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PB 203 - Emergency Medical Services/First Responder


Credit Hours: 3

Emergency Medical Services/First Responder provides students the information relevant to immediate and temporary care given in cases of medical emergencies encountered by police officers. Medical emergencies and procedures will include communicable diseases, poisons, behavioral emergencies, injuries, burns, childbirth, splinting and CPR. Students will be responsible for passing the curriculum developed by the United States Department of Transportation.

Course Outcomes
After completing this course participants will be able to:

  • perform proper body substance isolations;
  • initiate oxygen therapy utilizing the appropriate equipment;
  • perform CPR;
  • perform defibrillation and monitoring;
  • assist in normal and abnormal obstetrical deliveries;
  • identify the conditions in psychiatric emergencies;
  • manage orthopedic emergencies to include splinting techniques; and
  • manage violence containment.


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