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I know this is old, but what's wrong with this one?

https://www.coursera.org/learn/epidemics?utm_medium=email&utm_source=other&utm_campaign=reactivation.spark_to_phoenix~campaigngroup-reactivation-spark-to-phoenix-sazf-ay2ees5uiiack-zyg I took this course the first time it was offered, it was pretty good. Basics and advanced stuff in this course. I recommend it;

Most ERs do not have access to MRIs, but almost every one has a CT scanner. If you have tPA and a CT scanner, then yes you are set up to handle a stroke, at least in the initial stages. I do it in my neck of the woods all of the time. The few that get tPA get transferred to the tertiary care center, the ones that don't get admitted locally. I also have STEMIs in my neck of the woods without a cath lab because EMS goes to the closest facility with all STEMIs. The cath lab is about 45 min away by ground. I agree with you that we are no the best place for them to go but that is protocol. They don't even take the pt off their stretcher. When you know what is wrong and there is a hospital that can take care of it, you should go there. The problem with head injuries and strokes is that you don't know what is wrong until you obtain imaging (let me guess we should treat the pt and not the machine). A very small portion of head injury pts (especially the kind in this scenario) need a trauma team/neurosurgeon, most go home with a negative scan assuming one is done at all. Why use unnecessary resources?

I'm going to simplify this for you.If you truly have the passion to be a paramedic you say you do, you'll find a way to meet the requirements.It is neither uncouth or unreasonable for a school to expect you to have completed the courses you have mentioned. I wish you the best in your endeavors. The industry needs passion, but it also needs education to guide it.