emergent medical technologies - emt training

Course Synopsis: This course is the required course for the EMT seeking to recertify. The course is based on the Department of Transportation's (DOT) 1994 EMT-Paramedic curriculum.

Course Objectives:  This course is a minimum of 48 hours in length and consists of lecture along with practical sessions.  The material covered in this course is divided into 7 modules. They are as follows: Preparatory, Airway Management, Patient Assessment, Medical Emergencies, Trauma Emergencies, Infants and Children and Operations.  This course satisfies the core continuing education requirements for National Registry recertification.   

Required Equipment:               Current Paramedic License 

Certification:                          Course Completion Certificate* 

Course Length:                       48 hours (Five ten-hour days)

Minimum capacity seating:       6 Course Participants 

Maximum capacity seating:      24 Course Participants

*Note:  24 Additional hours of Continuing Medical Education (CME) per NREMT standards are required to fully complete the recertification process.