EMS 221 Emergency Medical Technician Refresher (3 credits)
Prerequisite Current or expired National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians certification or current or expired State EMT certification.
Course Description
National Standards focused EMT-Refresher for Certified Emergency Medical Professionals to demonstrate cognitive and practical competency in topics required by both State and/or the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians for re-certification. This continuing education refresher class not only teaches the current State and NREMT required topics but also evaluates the student’s proficiency in accurately completing current State/NREMT skill sheets.
Course Content
Continuing medical education in the following subject areas:
A. Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems
B. Patient Assessment
C. Airway
D. Pharmacology
E. Shock and Resuscitation
F. Medical
G. Trauma
H. Special Patient Populations
I. EMS Operations
J. Elective Topics
Student Outcomes
1. Assess, evaluate, and differentiate proper treatment due to signs and symptoms associated with mechanisms of injury or nature of illnesses.
2. Access and utilize knowledge necessary to conduct a patient evaluation and administer emergency treatment short of those rendered by advanced life support personnel.
3. Operate as an emergency service provider using sound judgement; applying rationality, self-awareness, critical thinking, and discipline in responding to emergency situations.
4. Effectively operate and care for equipment used in emergency patient care.
5. Demonstrate communication of essential continuing patient care information to advance life support personnel.
Degree Outcomes
Program Outcomes:
1. Evaluate for and address potential hazards to the patient(s), civilians, and emergency management team during an emergency.
2. Access and utilize knowledge necessary to conduct a patient evaluation and administer emergency treatment short of those rendered by advanced life support personnel.
3. Effectively operate and care for equipment used in emergency patient care.
4. Operate as an emergency service provider using sound judgment; applying rationality, self-awareness, critical thinking and discipline in responding to emergency situations.
5. Communicate essential continuing patient care information to advanced life support personnel.
Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.
Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.
Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning. Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.
Lecture Contact Hours 25
Lab Contact Hours 10
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 35
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