EG 113 - EMT Basic

Credit Hours: 8

The Emergency Medical Technology course provides entry level knowledge and skills required to become certified as an emergency medical technician. Successful completion of the this course provides eligibility to take the NYS Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and National Registry of Emergency Medical Technician written certification exams for Emergency Medical Technology. This program is the first step toward becoming a paramedic.

The program includes classroom lessons and hands-on skills labs. Case-based scenarios are practiced using simulation manikins and patient actors. A minimum of 10 patient contacts will be gained during ride-along ambulance observations, emergency department observation, and urgent care settings.

Students learn OSHA infections disease control practices, medical legal aspects of EMS response, basic airway management and oxygen administration skills, become certificated in American Heart Association Basic Life Support Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Automated External Defibrillation (AED), practice lifting and moving patients, splinting, bleeding control, spinal motion restriction, and basic pharmacology skill skills including intranasal naloxone, intramuscular epinephrine and Epi-Pen use, metered dose inhaler and nebulized albuterol, and sublingual nitroglycerin.

Additional course work will prepare students to recognize a hazardous materials event, work within the national incident command system for disasters and mass casualty incidents, perform triage, and learn the state laws regarding operation of an emergency vehicle.

Requirements for NYS Certification:

The NYS Bureau of EMS requires that students be 17 years by the last day of the month of the state exam and meet all requirements detailed in the course syllabus prior to being allowed to take the NYS Skill Evaluation.

Course Outcomes
Upon satisfactory completion of Emergency Medical Technology course, students are permitted to sit for the New York State Bureau of Emergency Medical Services EMT certification exam.

Corequisites: Successful completion of three (3) Homeland Security courses; IC100 Introduction to Incident Command, IC700 An Introduction to National Incident Management Systems, and Hazardous Materials Awarenss Level. Failure to submit course completion certificates by the deadline
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