EMS - Emergency Medical Services
Courses
EMS 1015: Emergency Medical Responder
Credits 3.00EMS 1021: EMT Fundamentals
Credits 3.00EMS 1022: EMT Medical Emergencies
Credits 4.00Provides the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) student with the knowledge and skills to effectively provide emergency care and transportation to a patient experiencing a medical emergency. This course focuses on the integration of the physical exam, medical history, and pathophysiology when assessing and treating the medical patient.
EMS 1023: EMT Trauma Emergencies
Credits 2.00Provides the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) student with the knowledge and skills to provide appropriate emergency care and transportation of a patient who has suffered a traumatic injury. The concepts of kinematics and the biomechanics of trauma, along with pathophysiology and injury patterns will provide the student with the ability to assess and manage the trauma patient.
EMS 1026: EMT Refresher
Credits 3.00EMS 1054: Trauma Life Support
Credits 1.00Prepares the EMS provider to assess and manage trauma patients in the pre-hospital setting.
EMS 1070: EMT Clinical
Credits 1.00Provides the EMT student with the clinical experience required for initial certification and some renewal processes.
EMS 1071: AEMT Clinical Internship
Credits 2.00Builds on the Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT) student's fundamental knowledge of patient care in the clinical and field setting. The student will perform patient assessments through physical examination, and patient interviews of health history and current illness. The student will then use those assessment findings to develop and carry out a patient treatment plan. This will include pediatric, geriatric and adult patients with a variety of presentations. The student will also survey each field scene for safety considerations and scene management.
EMS 1078: EMS Seminar
Credits 0.50 12.00Provides the student with the opportunity to explore local interests and needs in a less formal setting.
22.5 contact hours per credit hour - up to 12 credit hours.
EMS 1125: AEMT Fundamentals
Credits 2.00EMS 1127: AEMT Special Considerations
Credits 2.00Introduces the Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT) student to the fundamental knowledge of growth, development and aging considerations in the emergency patient. The student will learn to use assessment findings to provide basic and selected advanced emergency care and transportation for a patient with special needs. These include the obstetric patient, neonatal patient, pediatric patient, geriatric patient, and patients with special challenges. Learners will apply this knowledge to patient assessment and the development of a treatment plan in a simulated setting. This course also provides an overview of the principles of safe ground ambulance operations, incident management, multiple casualty incidents, air medical responses, vehicle extrication, hazardous material awareness and terrorism and disaster response. Learners will apply critical thinking skills to ensuring the safety of a scene and a plan for safe patient care and transportation.
EMS 1129: AEMT Pharmacology
Credits 1.00Provides the Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT) student with a basis for making clinical decisions in the pharmacologic management of patients commonly encountered in the pre-hospital setting. Topics include the legal and ethical aspects of pharmacotherapy, roles, responsibilities, and techniques associated with medication preparation and administration, the classification and naming of medications, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and medication calculations. In addition, the mechanism of action, dose, route(s) of administration, therapeutic effects, adverse effects, and therapeutic indications for medications within the Advanced Emergency Medical Technician scope of practice are discussed in detail.
EMS 1132: EMS Intravenous/Intraosseous Therapy
Credits 2.00EMS 1133: AEMT Medical Emergencies
Credits 2.00Introduces the Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT) student to a fundamental knowledge of emergency care for the medical patient. This course provides instruction in the integration of physical exam findings, history findings, and pathophysiology when assessing and treating the medical patient. Topics addressed include neurology, immunology, infectious diseases, endocrine disorders, cardiovascular disorders, toxicology, respiratory emergencies, hematology, and renal disorders.
EMS 1135: AEMT Trauma Emergencies
Credits 2.00Introduces the Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT) student to a fundamental knowledge of emergency care for the trauma patient. The student will learn how to utilize assessment findings to provide basic and selected advanced emergency care and transportation for the trauma patient.