Please note: This is not a course syllabus. A course syllabus is unique to a particular section of a course by instructor. This curriculum guide provides general information about a course.
This course is a clinical study of the National EMS Education Standards for the Advanced Emergency Medical Technician including: Preparatory, Pharmacology, Assessment, Airway, shock and Resuscitation, Medical Emergencies, Trauma, Special Patient Population and EMS Operations. Upon completion of the program, students with a final score of 75% or higher in EMSE 151, EMSE 151L and EMSE 151C will be approved to take the National Registry of EMT’s Certification Examination (students who wish to take the exam must pay NREMT’s testing fees).
Unit 1-1 EMS Systems
Unit 1-2 Research
Unit 1-3 Workforce Safety and Wellness
Unit 1-3 Documentation
Unit 1-4 EMS System Communication
Unit 1-6 Therapeutic Communication
Unit 1-7 Medical/Legal and Ethics
Unit 2-1 Anatomy and Physiology
Unit 3-1 Medical Terminology
Unit 4-1 Pathophysiology
Unit 5-1 Life Span Development
Unit 6-1 Public Health
Unit 7-1 Principles of Pharmacology
Unit 7-2 Medication Administration
Unit 7-3 Emergency Medications
Unit 8-1 Airway Management
Unit 8-2 Respiration
Unit 8-3 Artificial Ventilation
Unit 9-1 Scene Size-Up
Unit 9-2 Primary Assessment
Unit 9-3 History Taking
Unit 9-4 Secondary Assessment
Unit 9-5 Monitoring Devices
Unit 9-6 Reassessment
Unit 10-1 Medical Overview
Unit 10-2 Neurology
Unit 10-3 Abdominal and Gastrointestinal Disorders
Unit 10-4 Immunology
Unit 10-5 Infectious Disease
Unit 10-6 Endocrine Disorders
Unit 10-7 Psychiatric
Unit 10-8 Cardiovascular
Unit 10-9 Toxicology
Unit 10-10 Respiratory
Unit 10-11 Hematology
Unit 10-12 Genitourinary/Renal
Unit 10-13 Gynecology
Unit 10-14 Non-Traumatic Musculoskeletal Disorders
Unit 10-15 Diseases of the Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat
Unit 11-1 Shock and Resuscitation
Unit 12-1 Trauma Overview
Unit 12-2 Bleeding
Unit 12-3 Chest Trauma
Unit 12-4 Abdominal and Genitourinary Trauma
Unit 12-5 Orthopedic Trauma
Unit 12-6 Soft Tissue Trauma
Unit 12-7 Head, Facial, Neck, and Spine Trauma
Unit 12-8 Nervous System Trauma
Unit 12-9 Special Considerations in Trauma
Unit 12-10 Environmental Emergencies
Unit 12-1 Multiple-System Trauma
Unit 13-1 Obstetrics
Unit 13-2 Neonatal care
Unit 13-3 Pediatrics
Unit 13-4 Geriatrics
Unit 13-5 Patients with Special Challenges
Unit 14-1 Incident Management
Unit 14-2 Air Medical
Unit 14-3 Vehicle Extrication