EMS 140 — Advanced Emergency Medical Technician
This course prepares the student to provide advanced medical care to ill or injured individuals. The topics include roles and responsibilities, medical and legal concerns, ethics, introduction to pharmacology principles, basic and advanced airway, patient assessment, as well as management of patients with traumatic or medical emergencies. This course along with EMS 145 prepares and qualifies the student to sit for the New York State Advanced EMT certification examinations, providing all other certification requirements are met.
Prerequisites: EMS 121