EMS 133 - Emergency Medical Technician Practicum

Institution:

Johnson County Community College

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Description:

Prerequisites: EMS 130 or equivalent and a copy of current EMT-B card EMT Practicum is designed to give the newly certified EMT-B the additional skills and confidence needed to successfully compete for a position as an EMT-B with an EMS service. Skills will include ambulance operation, driving, map reading, insurance billing and unit maintenance. This course will also provide high-fidelity scenario training in all aspects of the EMS call as well as extensive field lab time with a local EMS service. Students will participate in realistic medical emergency scenarios with "actors" playing life-like patients and bystanders as well as numerous field internship shifts on a licensed ambulance. Students will work through all phases of an ambulance call. They will be presented with complex patient care situations that require the development of critical thinking and decision-making skills. Students will be tested on their ability to lead a team of pre-hospital caregivers in the diagnosis, proper treatment and evacuation of a patient. Scenario simulations will be set up to be as life-like as possible. 2 hrs. lecture, 10 hrs. lab/wk.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.jccc.edu

Phone Number:

(913) 469-8500

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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