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2023-2024 Catalog & Student Handbook 
    
2023-2024 Catalog & Student Handbook [ARCHIVED]

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EMSA 1350 - Introduction to EMTB/A

3 credit(s)


This course is one of the 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: Emergency Medical Responder-National Educational Standards competencies, roles and responsibilities of the EMT, workforce safety, wellness, public health, communications, documentation, EMS operations, medical/legal/ethical considerations, fundamental anatomy and physiology, life span development, fundamental pathophysiology, patient assessment, airway management, respiratory emergencies, cardiovascular emergencies, acute diabetic emergencies, abdominal and gastrointestinal emergencies, urologic emergencies, anaphylactic reactions, and behavioral emergencies.  Three hours lecture per week. (Corequisite(s): EMSA 1150, 1250, 1260, 2250, 2260 and 2650.) F,S



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