EMT 1

Catalog description

The EMT 1 course provides students with the academic and professional knowledge and skills to provide emergency medical care and transportation for critical and emergent patients who access the emergency medical systems. The student will learn about an EMS system, medical and legal considerations, and documentation. The students will learn medical terminology, anatomy, and physiology as it relates to a medical emergency patient. Upon completion of this course, students will possess the knowledge and skills necessary to provide patient care and transportation of medical emergency patients. The student will be prepared to function as part of a comprehensive EMS response team, under medical oversight. Students in the EMT course will apply basic medical interventions with equipment typically found on an ambulance in order to act as a link from the scene of the emergency to the emergency health care facility.