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2014-2015 Catalog & Student Handbook 
    
2014-2015 Catalog & Student Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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EMSB 1601 - EMT Medical Emergencies and EMS Operations

6 credit(s)


EMT Medical Emergencies and EMS Operations is one of two lecture courses designed to provide the student with the knowledge of an entry-level Emergency Medical Technician (EMT).  This course includes the following topics: Eemrgency Medical Responder-National Educational Standards competencies, roles and responsibilites of the EMT, workforce safety, wellness, public health, communications, documentation, EMS operations, medical/legal/ethical considerations, fundamental anatomy and physiology, life span emergencies, cardiovascular emergencies, acute diabetic emergencies, abdominal and gastrointestional emergencies, utologic emergencies, anaphylactic reactions, and behavioral emergencies. Six hours lecture per week. (Prerequisite(s): Admission to the EMT Program.) (Corequisite(s): EMSB 1101 and EMSB 1111.) F,S



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