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Technical Standards and Requirements

Physical

  • Physically able to operate a variety of types of equipment including computer, monitor/defibrillator/pacemaker, and other medical equipment.
  • Physically able to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects up to 125 pounds.
  • Ability to lift and/or carry equipment and/or supplies weighing up to 50 pounds.
  • Demands are in excess of sedentary work, including walking, standing, stooping, reaching, crouching, climbing, balancing, etc. for extended periods of time.
  • Ability to use refined auditory and visual discrimination, including close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Interpersonal communication

  • Ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information, including the ability to receive information and instructions from instructors, patients, physicians, and other health care providers and provide feedback to same.

Language ability

  • Read and comprehend a variety of documents, reports, and books such as medical charts, various medical texts, etc. 
  • Prepare various documents and reports such as patient reports, etc., using proper format, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
  • Communicate with instructors, patients, physicians, other health care practitioners, etc. with poise, voice control, and confidence.

Intelligence

  • Utilization of critical thinking skills and problem-solving skills in order to complete tasks accurately and within assigned time frames.
  • Apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems, to deal with nonverbal symbolism in its most difficult phases, and to comprehend the most obscure classes of concepts.

Verbal aptitude

  • Record and deliver information and to follow verbal and written instructions.
  • Communicate with others via effective verbal communication.
  • Integrate multiple abstract concepts and express them in a comprehensive and concise manner.
  • Knowledge of medical terminology and symbolism.

Numerical aptitude

  • Utilize mathematical formulas; add, subtract, multiply, and divide numbers; determine percentages and decimals; determine time and weight; apply calculations; and utilize descriptive statistics.
  • Utilize metric systems on a regular basis.
  • Form/spatial aptitude
  • Inspect items for proper length, width, shape, and depth.
  • Motor coordination
  • Requires fine psychomotor coordination of hands and eyes in utilizing a variety of equipment and devices.

Manual dexterity

  • Ability to grasp, handle, hold, cut, push, pull, and feel.
  • Ability to manipulate a variety of control knobs, switches, needles, etc.

Physical communication

  • Requires the ability to talk or shout for additional help or assistance and to hear well.
  • Must be able to understand various types of nonverbal communication.

Personal traits

  • Ability to build constructive and cooperative working relationships with others and maintain them over time and to develop specific goals and priorities to organize and accomplish work.
  • Demonstrate professionalism, show the ability to work alone or within a team, demonstrate integrity and sincerity, and show an attitude of caring and sensitivity.
  • Maintain the presence of mind in stressful situations to utilize critical thinking skills in order to make appropriate decisions in an expedient manner.
  • Demonstrate neatness and good hygiene.
  • Positive attitude when receiving constructive criticism.
  • Comfortable with physically touching others and being touched in a manner consistent with practical learning.

Travel

  • Ability to travel to and from the College campus, clinical facilities, and other assigned locations off campus.

Please note: College students with documented disabilities have the right to reasonable accommodations under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the ADA. If you require special accommodations, please notify the course instructor during the first week of the term and/or seek help through the Division of Student Affairs, Office of Accessibility Services, located on the fifth floor of the Madison Building, or on our website at mercycollege.edu/student-affairs/accessibility.

To be qualified for the Mercy College Emergency Medical Technician - Basic Program, individuals must be able to meet both academic standards and the technical standards listed previously, with or without reasonable accommodation(s). It is a student’s responsibility to request reasonable accommodations following the procedures outlined in the College Catalog or on the College’s website at mercycollege.edu/student-affairs/accessibility; requests for reasonable accommodations will be reviewed and considered by the College. For further information regarding services and resources for students with disabilities and/or to request accommodations, please contact the Office of Accessibility Services at 419-251-1784 or ADA504@mercycollege.edu. These standards are not intended to deter any student who may be able to complete the requirements of the program with reasonable accommodations.

Dress Code

Students are required to obtain clinical uniforms, consisting of a Mercy College polo shirt and dark pants (cargo/dockers/dickies).  Jeans are not permitted.  All uniforms must be kept clean and neat.  Students must wear clean dark safety shoes to clinical and field assignments.  Croc-like shoes are not permitted.

When at Clinical/Field Practicum

  • Mercy College student ID badges must be worn and visible at the site always.
  • Makeup should be natural looking and professional.
  • Jewelry should be conservative and in good taste. Facial jewelry must be removed if applicable.
  • Hair will be a “natural” color (not green, purple, blue, etc.) with hair accessories kept small/tasteful.
  • Nails should be clean, of appropriate length, and neutral/business appropriate shades of color.  Most healthcare facilities do not allow acrylic nails due to infection hazards.
  • Maintain a neat, clean, professional appearance always.
  • No visible tattoos are permitted in the clinical site.

Dress code in all clinical sites will be supervised by the individual site.  Students will be dismissed from a clinical site if the dress code is violated.

 

Health Requirements, Drug Screen, and Criminal Background Checks

Criminal background checks, drug screens, health records, immunizations, and NIMS 100 and 700 are required prior to the start of the clinical experience. Program requirements and instructions are maintained on the College website at mercycollege.edu/background. The Policy can be found at mercycollege.edu/compliance.

Failing to clear the criminal background check, fingerprinting, and drug screen, as a part of a required clinical, may be cause for dismissal from the program. Incomplete health, drug screen, or background check requirements may result in program dismissal or suspension of the clinical.

Any concerns about the outcome of a criminal background check, fingerprints, and/or drug screen should be discussed, in advance, with the Program Lead to determine the correct course of action.