About the Class

Welcome to the exciting world of EMS! In this class, students will develop a strong foundation of knowledge and essential skills necessary to respond to medical and traumatic emergencies. Students will have everything you would normally expect in a classroom, as well as additional learning experiences to prepare them for the unpredictable real world of EMS. Students will leave the class with not only classroom knowledge, but prepared to deal with the high stress and fast pace required to be a functioning EMT. The demand for such training is higher than ever due to the exciting and challenging nature of pre-hospital emergency medicine. The EMT certification opens many doors to new job opportunities and may also be the stepping stone to a very successful career. At the end of the class students will obtain AHA CPR certification, Stop the Bleed Certification and may be eligible to acquire a national certification which can be used to obtain an EMT & Advanced EMT license in any state.

Preparatory

This module we learn all of the basics, this is the foundation for the rest of the class. We learn what EMS is, how to care for our self physically, safely move a patient, and cope with the mental, emotional, and physical stress of the job. We spend a lot of time learning anatomy, physiology, and terminology so the students not only understand the body but can can articulate that knowledge.

Patient Assessment

This module is where we start learning about patient care. It starts with pharmacology, where students will begin to understand the what, how, and why to give medications to treat different patient conditions. We cover how to communicate with various patient groups and medical professionals. The importance of proper documentation with the use of a real world EMS documentation tool. The biggest time during this mod is spent learning about patient assessment. We cover everything from vitals, history taking,, and physical assessments. At the end of this unit students should begin to feel comfortable enough with patient assessment to assist the school EMT as needed.

Cardiac

This module is all about the heart. How it works, things that can go wrong with it, and what we do to fix those problems. By this point, students should already be CPR certified. To help review these skills, students will assist in teaching other classes CPR and master their skills in the process.

Respiratory

This module is all about breathing. How, why, and what problems can affect a persons ability to breath. Everything from hay fever to asthma and COPD will be covered. Students will also begin to officially learn the skills needed to pass their practical examination in this mod.

MEDICAL

This module is one of the most diverse mods we will cover. Students will learn about the major medical issues that can plague the body. From neurological to gynecological, from psychiatric to diabetics and everything else in between. Students will constantly need to reference back to what we have learned in previous modules to pass this one.

TRAUMA

This module is all about what damage outside forces can can do to the body and what we need to do about it. We will cover everything from car accidents, falls shootings, and stabbing, and how we treat them. This unit is very hands on with a lot of skills, we will learn how to treat a common cut to an amputated limb. We will also learn how to splint everything from a broken arm to a broken back and much more.

OB/PEDIATRICS

This module is all about babies and pediatrics. We will learn about the issues that arise during pregnancy, including how to deliver a newborn, which is an EMT skill. After that we will learn how a pediatric is different from an adult and review all of our previous medical and trauma issues and how they effect a pediatric patient.

SPECIAL POPULATIONS

This module covers the changes the body goes through while aging and challenges of in dealing with geriatric patients. We will also learn how to care for and assess patients who fall into special populations.

AMBULANCE OPS

The last module we cover is operations. In this mod we will learn about all those little extra things that make EMS special. What it takes to drive an ambulance, assist a paramedic, and triage patients. This is also when we will prepare for our annual Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) event where the students will have a chance to put the knowledge they learned into a large scale simulation with other classes at the ACC.

Skills

During our time in the class, we will learn, practice, and master around 22 different skills, 7 of which will be tested during their practical at the end of the year.

Clinical Ride time

As required by sponsoring hospital and Indiana Department of Homeland Security, all EMS students must complete clinical shifts. Shifts will be scheduled in class and must be completed on weekends and days off school. Students will need to complete the required shifts consisting of

🚑 EMT Clinicals* 🚑 AEMT Clinicals* (Only for students who obtained NREMT)

🚑 Students complete 40+ hours field experience 🚑 Students complete 150+ hours field experience

🚑 Consists of ER, 911, and transport ambulance 🚑 Consists of ER, 911, and various hospital departments

During EMT clinicals, students will get to experience what it is like to work in emergency medicine. During this time students will get a hands on experience in what they can do and observation of skills outside their scope of practice. Where EMT clinicals are a mix of hands on and observation, AEMT clinicals are all about doing the job. Students will be assessing/developing care plans for patients, administering multiple medications, obtaining venous access, and everything else an AEMT would do. There is far less observation and much more patient care and treatment.

*Students must hit state requirements for patent contacts for all levels of certification.

All above are subject to change based state requirements

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