Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

Emergency Services Training Courses

Emergency Services Training Course Descriptions

Emergency Medical Responder

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Emergency Medical Responders provide immediate lifesaving care to critical patients who access the emergency medical services system. EMRs have the knowledge and skills necessary to provide immediate lifesaving interventions while awaiting additional EMS resources to arrive. EMRs also provide assistance to higher-level personnel at the scene of emergencies and during transport. Emergency Medical Responders are a vital part of the comprehensive EMS response. Under medical oversight, Emergency Medical Responders perform basic interventions with minimal equipment.
From the: National EMS Scope of Practice Model

Student Prerequisites: High school diploma or high school equivalency diploma
Successful completion of an entrance exam assessing basic reading comprehension skills at a minimum at the tenth grade level

Emergency Medical Technician

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Emergency Medical Technicians provide out of hospital emergency medical care and transportation for critical and emergent patients who access the emergency medical services (EMS) system. EMTs have the basic knowledge and skills necessary to stabilize and safely transport patients ranging from non-emergency and routine medical transports to life-threatening emergencies. Emergency Medical Technicians function as part of a comprehensive EMS response system, under medical oversight. Emergency Medical Technicians perform interventions with the basic equipment typically found on an ambulance. Emergency Medical Technicians are a critical link between the scene of an emergency and the health care system.
From the: National EMS Scope of Practice Model

Student prerequisites: High school diploma or high school equivalency diploma and successful completion of an entrance exam assessing basic reading comprehension skills at a minimum at the tenth grade level. This course will follow the guidelines established by the NC Office of EMS.

Advanced Emergency Medical Technician

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The primary focus of the Advanced Emergency Medical Technician is to provide basic and limited advanced emergency medical care and transportation for critical and emergent patients who access the emergency medical system. This individual possesses the basic knowledge and skills necessary to provide patient care and transportation. Advanced Emergency Medical Technicians function as part of a comprehensive EMS response, under medical oversight. Advanced Emergency Medical Technicians perform interventions with the basic and advanced equipment typically found on an ambulance. The Advanced Emergency Medical Technician is a link from the scene to the emergency health care system.
From the: National EMS Scope of Practice Model

Student prerequisites:
1. Current EMT Certification
2. High school diploma or high school equivalency diploma
3. Successful completion of an entrance exam assessing basic reading comprehension and English skills at a minimum at the post-secondary grade level
4. Demonstration of math skills at a minimum at the high school grade level

Paramedic

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The Paramedic is an allied health professional whose primary focus is to provide advanced emergency medical care for critical and emergent patients who access the emergency medical system. This individual possesses the complex knowledge and skills necessary to provide patient care and transportation. Paramedics function as part of a comprehensive EMS response, under medical oversight. Paramedics perform interventions with the basic and advanced equipment typically found on an ambulance. The Paramedic is a link from the scene into the health care system.
From the: National EMS Scope of Practice Model

Prerequisites:
1. Current EMT Certification
2. High school diploma or high school equivalency diploma
3. Successful completion of an entrance exam assessing Basic reading comprehension and English skills at a minimum at the post-secondary grade level
4. Demonstration of math skills at a minimum t the high school grade level.
5. Completion of Anatomy & Physiology course

What You’ll Gain

North Carolina Office of EMS Credentials:
https://info.ncdhhs.gov/dhsr/EMS/credcomp.htm

Competencies

Every class meets or exceeds the requirements as set forth by the North Carolina office of Emergency Medical Services for each individual class.

Bloodborne Pathogens

This class will provide emergency response personnel with the training needed to meet the requirements for an infection control Policy – NFPA 1581 and the Ryan White Law – Public Law 101-381 and will train personnel for their role to respond to an infection control situation.

NAEMT Prehospital Trauma Life Support

NAEMT’s Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) is recognized around the world as the leading continuing education program for prehospital emergency trauma care. The mission of PHTLS is to promote excellence in trauma patient management by all providers involved in the delivery of prehospital care. PHTLS is developed by NAEMT in cooperation with the American College of Surgeons’ Committee on Trauma. The Committee provides the medical direction and content oversight for the PHTLS program.

PHTLS courses improve the quality of trauma care and decrease mortality. The program is based on a philosophy stressing the treatment of the multi-system trauma patient as a unique entity with specific needs. PHTLS promotes critical thinking as the foundation for providing quality care. It is based on the belief that, given a good fund of knowledge and key principles, EMS practitioners are capable of making reasoned decisions regarding patient care.

Pediatric Education for Pre-Hospital Providers (PEPP)

The Pediatric Education for Pre-Hospital Providers (PEPP) is a 14- to 16-hour course, which presents the scope of knowledge in pediatrics that defines paramedic pre-hospital pediatric practice. It is an ALS course. Therefore, the material assumes a minimum BLS background in pre-hospital pediatric care. Topics include guidelines, self-assessment cases, airway management in children and core pediatric procedures. The skill stations include airway management, vascular access and drug administration, family communication, immobilization and restraint, and newborn resuscitation. PEPP can be used as a basic pediatric education course, or it can be used to compliment and augment the American Heart Association’s Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) course. This program is coordinated with the NC Office of EMS.