EMT Basic: Original and Refresher
Contact: Douglas Sandbrook, MA, EMT-P, Paramedic Program Director/EMS Liaison
Phone: 315 464-4851
Course Medical Director: Christian Knutsen, MD, Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Course Curriculum: TBA
REGISTER NOW: Original | Refresher
Course Fees: Original $720.00 | Refresher $335.00
Phone: 315 464-4851
Course Medical Director: Christian Knutsen, MD, Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Course Curriculum: TBA
REGISTER NOW: Original | Refresher
Course Fees: Original $720.00 | Refresher $335.00
The EMT Basic original and refresher courses provide training in basic care to ill and injured victims at the scene of an emergency and throughout transport to a medical facility.
Emphasis is placed on:
- Airway management
- Patient assessment
- CPR and automated defibrillation
- Soft tissue injuries
- Head, chest and abdominal injuries
- Environmental and medical emergencies
- Radio communications
- Triage
- Emergency childbirth
- Pediatric emergencies
- Use of equipment in the delivery of basic emergency care
The EMT-Basic course consists of 135 classroom hours and a 12 hour clinical requirement in a local hospital or ambulance service.
