This state-approved class combines theoretical information with practical skills. This course includes instructions in providing emergency care and transport of the sick and injured. This class provides 140 hours of instruction and 100 hours of clinical rotation with the ambulance service for hands-on-experience. At the completion of the course, students must take a state supervised practice and written exam in order to be licensed as an EMT.

You must possess a high school diploma or GED in order to enroll in this class.

Learning objectives that will be covered are:

1. Introduction to Emergency Medical Care
2. Well being of EMT
3. Scene Safety
4. Hazards
5. Medical Legal and Ethical Issues
6. The Human Body
7. Baseline Vital Signs
8. Lifting and Moving Patients
9. Airway and Airway Adjuncts
10. Esophageal Airways
11. Scene Size up and Initial Assessment
12. Focused History and Physical Exam of the Trauma Patient
13. Patient Assessment
14. General Pharmacology
15. Respiratory Emergencies
16. Cardiovascular Emergencies
17. Medical Emergencies
18. Poisoning, Substance Abuse, Environmental Emergencies
19. Behavioral Emergencies
20. Obstetrics and Gynecology, Emergency Childbirth
21. Bleeding and Shock
22. Musculoskeletal Injuries
23. Injuries to the Head and Spine
24. Infants and Children
25. Ambulance Operations
26. Hazardous Materials
27. Communications and Documentation

INSTRUCTOR:  Bobby Horn
DATE:  January 30, 2012 - June 13, 2012
TIME:  6:00p.m. - 10:00p.m.
DAYS:  Monday & Wednesday

TOTAL COST:  $ 815.00

To register for the class above, please fill out this Registration Form.

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