Become an EMT: Learn to Care for Patients Before They Get to a Hospital | University of Colorado System

Become an EMT: Learn to Care for Patients Before They Get to a Hospital | University of Colorado System

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US$49.00

Learn the fundamentals of emergency medical care and become an EMT. This specialization will teach you how to care for stable and unstable patients before they get to a hospital, identify time-sensitive diseases, and medical and traumatic conditions that affect both adults and pediatric patients.

Prepare to provide care and understand the framework for patient assessment. In this course, you will learn how to assess a scene and prepare to provide care, understand the framework for patient assessment, the history of emergency medical services, and the personal requirements to be an EMT.

Address airway, breathing, and circulation, and identify patients having a stroke or diabetic emergency. This course covers airway, breathing, and circulation, medications, and medication administration that EMTs are allowed to provide, and how to identify a patient having a stroke or diabetic emergency.

Learn skills related to high-performance CPR, toxicology, and wilderness emergency medicine. In this course, you will cover skills related to high-performance CPR or cardiopulmonary resuscitation, toxicology, and wilderness emergency medicine.

Gain skills for trauma emergencies and learn how to care for pregnant patients, infants, and pediatrics. This course offers skills for trauma emergencies, and focuses on pregnancy, infants, and pediatrics.

Apply course materials to real patient scenarios in the Capstone to prepare for national registry testing. In this Capstone, you will apply the course materials to real patient scenarios to help prepare you for national registry testing.

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