EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN

Catalog description

This course will prepare the student to meet the EMT-Basic level in order to work effectively as part of the healthcare team. The course provides didactic knowledge so that the student can efficiently and effectively provide emergency medical care at the basic life support level with an ambulance service or other specialized agency or department. Students will learn to recognize the nature and seriousness of a scene and emergency victims, assess the extent of injuries or illness, administer appropriate emergency medical care based on that assessment, move or position the patient to minimize further injury or discomfort and transport the patient to the appropriate medical facility. Additionally, students will learn the philosophies and systems of emergency medical services as well as effective strategies for communication with patients, bystanders, families of victims and other healthcare and rescue personnel.