HSCI.2190 Emergency Medical Technician

Id: 004450 Credits: 6-6

Description

The Emergency Medical Technician course content is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to provide quality pre-hospital care for patients in the emergent setting. Students will be prepared to treat and care for patients in the community prior to and during transport to a medical facility. This will include critical thinking skills to efficiently assesses, evaluate, triage, and treat medical and trauma emergency patients according to need and federal and stat guidelines. Upon successful completion of the course, students will be eligible to sit for the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians exam.

Prerequisites

ENGL.1020 College Writing II, and Co-req: HSCI.2190L Emergency Medical Technician Lab, and 2.7 Cumulative GPA required to enroll.

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Course prerequisites/corequisites are determined by the faculty and approved by the curriculum committees. Students are required to fulfill these requirements prior to enrollment. For courses offered through online or GPS delivery, students are responsible for confirming with the instructor or department that all enrollment requirements have been satisfied before registering.