Emergency Medical Services

Catalog description

This Emergency Medical Services (EMS) course explores the role EMS plays in public safety as well as how it is staffed, funded, and delivered. Students will learn about the future of EMS education, the four different levels of EMS certification, and the four EMS domains according to the National EMS Scope of Practice Model. In addition, students will develop the ability to describe emerging trends in EMS; how those trends align with EMS Agenda 2050; and identify medical, legal, and ethical issues associated with the EMS profession. In addition, students will also learn how to explain the role of an EMS leader in relation to patient care, experience, training, education, and credentialing and to discuss a culture of health and safety in EMS. Other topics included in this class are the role of an EMS director in providing out-of-hospital care in a community and the preparedness of EMS personnel in dealing with mass casualty incidents.