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Fall Term 2025
Mar 03, 2026
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EMSB 1601 - EMT Med Emergencies & EMS Ops

EMT Medical Emergencies and EMS Operations is one of two lecture courses designed to provide the student with the knowledge of an entry-level Emergency Medical Technician (EMT).  This course includes the following topics:  Emergency Medical Responder-National Educational Standards competencies, roles and responsibilities of the EMT, workforce safety, wellness, public health, communications, documentation, EMS operations, medical/legal/ethical considerations, fundamental anatomy and physiology, life span development, fundamental pathophysiology, patient assessment, airway management, respiratory emergencies, cardiovascular emergencies, acute diabetic emergencies, abdominal and gastrointestinal emergencies, urologic emergencies, anaphylactic reactions and behavioral emergencies.

Semester Availability(Subject to Change): FALL and SPRING

PREREQUISITE: Admission into the EMT program.

COREQUISITES: EMSB 1602, EMSB 1101, EMSB 1102, EMSB 1111, and EMSB 1112

Contact hours 90 lecture hours per semester

CAREER COURSE: Designated primarily for vocational/career programs. This course may be accepted as transfer credit by some colleges and universities, but that decision is made by the receiving institution. This course is collegiate level work, but has been developed with a purpose other than being a university parallel course.

CONTACT HOURS: 90 lecture hours per semester CREDITS: (6)


6.000 Credit hours
6.000 Lecture hours

Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Lecture

Emergency Medical Services Department

Course Attributes:
Certifications 1, Learn Communities - Curricular

Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Programs:     
      Paramedic AAS
      Paramedic C2
      Emergency Medical Tech C1

Corequisites:
EMSB 1101
EMSB 1102
EMSB 1111
EMSB 1112
EMSB 1602

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