What is EMS?
Emergency Medical Services, known as EMS, has a highly visible but often misunderstood role in the healthcare system. EMS is out of hospital, or "prehospital" care; EMTs provide emergency medical care wherever it is needed and transport patients to hospital facilities whenever definitive or specialized care is required. EMS is a rapidly evolving field whose unique intersection of healthcare, public safety, and public health demands a comprehensive educational experience.
What is this course about?
This accredited EMT course prepares students according to National EMS Education Standards while also emphasizing the development of caregiver qualities appropriate for a global approach to community health. Students are exposed to a variety of simulated and real life medical situations requiring critical thinking and decisive response. Challenges include ambulance operations and scene management, patient assessment, cardiac arrest management, airway management, injury and shock management, medication administration, and performance of all basic life support interventions for medical and trauma patients.
Students who participate in all required course components and demonstrate proficiency in the above areas will receive a course completion certificate enabling them to take the National Registry certification exam. Certification by the NREMT is required for prehospital medical licensing in most US states.
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