Emergency Medical Technician
First on the scene…
Through a variety of classroom and lab learning and assessment activities, students in this course will learn the skills needed to provide emergency care to patients in the pre-hospital setting.
The program will provide the participant with opportunities to gain information, skills, and attitudes necessary for certification as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) in the State of Kansas and National Registry of EMTs.
The program consists of classroom lectures and instruction, practical skills training, and clinical experience.
Prerequisites: 17 years of age and current immunizations.
12 Credit Hours, cost of course includes textbooks.
You Will Learn
Recognize patients’ rights and the legal implications of working in health care.
Demonstrate/perform hands on skills for meeting residents’/patients’ needs.
Demonstrate and practice infection control and blood borne pathogen precautions.
Demonstrate and practice infection control and blood borne pathogen precautions.
Have knowledge of the certification requirements for the State of Kansas.
Demonstrate the ability to interpret and understand medical terminology.
Demonstrate basic knowledge of human anatomy and physiology.
Demonstrate knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of the EMT.
Discuss medical, legal, and ethical issues as they pertain to pre-hospital care/patient resident.
Stabilize an airway utilizing adjunctive airway equipment.
Discuss rationale for personnel and patient safety and care at the scene AND throughout transport to a receiving facility.
Perform an initial, focused, detailed and ongoing assessment of the patient.
Careers
Hospitals
Fire Departments
Ambulance Services
Air Ambulance Companies
Information
Faculty
Russ Wasson spent 37 years at Conklin Cars as an auto technician before joining the Automotive Technology Program in 2018. He has experience with hybrid systems, direct injection, and advanced electrical systems such as radar cruise, lane departure and blind spot monitoring. He was also a Geodetic Surveyor in the US Army prior to becoming an auto technician.
Mr. Wasson is an A.S.E. Master Diagnostic Technician
russ.wasson@salinatech.edu | 785-309-3165
Scholarships
Open to full-time, first time post-secondary students enrolled at Salina Tech for the fall of 2019. Apply now.