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EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN (EMT) <br />The EMT course is 8 weeks in length, and a total of 178 clock hours of basic training is required for <br />completion. Lectures are held three or four days/evenings per week, and students must also <br />complete 24 clinical hours of observation in either a hospital Emergency Department or Ambulance, <br />or a combination of both. All lectures and skills practices are held on campus and the observation <br />shifts take place in a hospital emergency room or ambulance setting. <br />Upon successful completion of the course, the student will receive a Certificate of Completion in <br />Emergency Medical Technician. The student may also be eligible to take the National Registry of <br />Emergency Medical Technicians Cognitive Exam for EMT certification. <br />Emergency Medical Technician <br />HOURS <br />Preparatory <br />18 <br />Airway <br />18 <br />Patient Assessment <br />18 <br />Medical, Behavioral, Obstetrics, Gynecological Emergencies <br />22 <br />Trauma <br />18 <br />Infants and Children <br />18 <br />Operations <br />18 <br />Professional Developments, Skills Sign Offs & Final <br />24 <br />Clinical Training <br />24 <br />TOTAL HOURS <br />178 <br />Equipment used: Textbook, workbook, computer, printer, Microsoft Office <br />Requirements for Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) National Certification: <br />1. Must be 18 years of age or older. <br />2. Applicants are subject to a background check. The National Registry may deny an applicant <br />eligibility to sit for a certification examination, and deny certification based on an applicant's <br />felony criminal convictions or misdemeanor. <br />3. Successful completion of the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) psychomotor examination, <br />to be taken on site at the institution. <br />Course Outline: <br />The EMT course consists of 154 didactic hours and 24 clinical hours consisting of emergency room <br />and/or ambulance observation. Topics covered during the lecture and lab portion of the course <br />consist of the following: <br />1. The EMS System and basic human anatomy will be studied. Students will practice primary and <br />secondary assessment skills, the use of airway adjuncts, oxygen delivery, and suctioning <br />equipment. Successful scene management and the County Trauma Training Plan will be <br />discussed and practiced. <br />2. Treatment of burns and soft tissue injuries, hemorrhage control, cardiovascular emergencies <br />and cerebral vascular accidents will be studied. Other topics presented include: types of shock, <br />death and dying, critical incident stress disorder and ambulance orientation. <br />3. The recognition and treatment of respiratory and diabetic emergencies, poisonings, overdoses, <br />seizures and head injuries will be studied. Students will practice spinal Immobilization <br />procedures, mass casualty protocols and learn to assess altered levels of consciousness. <br />4. Treatments for environmental emergencies, chest and abdominal injuries and emergency <br />childbirth will be studied and practiced. Students will also study prehospital pediatrics. <br />M <br />