation, reading electrocardiograms and using the cardiac monitor defibrillator.<\/p>\n<p>The <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> campus is gearing up for a possible increase in demand for <abbr>MICT<\/abbr>s. <strong>Leaugeay Barnes<\/strong>, paramedic program director and lead instructor for <abbr>MICT<\/abbr>, developed an asynchronous blended program for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kapiolani.hawaii.edu\/academics\/programs-of-study\/mobile-intensive-care-technician-program\/#\/%27\"><abbr>MICT<\/abbr> degree and certificate<\/a>. She has also reached out to <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr>\u2019s partners in the health industry and urged them to encourage their <abbr>EMT<\/abbr> employees to advance their education to <abbr>MICT<\/abbr> to help meet the state\u2019s workforce needs.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_140253\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-140253\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/kapiolani-mict-training.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/kapiolani-mict-training-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Students training with a patient simulation\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-140253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/kapiolani-mict-training-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/kapiolani-mict-training-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/kapiolani-mict-training.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-140253\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hands-on session with <abbr>MICT<\/abbr> students. Because of COVID-19 precautions, students are doing their clinical training outdoors, weather-permitting. (click\/tap for larger image)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The program is a restructured delivery format that allows <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> to utilize its faculty more efficiently, making it more financially sustainable. The asynchronous classwork allows qualified students to participate in lectures whenever their schedules allow, however, students are blended together in face-to-face sessions for the requisite tactile and clinical experiences.<\/p>\n<p>Barnes and <strong>Jeff Zuckernick<\/strong>, <abbr>MICT<\/abbr> and Emergency Medical Services department chair, are piloting the first cohort based on the asynchronous blended model this spring.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In discussions with the experienced faculty, lecturers, mentors and preceptors, current students appear to be performing at or above the level of previous classes,&rdquo; Barnes said. &ldquo;Looking at evidence from blended learning, this is not surprising, because when the responsibility of learning is centered on the student, deeper learning often occurs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Barnes said that <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> is also better able to support the needs of neighbor island employers with the asynchronous program.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Agencies can also be creative in meeting staffing needs since students are required to attend labs and clinicals on specific predetermined dates but otherwise enjoy a more flexible schedule during the [lecture] phase,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p><span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr>\u2019s <abbr>MICT<\/abbr> Asynchronous Blended Program will start on August 23. Applications close on June 1. For more information or questions on the program, contact Barnes at (808) 734-9134, or <a href=\"mailto:lcbarnes@hawaii.edu\">lcbarnes@hawaii.edu<\/a>. Or, contact <strong>Kristy Yoshikawa<\/strong>, academic counselor for health and <abbr>EMS<\/abbr> programs, at (808) 734-9224, or <a href=\"mailto:hlthsci@hawaii.edu\">hlthsci@hawaii.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;By <strong>Louise Yamamoto<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> offers asynchronous, blended Mobile Intensive Care Technician training.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[1388,63,71,56],"class_list":["post-140234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-emergency-medical-technician","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140234"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140257,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140234\/revisions\/140257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}