CMH EMS Education Manual
Five (5) college credit hours - 72 contact hours.
This course provides an opportunity for students to apply classroom knowledge to real-life situations and patients. Included in this course are all the components of the EMT curriculum as applied to live patient care.
If the minimum number of patient contacts listed in Sub-Section 3.350.72 - EMT Academy Clinical Requirements are not completed by the end of the minimum hours required, additional hours must be scheduled to meet the contact requirements.
All hour and patient contact requirements are due by the end of your second trimester (which is typically eight (8) months after the start of the course - usually April 30th is the deadline).
| Location Type (click for details) | Prerequisites | Scope | Minimum Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emergency Room | Successful completion of AHA BLS CPR andCompletion of Patient Assessment lecture and test | The purpose of EMT student rotation in the emergency room is to improve medical and trauma patient assessments and have a basic understanding of emergency room operations. EMT students are to shadow ER techs and act as their extensions. | 24 |
| Ambulance | Successful completion of all emergency room clinical hours | The purpose of EMT student rotation on an ambulance is to have an intermediate understanding of ambulance operations and perform basic patient assessments and treatments. These students should be exposed to the basics of scene management. EMT students are to shadow ambulance EMTs and act as their extensions. | 48 |
| Date | Link topreviousversion | Description of change |
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| 08/10/20 | Moved online. | |
| 11/04/22 | Moved details to common document 2-660. | |
| 12/30/22 | Dynamic display of clinical site info. |
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