Basic Emergency Medical Technology

This course is designed to train individuals who respond to emergency calls for immediate care to the critically ill or injured and who transport patients to a medical facility. Students develop skills to determine the extent of illness or injury and establish priorities for emergency care. Topics include techniques in opening and maintaining an airway, cardiac resuscitation, controlling hemorrhage, treating shock, immobilizing fractures, assisting childbirth, managing behavioral emergencies, and light rescue skills including freeing patients from entrapment.