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2011-2012 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

EG 007 - EMT/Intermediate Original ‘85 Certification


Credit Hours: 7.1

A course for the basic EMT, introducing them to the topics of fluids and electrolytes, advanced airway management and cardiac defibrillation. Mechanisms of fluid and electrolyte balance, shock, IV Therapy, and its possible complications, the techniques of esophageal and endotracheal intubation, cardiac pathophysiology, and automatic defibrillation are stressed. This course is designed for EMT’s who are or have been members of certified ALS volunteer, municipal, or commercial units operating under the medical direction of a physician. International Trauma Life Support (ITLS) certification and Basic EMT (EG113) review and re-certification is included within this course. Successful students will take the NYS Basic and Advanced skills exam and sit for combined NYS Basic re-certification and Intermediate certification exam.
Prerequisites: EG113, six months experience preferred as a Basic EMT.(Application must be made to the EMT department including current immunization status. Students seeking NYS funding must include a NYS DOH form #3312, verification of membership indicating current active status on an EMS field unit, signed by an officer of the EMS agency. If the student is an officer of the agency, it cannot be signed by the student.
Corequisites: EG 048, EG 051
F/S (N, S)