HEMS 1200 Emergency Medical Technician Initial

Course Information

Pre/Corequisites

Prerequisite: Student must be 18 years of age to be eligible to participate in National Registry Testing.

Institutional Core Competencies

• Critical and Creative Thinking - Students will be able to demonstrate purposeful thinking with the goal of using a creative process for developing and building upon ideas and/or the goal of using a critical process for the analyzing and evaluating of ideas.

Course Competencies

1. Recognize the nature and seriousness of the patient's condition or extent of injury to assess requirements for emergency medical care.
2. Administer appropriate emergency medical care based on assessment findings of the patient's condition
3. Lift, move, position and otherwise handle the patient to minimize discomfort and prevent further injury
4. Perform safely and effectively the expectations of the job description
5. Apply fundamental knowledge of the EMS system and safety/well-being of the EMT to the provision of emergency care.
6. Apply fundamental knowledge of medical/legal and ethical issues to the provision of emergency care
7. Apply fundamental knowledge of the anatomy and function of all human systems to the practice of EMS
8. Apply fundamental knowledge of the pathophysiology of respiration and perfusion to patient assessment and management
9. Apply fundamental knowledge of life span development to patient assessment and management
10. Apply fundamental knowledge of the medications that the EMT may assist/administer to a patient during an emergency
11. Apply knowledge of anatomy /physiology to patient assessment and management in order to assure a patent airway, adequate mechanical ventilation and respiration for patients of all ages
12. Apply scene information as patient asessmetn findings (scene size-up, primary and secondary assessment, patient history, reassessment) to guide emergency management
13. Apply fundamental knowledge to provide basic emergency care and transportation based on assessment findings for an acutely ill patient
14. Apply a fundamental knowledge of the causes, pathophysiology, and management of shock, respiratory failure or arrest, cardiac failure or arrest and post-resuscitation management
15. Apply fundamental knowledge to provide basic emergency care and transportation based on assessment fingings for an acutely injured patient
16. Apply a fundamental knowledge of growth, development, aging and assessment findings to provide basic emergency care and transportation for special populations
17. Apply knowledge of operational roles and responsibilities to ensure patient, public and personnel safety
18. Apply a fundamental knowledge of chronic disease process and assessment findings to provide basic emergency care and transportation for a patient with special needs
19. Apply fundamental knowledge of advanced airway adjuncts
20. Apply fundamental knowledge of the National Incident Management System (NIMS)
21. Apply fundamental knowledge of emergency preparedness