Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Certificate of Achievement
The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Certificate of Achievement is designed to offer a full range of both required and elective courses that prepare students for immediate entry into the emergency medical care field. The certificate is structured to ensure gradual, systematic and comprehensive attainment of the practical knowledge, skills, and abilities desired by both private and public organizations. It also provides an excellent foundation from which to pursue both paramedic and related degree programs. Although the job-ready Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) certification is the overriding goal of the program, the courses offered, take into account that many students experience significant difficulty in satisfactorily completing the core 8-unit EMT course without additional preparation. Therefore, a more fundamental 3-unit Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) course is provided as a prerequisite to the 8-unit EMT course, as well as a required Medical Terminology course. A basic anatomy and physiology course (Your Living Body) is also offered as an advisory to EMR in the list of electives. The certificate also assists both students and emergency medical care providers by offering an ambulance operations course that provides both operator information and driving skills training. Additionally, the certificate addresses today’s communication/information and interpersonal relations workplace needs by offering a variety of other highly relevant elective courses.
Learning Outcomes
Upon satisfactory completion of this program students will be able to:
- Identify the situational safety and nature of a patient's condition.
- Analyze and communicate a patient's condition and initiate interventions as the team leader and as a team member. Demonstrate fundamental knowledge and understanding of emergency medical technology and systems.
- Meet or exceed the requirements necessary to successfully complete the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) EMT-Basic written examination.
- Demonstrate knowledge of techniques for operating an ambulance vehicle prior to the run, during the run, while at the emergency scene, to the hospital and when returning to quarters.
Program Requirements
| Course Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| EMR 080 | Emergency Medical Responder | 3 |
| OR | ||
| EMR 080A & EMR 080B | Emergency Medical Responder 1A and Emergency Medical Responder 1B | 3 |
| EMR 081 | Ambulance Operations | 1 |
| HS 061 | Medical Terminology | 3 |
| EMT 084 | Emergency Medical Technician I | 9 |
| Electives | ||
| Select 2 courses from the following: | ||
| HS 013 | General Nutrition | 3 |
| HS 062 | Your Living Body 2 | 3 |
| KINE 010 | Personal & Community Health | 3 |
| KINE 041 | Core Conditioning | 1 |
| KINE 046 | Endurance Training (Running/Swimming/Cardio-Respiratory) | 2 |
| PHIL 013 | Perspectives on Death & Dying | 3 |
| PSY 001 | General Psychology | 3 |
| or PSY 029 | Abnormal Psychology | |
| Required Subtotal | 14 | |
| Elective Subtotal | 3-6 | |
| CERTIFICATE TOTAL | 17-20 | |
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EMR 080 is a prerequisite for EMT 084.
