Certificate
Overview
This academic credit program provides instruction and practice in dealing with medical and traumatic emergencies. Topics include medical, legal and ethical issues, obtaining vital signs, airway management, oxygen administration, airway devices, CPR and AED operation, scene and patient assessments, physical examination, obtaining a medical history, pharmacology, medical emergencies such as heart attack, respiratory distress, strokes, diabetics and poisonings, traumatic injuries such as bleeding control, wound care, shock management, splinting fractures, motor vehicle collisions, and head and spine injuries. Also included are IV maintenance, obstetrics, childbirth, special patient populations, ambulance operations including communication, documentation, infection control, HAZMAT (Hazardous Materials), weapons of mass destruction, terrorism and mass casualty incidents and more. Use of diagnostic equipment, operation of stretchers and ambulances and skills related to prehospital emergency care will be covered in lab sessions and in internship on a 911 ambulance.
Graduates of the Emergency Medical Technician program may be eligible to participate in the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians’ (NREMT) practical and written certification examinations and are immediately employable upon certification.
- Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
Emergency Medical Technicians provide out-of-hospital emergency medical care and transportation for critical and emergent patients who access the emergency medical services (EMS) system. EMTs have the basic knowledge and skills necessary to stabilize and safely transport patients ranging from non-emergency and routine medical transports to life-threatening emergencies. Emergency Medical Technicians function as part of a comprehensive EMS response system, under medical oversight. Emergency Medical Technicians perform interventions with the basic equipment typically found on an ambulance. Emergency Medical Technicians are a critical link between the scene of an emergency and the health care system.
From the: National EMS Scope of Practice Model- Accreditation
The Aiken Technical College EMS-Paramedic program’s accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) is currently voluntarily inactive due to the program’s low enrollment. The College may reactivate when students enroll in the program.
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
www.caahep.org
9355 113th St. N, #7709
Seminole, FL 33775
(727) 210-2350
