EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRAINING (EMT)

EMT 100 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation 2 cr
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) emphasizes the scope and magnitude of cardiovascular disease, causes of sudden death, and the effects of prudent heart living as a tool to reduce risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease. The skills component identifies and measures competence in one-person CPR, two person CPR, infant and child CPR, and management of airway obstruction. Course completion cards are issued by the American Heart Association.

EMT 110 First Responder 4 cr
A skills approach in helping the student to intervene in any medical or traumatic emergency situation before the emergency personnel arrive. Emphasis is placed on care of the airway, CPR, control of bleeding, splinting and bandaging, and overall management.

EMT 200 Basic Emergency Care 8 cr
Includes all required modules of the 1994 EMT Basic National Standard Curriculum Assessment of patients, airway management, hemorrhage control, management of fractures. Care of special injuries. Emergency childbirth, environmental emergencies, transportation of the sick and injured, and radio communications. Prerequisite: AHA BLS for Health Care Providers. Corequisite: EMT 205.

EMT 205 Basic Emergency Clinical Internship 2 cr
Pre-hospital care and transportation of the sick and injured using principles of basic life support, correlated with emergency room experience. Time distributed between emergency room, ambulance, communications center, and interfacility transport vehicle.

EMT 206 Basic Skills Laboratory 2 cr
Basic Emergency Medical Technician Skill practicum. Designed to allow Basic EMT students extensive practice of required psychomotor skills.

EMT 208 Manual Communications for the Health 4 cr
Professional An intensive course of manual communication involving five modes: (1) sign language, (2) signed English, (3) simultaneous method, (4) fingerspelling, and (5) manual English. Concentration is given to gesture-word relationship and gesture-concept relationship. This course is designed to focus on health-related words and concepts that may be needed by those health professionals in receiving and responding to those with hearing and/or speaking impairments.

EMT 210 Medical Terminology 3 cr
Medical vocabulary including prefixes, suffixes and their etymological derivation. Proper pronunciation stressed as well as logic, grammar, and spelling.

EMT 215 Human Systems and Patient Assessment 4 cr
An overview of the human body and its systems. Emphasis is placed on the understanding of the functions of human systems and subsystems.

EMT 250 Emergency Medical Services Essentials 3 cr
Introductory course designed to prepare students for issues concerning the Advanced Life Support Provider. Included are local, regional and state EMS perspectives, legal issues, blood borne pathogen precautions, hazardous material awareness, high rise extrication, map interpretation and report writing. Must be successfully completed by all students prior to paramedic certification.

EMT 290 Special Topics 1-4 cr
Selected topics in Emergency Medical Services and Emergency Response Training. May be repeated for credit when course content varies.

EMT 320 Intermediate Emergency Care 8 cr
Intermediate Emergency Care is based on the Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate National Standard Curriculum. In this course, the student will focus on roles and responsibilities, EMS systems, medical/legal considerations of prehospital care, and EMS communications. Patient care will focus on initial management and assessment, airway and ventilation, pathophysiology of shock, to include management and intervention techniques for prehospital care. Advanced airway management and IV therapy are a major component of this course as the student is prepared for the National Registry Intermediate examination.
EMT 330 EMT Electrocardiology 4 cr
Dysrhythmia interpretation in Lead II EKG, cardiac-cell electrophysiology, relating the theory of common cardiac disease with non-lethal, as well as, death-producing dysrhythmias. Rapid recognition therapeutic management and defibrillation techniques are emphasized.

EMT 360 Intermediate Skills Laboratory 2 cr
Advanced out of hospital skill practicum. Designed to integrate all previously learned theory, management concepts and behavioral objectives of the National Standard Paramedic training curriculum.

EMT 370 Intermediate Internship 10 cr
Supervised clinical and field experiences emphasizing patient care in the hospital setting, and with an out of hospital Advanced Life Support service.

EMT 394 Directed Studies 2-4 cr
Directed study, under the guidance of a faculty advisor, of a topic in the fields of Emergency Medical Services or Emergency Response Training. Requires permission of department chair.

EMT 435 EMT-Pharmacology 8 cr
Close adherence to the National Standard Paramedic Training Curriculum Pharmacology Modules. Includes drug classification and clinical use of drugs which act on various body systems; therapeutic effects, indications, side-effects, toxicity, precautions, and contraindications. Dosage calculations, routes of administration, IV admixtures and compatibilities, Alabama law and the paramedic responsibilities pertaining to drug administration.

EMT 445 EMT Paramedic 8 cr
Prehospital management of medical emergencies for the adult, pediatric and geriatric patient. Prehospital intervention and transportation of the acute emotionally disturbed patient with regard to legalities, safety, and responsibility of the EMT. Biotelemetry and radio procedures for transmission of physical findings for the required physician control. Course concludes with skills and knowledge integration of all levels of EMT that coincides with the Department of Transportation National Standard Training Guide for Paramedic Curriculum.

EMT 460 Paramedic Skills Laboratory 2 cr
Advanced out of hospital skill practicum. Designed to integrate all previously learned theory, management concepts and behavioral objectives of the National Standard Paramedic training curriculum.

EMT 470 Paramedic Internship 10 cr
Supervised clinical and field experiences emphasizing patient care in the hospital setting, and with an out of hospital Advanced Life Support services focusing on paramedic skills.

EMT 490 Special Topics 1-4 cr
Selected topics in Emergency Medical Services and Emergency Response Training. Topics will vary according to needs and interests of students. Course may be repeated for credit when content varies.

EMT 494 Directed Studies 2-4 cr
Directed study, under the guidance of a faculty advisor, of a topic in the fields of Emergency Medical Services or Emergency Response Training. Requires permission of department chair.

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