EMS Education: 2010 Basic & Refresher Level Courses

General Information
The HCMC EMS Education staff are a talented multidisciplinary team of experienced healthcare providers. The teaching staff include experienced EMS paramedics, nursing personnel, and HCMC physicians, working together to provide you with current information in a low stress manner that creates an enjoyable learning experience.

The comments listed below, reflect the thoughts of students that recently attended courses with us:

Courses are held in the Hennepin County Medical Center EMS Education classrooms, located on level one of the HCMC parking ramp facility at 600 Park Avenue, Minneapolis, MN (exceptions noted).

Emergency Medical Technician - Basic Course (EMT)
The EMT-Basic course is designed to train individuals to provide comprehensive emergency medical care at the basic life support level to victims of illness or injury. The course is an intensive three weeks of classroom, skills session, and clinical time. Upon completion of the course, students are able to assess and appropriately treat conditions ranging from simple fractures, stroke, and chest pain to critical trauma, cardiac arrest, and childbirth. The specific skills learned are: patient assessment, airway management techniques, vital signs, cardiac arrest management, automated defibrillator, and trauma management skills, which include cervical spine stabilization, back boarding, management of bleeding and shock, and splinting techniques. The students participate in an ambulance patient simulation session, which involves that student in experiencing working as an ambulance crew responding to simulated calls, assessing, managing, transporting, and reporting off to simulated ED personnel. Studenhts have found the ambulance simulation session a fun learning experience that enables students to put the knowlege and skills that they have learned to practice in caring for patients, in a safe environment. Please note that certification as an EMT requires the successful completion of the course and practical skills exam and successful completion of the national standard online EMT certification exam. On completion of the course and certificagtion, students are prepared to function on a basic life support ambulance service. The course meets Monday through Friday and hours are generally 8 am to 5 pm.

The evening EMT course use online didactic content to supplement the small group skills sessions. The class generally meets Mondays and Wednesdays 6p-10p for the lab sessions.

Employment opportunities for Emergency Medical Technicians include serving as a first responder as a member of a police, fire, or rescue squad. Also, partnering with a paramedic to provide "911" emergency advanced life support service. EMT's staff basic life support ambulances to provide scheduled basic life support transportation. In addition, EMT's are employed in the Emergency Department of several area hospitals, including HCMC.

Emergency Medical Technician certification is a pre-requisite to apply to paramedic programs. Another common pre-requisite is a minimum number of patient care contacts. One method of accomplishing this clinical experience is to enroll in an EMS clinical. Area community and technical colleges provide these courses.

Textbook: Brady's "Emergency Care" 11th edition.

Emergency Medical Technician - Basic Course (EMT-Basic)
2010 Course Dates:	Course Fee:	Cancellation Fee:
February 1 - March 31 M-W, 6p-10p Online didactic content supplements small group lab sessions March 22 - April 9 (M-F, 8a-5p) September 8 - December 8 (M-W, 5p-9p) September 13 - October 1 (M-F, 8a-5p hosted at the South Metro PS Facility) click here to visit South Metro Public Safety Training Facility website to register and more information. October 11 - October 29	$1180.00	$250.00
Textbook Fee:	$85.00

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EMT-Refresher Course (EMT-R)
The 24-hour EMT-Refresher course is a review of the skills and knowledge covered in the EMT-Basic course. Attendance in an EMT-Refresher course and successful completion of practical testing every two years is required by the state to maintain EMT certification. In addition to reviewing core curriculum, EMS Education has used the EMT-Refresher course as a vehicle to inform participants of changes in emergency care such as new equipment, current research, or issues of general concern to EMS providers. The course is scheduled for three consecutive days and the hours are generally 8 am to 5 pm.