IN A CRAB SHELL
With nearly half the undergraduate population of Maryland enrolled at 16 colleges, on 23 campuses and 1000+ locations, it can be challenging to capture and share all that’s happening at Maryland’s community colleges.
-- However, with In A Crab Shell, we try. --
Similar to the more well-known phrase in a nutshell, -- In A Crab Shell provides a concise, bi-weekly discussion of issues important to higher education and the
State of Maryland.
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Community Colleges Train Pandemic Workers
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Majority of Nurses and Emergency Responders Start at Community College
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Chances are:
Most Medical Professionals treating Maryland's COVID-19
Patients Trained at a Community College
Maryland has projected up to a $2.8 billion budgetary shortfall for FY2020 if the state has to remain shuttered through June. As the Governor and legislature evaluate our fiscal future, they should be mindful of the sustained funding necessary to offer life saving programs at Maryland's commnity colleges.
Community colleges supply the healthcare industry with trained providers.
Community colleges supply 4-year colleges and universities with medical students who are prepared to efficiently complete their studies and then join the healthcare workforce.
State support of community colleges is critical to maintaining:
- Flow of licensed healthcare providers directly to employment at hospitals and medical practices, and
- Flow of medical students to 4-year institutions to continue preparation for these critical careers.
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57% of Nurses
start at a community college
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57% of Nurses*
start their education at a community college
Community colleges are the primary providers for all of nursing's initial degrees and certifications. Nursing students at community college can earn a CNA, LPN, ADN, or RN.**
Community colleges work with 4-year colleges to facilitate student transition to obtaining higher level nursing degrees.
If you or a loved one has:
- Visited a doctor's office,
- Visited an urgent care facility,
- Had an in- or outpatient hospital procedure,
- Received a diagnostic test,
- Received home health care, stayed in a nursing or residential care facility, or assisted living facility,
you have most likely benefitted from a nurse who attended community college.
* Colleges help nursing students attain BSNs, Community College Daily, Jan. 6, 2017.
** CNA -certified nursing assistant; LPN-licensed practical nurse; ADN-associate degree in nursing; RN-registered nurse
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Almost 80% of First Responders
start at a community college
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Have you, or a loved one, ever needed the Police, the Fire Department, an Ambulance?
Hopefully you haven't. But aren't you glad they're there?
The Coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the important work of emergency medical services personnel, but their work has always been essential to our everyday safety and security.
Community colleges train the vast majority of these critical front line workers who save lives every day.
EMTs provide:
- Basic medical care to patients in the field, including
- Stopping external bleeding,
- Applying stabilizing braces to necks, backs, etc., and
- Administering CPR.
Paramedics provide:
- Advanced medical care to patients in the field, including
- Administering medication,
- Inserting IVs,
- Resuscitating patients, and
- Providing breathing support using tubes and ventilation devices.
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84% of Respiratory Therapy
programs award Associate degrees
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COVID-19 is a Respiratory Infection
Because COVID-19 is a respiratory infection, it's safe to assume that virtually all COVID-19 patients receive some treatment from respiratory therapists. And because 84% of accredited respiratory therapy programs award the Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree, it is highly likely that those respiratory therapists got their medical degrees at a community college.
59%* of accredited respiratory therapy programs are offered at a
community college.
In fact, due to a shortage of providers, those respiratory care students who were close to program completion in several states, are temporarily providing appropriate care services to COVID-19 patients in healthcare facilities. Accrediting agencies have determined that this clinical exposure can meet the students' mandated clinical competency evaluations.
*2018 Report on Accreditation in Respiratory Care Education, Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care, coarc.com.
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