EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN CLINICAL LAB AND EXTERNSHIP

Catalog description

This course is designed to equip the EMT-B student with the psychomotor skills necessary for the provision of emergency medical care at a basic life support level with an ambulance service or other specialized emergency medical service. The course is taugh t in accordance with the latest National EMS Education Standards for the EMTs and in alignment with Chapter 401, Florida Statutes, (F.S.) and Chapter 64J -1, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C). Course content is designed to prepare students to recognize an d 178 respond to the nature and seriousness of the patient's condition or extent of injuries, to assess requirements for emergency medical care, to provide appropriate emergency medical care based on assessment findings of the patient's condition while working t o minimize patient discomfort, preventing further injury, and practicing safely and in accordance with the EMT -B role and responsibilities. Course content focuses on the application of the cognitive, affective and psychomotor skills required for successful practice of the EMT-B while working as part of an emergency medical service team. In addition to laboratory instruction, students will complete a hospital -based externship and a minimum of five pre -hospital emergency medicine field experiences. The hospital -based externship experience consists of the required 20 hours of hospital-based experience with a minimum of ten hours completed in the emergency room setting. The pre-hospital emergency medicine field experience is completed with an EMS provider agency and must include patient transport to fulfill requirements. Corequisite: EMS1110