EMR Class

What is an EMR?

An Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) is an individual who has the basic knowledge and skills needed to provide emergency care; they are (at minimum) certified to provide care until a more highly trained professional arrives on a patient scene. The EMR was formerly called the "first responder."

EMRs are the first persons on the scene and begin the course of action, interacting with and treating patients as well as collecting information that will need to be passed on to the next level of personnel when they arrive on scene. As the first trained professionals on the scene, the actions of an EMR are critical and may determine whether a seriously injured or ill person survives.

The application is currently open. Applications close Saturday, October 2nd. Apply here: https://forms.gle/wovRzU8SfYmmsGoG8

Questions? Contact our Training Officer.

Some specific EMR skills one will learn through taking this course include:

• Adult, Child and Infant CPR as well as AED use

• Administering Emergency Oxygen

• Lifting and Moving Patients

• Obtaining SAMPLE History

• Performing assessments on responsive and unresponsive patients

• Immobilization of joints through the application of several types of splinting methods

• Obtaining baselines vital signs

• Using a mechanical and manual suctioning device

• Inserting oral and nasal airways

• Controlling external bleeding

• Administering an Epinephrine Auto-Injector

• Using a manufactured tourniquet

• Bleeding control and shock management

Course Objectives

At the completion of this program you will be able to:

• Describe the roles of EMS in the health care system.

• Demonstrate the professional attributes expected of EMRs.

• Perform the roles and responsibilities of an EMR with regard to personal safety and wellness, as well as the safety of others.

• Perform the duties of an EMR with regards for medical, legal and ethical issues, including functioning under medical direction and within the scope of practice.

• Apply principles of anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, life-span development, and therapeutic communications to the assessment and management of patients.

• Identify the need for and perform immediately life-saving interventions to manage a patient’s airway, breathing, and circulation.

• Assess and manage patients of all ages with a variety of complaints, medical conditions and traumatic injuries.

• Retrieve and document any and all relevant objective and subjective patient information

• Approach and properly handle situations of behavioral and psychological emergencies

• Apply principles of emergency medical services operations, considerations, multiple casualty incidents, gaining access to and extricating patients, hazardous materials incidents, and responding to situations involving weapons of mass destruction.

The courses are taught by trained student instructors as well as various instructor aides from the unit. This is a great way for our members to practice their own skills!