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Our Advanced EMT course has consistently produced successful, qualified, and respected AEMT’s with a NEMT pass rate of over 95%. Our program focuses on sharpening the EMS skill at the core of all of them: patient assessment. We offer quality, professional instruction, innovative methods, and higher success rates for less. Clinical internships from the seacoast to southwestern NH.
Prerequisite
Students should have at least one year of experience at the EMT or EMT-Basic level prior to enrolling in the AEMT course. Students will also need a copy of their current CPR for Healthcare Providers card.
Teaching/Learning Methods
Teaching/learning methods in this course will include assigned readings, presentations, discussions, simulated emergencies, simulated labs, case studies, and class activities. Evaluation procedures include skills examinations, written examinations, and assignments.
Course Textbook Premier Package
AEMT: Advanced Emergency Care of the Sick and Injured 4th edition
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett
Authors: AAOS
ISBN: 9781284228120
Advanced EMT Course Objectives
At the completion of this course you should be able to:
- Describe the roles of EMS in the health care system.
- Demonstrate the professional attributes expected of AEMTs.
- Perform the roles and responsibilities of an AEMT with regard to personal safety and wellness, as well as the safety of others.
- Perform the duties of an AEMT with regard to medical-legal and ethical issues, including functioning under medical direction and within the scope of practice.
- Apply principles of anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, lifespan development, and therapeutic communications to the assessment and management of patients.
- Identify the need for and perform immediate life-saving interventions to manage a patient’s airway, breathing, and circulation.
- Assess and manage patients of all ages with a variety of complaints, medical conditions, and traumatic injuries.
- Apply principles of emergency medical services operations, including considerations in ambulance and air medical transportation, multiple casualty incidents, gaining access to and extricating patients, hazardous materials incidents, and responding to situations involving weapons of mass destruction.
Course Completion Requirements
Successful completion of this course requires adherence to course policies, maintaining a course average of 80%, a minimum score of 80% on the course final examination, and successfully demonstrating all required skills. Additionally, students will also be expected to maintain a course average of 80% with regard to AEMT Pharmacology.
Course Attendance Policy
Student attendance is required at all scheduled classes, including lab sessions. Students may be dropped from the course for excessive absences of any kind. Excused absences may be granted by the course instructor for extenuating circumstances. If three or more absences occur for any reason, the status of the student will be reviewed by the instructors to determine a disposition. Course failure is likely under these circumstances. If a student misses any class, he/she is responsible for any missed examinations, lab work, and material covered in that class session. Prompt arrival is expected at all class activities. It is the student’s responsibility to sign in on the attendance roster.
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