Students will come to class prepared with the textbook assignment read, chapter tests done, and any other assignments completed.

Each Wednesday night will have a quick review of the textbook assignments then move to critical thinking skills and hands-on training. Class time lectures and activities will NOT cover all the material that the book covers, lectures will highlight key points, help to reinforce and integrate the material, and review questions from students.

You need to be able to read, use a computer, and perform the psycho-motor skills to take the NREMT certification exam and do the job. If you have issues with this requirement, the instructor needs to know about them right away.

Cost of the course of $650.00. Payment is required at the time of receiving a textbook. 

LVRS will provide the textbook. The textbook is Jones and Bartlett Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured – Twelfth Edition. ISBN: 9781284243758 C 2021 | 1600 Pages Premier Package.

Students shall supply their own blood pressure cuff and stethoscope.

Part of the requirements for the Emergency Medical Technician is supervised clinical experiences. This clinical experience is usually done either in an Emergency Department or on ambulance calls. Because LVRS call volume is on the low side (generally about 700 calls a year) and many of those calls do not require the clinical skills that students need to practice, it is necessary to have clinical time in an Emergency Department. LVRS has a clinical agreement with Springfield Hospital ED (SHED).

The students will be expected to do the following in the ED or on the Ambulance to complete the course:

1. Spend at least (18) hours in the ED.
2. Assist with moving patients.
3. Assess (10) adult and (3) pediatric patients with one of the following problems: respiratory, cardiac, altered mental status diabetic emergency, fever of unknown origin, sepsis, crisis, trauma of various kinds, or any other particularly interesting cases. Record their assessments.
4. Listen to (20) patients’ lung sounds.
5. Administer at least (4) UDN, listening to lung sounds before and after.
6. Administer at least (4) medications via the IM route (as the students will be able to administer 1:000 epinephrine for anaphylaxis) and (2) via SL (as the students will be able to give nitro). If the medications that are part of the EMT scope of practice are not available to administer when the student is doing ED time, the student may get the experience with the routes by administering other medications under the direct supervision of a nurse.
7. Participate in codes.
8. Work with the supervising nurse on anything that the nurse suggests.
9. Keep a record of what skills they have done and a narrative about each patient assessment.

100% Attendance is required unless prior arrangements have been made with the instructor. If you have been excused from a class it is your responsibility to make up the material missed, unless you have made prior arrangements with the instructor for assistance.

In general, classes will not be canceled because of weather – this course is meant for those who are planning on working in emergency services, which means you will not have the option of not responding because of weather.