Overview
What's Included
The EMT refresher program is 20 hours of virtual instructor-led courses designed to meet the NCCP requirements for the national component of EMT refresher training. The program is CAPCE accredited as F5 hours and is accepted by the NREMT and most states.
To meet the NCCP requirements for EMT refreshers, the courses cover:
- Airway, Respiratory, and Ventilation – 1.5 hours
- Review Airway Anatomy and Physiology
- Assessment of Airway Patency
- Management of Airway with Airway Adjuncts, Positioning
- Management of Airway with BVM
- Discuss the use of tools in Airway and Breathing assessment
- Cardiovascular – 6 hours
- Review Cardiovascular Anatomy and Physiology
- Discuss common Cardiovascular Disorders (CHF, MI)
- Review Congenital Cardiac Defects
- Assessment and Management of Pediatric Cardiovascular Patients
- Discuss assessment of cardiac-related complaints
- Discuss management of Cardiovascular related complaints
- Review Cardiac Arrest Protocols per AHA Guidelines
- Trauma – 1.5 hours
- Review of Musculoskeletal System
- Review Thoracic Trauma
- Review Abdominal Trauma
- Review of Burn Trauma
- Assessment and Management of Life-Threatening Limb Hemorrhage
- Review use of Tourniquets
- Assessment and Management of Trauma patients
- Medical – 6 hours
- Assessment of the Psychiatric Patient
- Managing the Psychiatric Patient
- Assessment and Management of Overdose Patients
- Assessment of the Obstetrical Patient
- Management of Delivery and common complications of the Obstetrical Patient
- Assessment and Management of GI/GU Patients
- Assessment and Management of Respiratory Patients
- Assessment and Management of CVA/TIA Patients
- Operations – 5 hours
- Review Provider Hygiene
- Discuss Crew Resource Management
- Discuss Ambulance Safety, Driver Safety
- Discuss Culture of Safety
- Discuss Medication Safety
- Discuss Provider Safety
- Discuss common Infectious Diseases
- Discuss Research in EMS
- Discuss the Scientific Method
- Review Scene Safety and Situational Awareness
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